Cartoon time with Willie Lai
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*Mr. Jones, don't bother yourself to tell me the time. I have a watch too
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STAMP NEWS ⋆
Victorian postage stamps surcharged for revenue use
THEN Zc and 10c revenue stamp values were required tivities of the Club will W in 1891 o quantity of 2c rose-lake postage stamps
be limited
only.
to members
of the 1882 issued and 10c purple of 1891 were overprinted
• Contributions may con- SO for Stomp Office) together with two appropriate sist of anything that is Chinese characters. --- articles, publishable
two
Later in the year a further batch of 2c stamps were letters, stories, photo-overprinted SD (for Stamp Duty) with the come
graphs, drawings, verses. Chinese characters. But only the best will be printed.
• All contributions
•
be original.
Written
should
The PMG of the time MUST was also Colonia! Treasurer, and his report said the sur- contributions charges "were applied with not consist of a view to distinguishing those more than 350 words, available for postage and draw-those used as fiscal stamps photographs and ings will only be accept-in order to keep the accounts ed in black-and-white, -MEMBERSHIP-
Fill this in and send it to the China Mail, 1-3 Wyndham Street, Hongkong.
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{LADY STAFF Hooda
As I was Do sister-long-legs there was always the danger of not getting a seat. Unfortunate- ly, this happened as often as I did not wish it to. Therefore often I had to stay away until the others had finished. By the time it was my turn to eat I there was little time before the bell went for lecture.
Many times I was tempted to place a chocolate bar in my bag. and take a bite whenever was hungry. However. I put off the idea when I thought how embarrassing it would be f I were seen by my fellow- students.
By the end of October, I was getting used to feeling hungry and I took it as a sort of sacri- Alee for the sake of those dear
to me.
Now it is a very normal feel- ing and my stomach, as well as! I no longer grumbles about it.
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separate."
But apparently the Post Office did not consider the surcharge as affecting their postal status for they are known to have been admitted a
HONGKONG
WOS
practice which in the post in considerable originally permitted by the Stamps Ordinance of 1866;
numbers. NOTE: Victoria stamps it was discontinued as from are sometimes found over- June 1, 1890, though to the printed with other capital present time firms and others initial letters such as DP, are still permitted, under JM, J.M. & Co., and so on. certain conditions, to per Many commercial firms forate initial letters on their Thad their stamps overprinted, stamps,
The headmaster is wondering why so many join life-saving this year please don't tell him why! — Credit card to Martino Leung,