. Stamp-collector's magazine. npenny, andshilling, as the present stock of each be-comes exhausted. Russia.—Upon the 1st ult., a new en-velope for this empire appeared, a 10 , totally different in type from its pre-decessors, resembling, in fact, both in sizeand general design, the emissions of Prussiaand Austria. Its shape is oval; in the centreappears the Russian arms very finely em-bossed ; and surrounding this is the ovalreticulated border, bearing a Russian in-scription, and showing in its lower edge asmall circle containing the numeral 10. Thecolour of this new arrival is brown,
. Stamp-collector's magazine. npenny, andshilling, as the present stock of each be-comes exhausted. Russia.—Upon the 1st ult., a new en-velope for this empire appeared, a 10 , totally different in type from its pre-decessors, resembling, in fact, both in sizeand general design, the emissions of Prussiaand Austria. Its shape is oval; in the centreappears the Russian arms very finely em-bossed ; and surrounding this is the ovalreticulated border, bearing a Russian in-scription, and showing in its lower edge asmall circle containing the numeral 10. Thecolour of this new arrival is brown, and it isimpressed on ordinary white paper. New Granada.—Spain and New Granadago side by side in their beneficence (?) tostamp collectors. The interval of a year forthese countries has becometo be allowed tobetween their emis-A new stamp forGranada, at any rate,monthly occurrence ;and soon, as a continentalcontemporary suggests, analbum will be required solelyfor the series of this postally-fertile coun- too sionsNewis a. try. In the design above given, we see thetype of a new leading series : that is, one forgeneral postage. It is, take it altogether,of the usual type, its most prominentcharacteristic being a superabundance ofinscription, which strikes the observer atfirst sight. The improvement of perforationhas not yet commended itself to the mind ofthe Granadian authorities, though, as theyare in favour of such frequent emissions, weshould have thought they would have wel-comed it, as effecting another and veryvisible change in appearance. Collectors,however, may perhaps consider it lucky thatthe advantages of this invention have notyet been perceived in that quarter, as thesame love of novelty, manifest in the altera-tion of type, might lead to the creation ofendless varieties of perforation—both as tostyle, and as to number of dents. Theseare pleasures in store ; meanwhile, collectorshave nothing more to anticipate than thearrival of the complete series, of which t
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