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WEEKLY NOTES FOR COLLECTORS.
COLOUR. VARIATIONS IN
EARLY. HONG KONG ISSUES.
[BY W.S.]
In 1882 a consignment of stampa was received in the Colony, printed -not on paper watermarked Crown C.C. as hitherto but with Crown C.A: (Crown Agents). The colours differed slightly from those pre-
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to suggest an authorised change of colours. The 2 cents value of this issue provides some very interest- ing and varied shades, of which Gibbons Catalogues record the most pronounced. ¿
men
FACE COVERED WITH ERUPTIONS
Daughter Had Neither Sleep Nor Rest Anywhere. Cuticura Healed.
"For nearly six months my daugh- ter's faco›was covered with itching and barning sere eruptions. They were of a wet nature and she rubbed constantly, She got neither aloep net rest
anywhere night after night and kept me awake.
"I was advised, to Cutleurs Soap und Ointment and sent for a free sample. I purchased moore, and after using four
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HE Undersigned have received
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ON
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, *COMMENCING AT 2.30 PM.
AT THE SALES ROOM,
DVDDELL STREET,
A LARGE QUANTITY OF VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD
FORNITURE
Comprising m
Wardrobe Trunks, etc., eta.
Teak Hatstand, Glass Cabinet Chesterfield Couches and Armchairs, Desks, Gramaphone and Records, « Mr. Lister's Work.
Pictures, Ornaments, Curios, Electric From the stamp-collectors' stand-Table Fans, Carpets, Ruga, Pimo, point, connection with Mr. Lister Anishes with the above issues, but with the specialist in the stamps of this Colony, who perhaps takes into the same amount of interest as he consideration postal procedure with
does his stamp issues, connection is not severed till the Office is vacat-
Errors in Classification.
I think it worth while tion here that where varieties of shades are given in the said catalogues, there need be no mis- take in their classification: I have observed from time to time "occa-ed, hence we follow Mr. Lister till
the last. sions when collectors, and even
deniers, have designated pale car- mine shade as rose-pink, and an aniline carmine shade as rose-lake. It has not been their good fortune to sight the proper colour and, having noticed a slight variation from other shades, bave without CHINA BIOCHEMICAL CO. hesitation accepted the belief that
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they have in their possession a scarce stamp; when in reality it be longs to a common variety. In other
cases I have seen certain stamps
numbered according to catalogue, but with a mark of interrogation following. As this is generally re- Borted to in numbering a stamp for sale, it should be at once classified ag the cheapest variety, and if a fancy price is asked, allowed to pass without purchase.
Colours and Climatic Conditions.
Lister's stewardship through these To give a full account of Mr.
columns would result in a poor effort towards justice, since to ob tain a perfect intelligence it is necessary to read from beginning to end, with no lengthy intermittent periods. It is hoped, however, is
the not too distant future to gratity the desire of not a few with a
publicaction giving in detail the history of our Postal Administra- tion, which, be it noted, has a clean record, void of taint of any ascrip- tion insofar as the comm. ty is concerned.
A Grateful Tribute.
As, at the beginning of Mr. Lister's, service, remarks were madé which it must be conceded were justified by his reports, it would appear proper to insert here the The following year, 1883, demand- words of a man who worked by his ed for some reason a change in the side, and was thus able to write colour of the 10 cents value from
from personal knowledge, rather quil mauve to green, and here again than to give my own impressions, a fine collection of legitimate shades is offered, ranging from light green sources. In presenting "his report which are gained from literary
to bluish-green. A peculiar feature about this stamp is that it is not on the year 1890 Mr. Travers, who susceptible to climatic and other succeeded Mr. Lister, states:- conditions to the extent as is the
I feel compelled to advert at case in other stamps of this Colony,the beginning to the heavy loss with the exception of the 24 cents sustained through the death of the value of earlier issues, printed in Inte Postmaster-General, Mr. Lister, green. "Collectors should be very who, from the date of his appoint careful with every other stamp.
ment in April, 1875,, till the day he where the colour green is includ- left Hong Kong upon his last and ed, either wholly or in part," s
fatal voyage in July, devoted o moisture and light have injurious large portion of his experience and effecte upon them.
energy to the conduct of postal During the use of the 10-cents matters. By his staff he will always be remembered for his urbanity, green stamps & supply arrived from insistence on details and personal England in which was included o limited number in a deep blue-capacity for work: whilst the public found in him the embodiment of green colour, a fact which has civility, and an officer always ready again given opportunity to many to", redress legitimate grievances, unscrupulous persons to foist on to
and
carry out practical reforms and. the undiscriminating the bluish-
proposala." green of the common" and cheaper variety as the scarcer and conse- In view of the remarks made in quently more expensive, deep blue-these columns on August 14, point- green colour.
ing out the unsuitability of the The Dectral Berk.
design La Muje Nude" adopted In 1885 the two remaining values on a recently-issued Spanish stamp which did not agree with Mr. to commemorate the renowned Lister's scheme of things were painter, Francisco de Goyo, it is elimated, and three new values pleasing now to be able to report which came under his much desired that strong protests have been made Hyde Library Committee have decimal series were introduced. It to the International Postal Union banned the horse-racing column in is rather remarkable that the by the Spanish people themselves, six of the eleven newspapers that are displayed each morning in the values, 49 cents and de cents, were deploring the use of such a design, Corporation Free Library,, as a con- not surcharged 50 cents and 1 dollar, on precisely the same grounds as sequence of complaints that the respectively, at the same time as those mentioned here. It is to be general news could not be read In
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BAN ON RACING NEWS COLUMNS.
COMMITTEE'S
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the early morning by those who the other values were brought into regretted that the stamp was not Were not interested in racingline with the decimal system, but condemned before so many were
This decision was arrived at by
as this was not done, there can be issued as, no doubt, a great number Committee after complaints that men were reading the racing no doubt a very sound reason for have already found their way into news in certain papers for boure the
the
Teak Dining Tables, Dining Chairs, Sideboards with Bevelled Mirrors, Dinner Waggon, Ice Chest, Dinner
Basins, Rattan Chairs, Screens, Crockery, Glass Ware, Tea Bata, Foreclan Flower Stands, Forcelain Kitchen Utensils, etc., etc.
Tesk and Bruas Bédatenda, Ward- robes with Bevelled Mirrors, Dressing Tables, Chest of Drawers, Book Case,
Vases, etc., etc. Microscope, Silk Shawls, Books,
ONE HEERING-HALL-MARVIN
COMBINATION SAFE:: 11"x16" x 1*5* ·
ard
A QUANTITY OF BLACK- WOOD FURNITURE
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ON VIEW From THURSDAY, the 11TE SEPTEMBER, 1980,
TERMS CASH ON DELIVEET,
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1-Prince's Fruit Cocktail:
2.-Star Clear Soup
8.-Fricassee of Fish
4.—Baked Eggs in Grazin
-Fried Snipe on Toast
Roast Fillet of Beef a la Rossini
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on end every morning, and people existed. It is always the hands of speculators. I PRESS, L., and the HONG
pleasing to record complete success hoped, however, that reputable who, desired to read the general news could not get near the stands for any effort which is controlled dealers will use their power in rid until the afternoon.
my by a desire for the common good, ding the market of an unappreciat. It was decided to paste pieces of hence the pleasure which attaches | ed rodent," which czubot but blank paper over the rating column to the statement that Mr. Lister gut at the mornis of the young of six of the papers, the choice to be left to the discretion of the was able to number his accomplish and uninitiated, and which, if such Librarian Mr. FA Richardsment of a decimal series amongst designs, are countenanced, is bound On these pieces of paper will be many other successes during his to have an injurious effect upon the typed the names of the papera where the sporting news can be period of service as Postmaster pastime of stamp-collecting. read.
General of this Colony.
(Continued on Page 5.)
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