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THE HONGKONG
Here's a hobby you can make
money out
T
of÷
If you'd kept the stamps. you collected when you were young you might be rich now
HIS envelope with
stamp of the first aerial post to Austra- lin went the other day in the auction room for £32. Stamps on envelopes brought to Hongkong this week by the Hongkong Clip- per may be equally valuable. There's money in stamps.
The small collector who invests a few shillings a week can make a lot of money if he uses common sense and foresight.
Silver Jubilee sef of 249 stamps, all those specially issued in the Empire, for instance, complete with Colonies and Dominions, started at £448, und
is now worth about £19 10s.
Old stamps
are costly
FIRST AERIAL
EAT
RECEIVED
26FEB1920
BRITAINTOAUS
PATTE
This envelope is worth
now
£32
The stamp is of the first air mall to Australia.
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Courtesy, Harmer, Rooke and Co., Ltd.
French Consul General.
FOR the rich collector old Adolphe Menjou. And so through all
stamps, rare stamps, go in stages of society down to Macaulay's Commemorative
a big way into thousands of pounds.
know-all-"overy schoolboy."
pray equally hard for a grand scoop like a Mauritius worth several thou-
You may start collecting with an. Once you've got the craze you may eye to the main chance. Tẹn to one before long your eye will be taken by something else, and you'll be bit- ten by
issues valuable
TELEGRAPH.
FRIDAY, ·APRIL 30, 1937.
THIS WEEK IN THE PAST
THE SIEGE
OF KUT
Memories Of Twenty-one Years Ago
By E. H. KEELING, low state when the end came. In the
M.C.
hospitals (so-called); the shioringe of drugs and equipment was appalling. A sepoy sent to hospital from my regiment returned week later with the dressing which had been applied to his wound in the trenches.
luck. They had 23,000 casualties.
·food. Manned
To-day is the 21st anniversary of the surrender to the Turks, by Major-General (later Sir Charles) Townshend, of Kut-el-Amara
· All this time the British forces after a slege' of Ave months. This account is written by an
downstream were making most gel- lant efforts to break through, but officer of the garrison.
they were handicapped by floods, THE SMALL Amb town of Kut, o: lack of transport, occasionally mis-
the left bank of the Tigris, shows bad
handling of and
troops consistently to-day few traces of Uie slege. During the unavailing defence of Kut remains a collection of squalidị houses, interspersed with groves of und the fruitless effort to raise the date palms and surrounded by a fat siege more men were killed than in and almost Irecicss landscape.
the whole South African War, The siege was the result of an at-. A final desperate attempt to pro- tempt to take Boglided with an in-long the defence was made by n adequate force. After winning the steamer Inden with battle of Ctesiphon, only 15 miles by the Royal Navy, she got within from his 1915, Matobjective. In November, alx miles of us, but she came under
Townshend was
as terrifle fire, and was stopped by a forced by very heavy casualties and cable across the river. Her com- by the arrival of fresh Turkish divi-mander, Lieut. Firman, R.N., who and her second-in- killed, sions to fall back upón Kut, 90 miles was away, where he decided to stand command, Lieut.-Commander Cow- until reinforcements could reach him. ley, R.N.V.R., who died in Turkish awarded the Victoria The garrison musicred 7,000 Unyonets hands, (including 6,080 Indian troops) and Cross posthumously.
Townshend was now ordered guns. Three times during the first ten make the best terms he could. days the Turks, who numbered about the Turks insisted on unconditional 12,000, attacked in force, and surrenders in the opportunity of Christmas Day they penetrated our parading through their dominions front line, but after heavy fighting great numbers of British and Indian with bayonet and hand grenade they troops sick, starved, tattered
So to forge.
43
03
were
and
lo But
were driven out. For the rest of the they had a polishend capitulated,
invariab
tisset too vnlunble slege, though they shelled us dally, 10 bombed us from the air, and kept up unconditionally, to an enemy he had n ceaseless rife Are, they made, na serious attempt to capture the town, and part of them moved down stream ta oppose the army that was trying to relieve us.
defeated in battle. If it be asked why he made no attempt to cut his way out, the answer. is that by the time relief was seen to be doubtful we were too weak to marchi, to say nothing of fighting an action on the way; and even if we had been
to make a sorite there were horses capable of drawing guns and ammunition.
*
*
no
trenches,fus of our side our lines like vullures, On
troops
the urge of stamp collecting complete some set, like a small boy's 4 Has the new und commemorative Darley found in the town. But the through the streets of 2
for itself and become philatelist.
or a simple little specimen to Hundredele cards
truc series.of #
new.
•
of
J
What
return, the.
northwards to captivity from which In other places all over the world; og alvide roughly into six and then the remainder is burned, and the rest were fed partly on horse
groups for collecting.-The-first-three-long as the Sovereign or Government suit-them-and-the-poor-brutes-went world bas had much to learn and to
Biggest collectors
whereas new issues go the rounds as are more exclusive and expensive, they represent. the last three more attainable for you You may like them
During January torrential rain fell. and we had to work day and night to stem the floods caused by this rain and later by the melted snow, which came down the Tigris, They drove the enemy out of his front line, and ceased, and the Turks rquntled out- During the negotiations Aring we abandoned a great own front were often up to their knees in water, April 29. 1910, the last scraps of food drenched to the skin and frozen at were issued as rations, and iwo night, when the thermometer fell as enemy Battalions marched in to Lake low as 21 degrees Fahrenheit. When possession. Our wireless signalled the weather got. warmer a pest of "good-bye" and was then destroyed. and a surcharge authorised by the les began. But the worse condl-Much to the Turkish General's dis
lions grew, the more cheerful the rust we also broke up or threw into They were surcharged 10 francs to
guns, rifles, and am- British soldier became, and the sepoy the river all phy fee on covers (envelopes), car-ulso displayed wonderful fortitude, munition. ried by hydroplane to French shore
The Harrison which surrendered How long would our food last? from vessel Ho de France sailing from New York.
We were on full rations for the first numbered about 3,000 British officers seven weeks, to keep us At for heavy and men and 10,000 Indians, includ-. fighting and digging, but as the ing followers. About 1,500 (almost months wore on the scale was exclusively Indian) were exchanged
From the end for Turkish prisoners, and the rest gradually cut down. of January we lived mainly on our
our us were sent to Northern Mesopo- E other three groups are horses and mules, and there was also tamia and Asia Minor. As we were THE
bread, an issue of
chiefly of
of led less exclusive:--
made
Temarkaghdad German
oMeer
remarked: Issues, such as the Silver Jubilee horses and mules consumed barley, extraordinary people you English who never collected and the Sierra Leone set issued in too, and a nice problem presented are! You marched through the town
1033 to commemorate the abolition of
itself to Townshend. How many as if you had captured it." It was In the early days of stamps, before began with the Silver Jubilee slavery and the death of William animals should he keep alive until hard to maintain this attitude in the naturally there
that followed, weren't so .many issue,
fe, Hundreds more
will begin Wilberforce. At Best cost 42, they were required to feed us; how two-and-a-half years collectors. (We started the racket
the Coronation.
is worth £15.
many should he kill to save the grain when 71 per cent. of the British rank on May 6, 1840, and, characteristio- Purt, of the fascination is the un-
and Die dled in Turkish hands,.. which they would cat? Commemorative the more valuable ally, have never put the name of our staling, infinite variety--and the con in this group, as they are generally
In the two decades which have country on a single issue, as they do tinuity. There's always bound to be allowed only in few months currency
pitiful band trailed About 400 were killed and buried, passed since that
ten were to let them learn English, we sny.)
only Roup. This cannibal diet seemed 10
three one better by gnawing one another's forget. Those who to-day recall the tails. Most of the Indians, however, tragic story find that the angry re- steadily refused on religious grounds sentments against our taptors, which to touch either horse or mule. Dis or dead. But the heroism, the com- once burned fiercely, are, now dying pensations were obtained by wireless or from the ceclesiastical authorities in radeship, and the infinite capnetly This group collected for in Indin, but nothing would shake the for endurance shown by the British dividual interest only, in subject, colour, or design. Sepoys until towards the end of the and Indian private soldier during the
BICHE, You may like zoological stamps, er
when nearly all became horse- defence of Kut and its ghastly sequel
will not quickly fade.. floral ones, or pictorial ones like the Gradually the ration of barley- Goya reproduction which caused suci brend was cut down from sixteen to a scandal, at 4 pesetas (picture of a twelve ounces, from twelve to ten, lady with not very much on).
Perhaps the most interesting to- and then to eight, alx, five, and finally
four
day. The relieving + Society.
is with plain cut edges. day. Air Mail stamps. Women force. sent flour by air, but the Star collectors include George They were all like this until between particularly go in for collecting there, number of machines was inadequate, pad-up Robey, Bobby Howes, Ginger Rogers, 1880 and 1870. Nowadays there's a
There Is excitement in a
"Lown racket to reissue stamps in this con- cover" from the first official Air Mail and they dropped altogether only Reserve Liability of Proprietors.
16. There were hardly any seven
Lans night in this country, from London local resources to top. A few atar- A famous imperforate is "Mauri- to Windsor, June 1911, or one from lings or sparrows were sometimes AGENCIES AND BRÀNCIES. tlus Post Office. Has this name be- the Hawker first North Atlantic fight made into a nie, but the heavy firing ALOR STAR TPOIL cause it was marked "Post Omee" in 1919. The plat came down, but kept all game away. We had only AMRITSAR ILOILO
BANGKOK KARACHI dandelion leaves and other herbs for Instead of "post paid," Was stuck was rescued with his malla. on letters Inviting to n, Government Flown covers autographed by the vegetables. The town produced a OMBAY KOHE ball in 1847. Error was discovered pilots are specially coveted.
Lew eggs
and a little milk, which CALCUTTA KUALA
CANTON went to the hospitals. An astute CAWNTORE KUCHING
LUMPUR when only a few were despatched. Air stamp that Izaue slopped and "post paid" was
Arab exchanged his donkey for "CENU hen: the donkey cost 2d. a day to COLOMBO fine used is worth £400
feed, but the hen brought in Bd. for DELL
HAIPHONG coch egg she laid Tobacco son ran HANKUR out, and those who to smoke | something put grass or brown poper HONGKONG HANGODN
A thousand, killed or died of wounds. There were 700 deaths from scurvy, malaria, periode at rates which will be quoted on gastro-enterclus, pneumonia, dysen-pplication. lery, and what the doctors called inanition poltic name for starva tion. A further 2,000 were wounded, and nearly everybody was in a preity
are doctors
TOW there's part of
and me.
First three include:-
Now the concepts Groups like British Colonial, such for their design
an West Indies or the Australian
country alone. Highest percentage of States, or any single country-for these are doctors; they can play with instance, France-with its complete their collections between consulin,scts and issues.
tions. Next biggest stamping body
reputed to be curates.
One of the most valuable collec- Look out for
tions was started by George V as plain cut edges
Prince of Wales, when he way
president of the Royal Philatelic
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rare
That
6
Value 1d. Now Mauritius Post Office fetches £3,000.
5
caters.
In
ounces
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MOST Bought after British 3 Surcharged stamps. That is
Empire air stamp is the stamps that are reissued with a Newfoundland de Pinedo, careled by different value stamped on them the Marquis de Pinedo on record- Original value sixty cents, shortly afterwards £5, now £400.
The British Air Mall Stamp Society is organising on exhibition of Colonial and Dominion air stamps. There will be more than 1,000 sheets instance, a 5s, Barbados of stamps to sec. -stamp was reissued with Dealers say that collectors' cry-'ls," the bottom label where value was "What haven't you got? Because I printed cut off. This was perforated want it." down the middle and each half was surcharged 1d. Therefore new value collection you might put in a bid for If you're thinking of starting a the world's most valuable stamp, Last week a block..of four French which is now on the market. stamps known as
It's the British Gulena issued for Ile de France fetched £000 at a sale. These were one cent in 1850. Bought by private originally issued in 1928 for 90 cen- collector in 1922 for, £7,350. No times in France, sent to New York other copy is known to exist.
FOR
was 2d.
Do you know why stamp collecting is called PHILATELY?
Postage stamps are a simple means of paying fees for transmission
of matter to be sent by poit. Hence the liighfalutin name philately. It comes from two Greek words philos, which means loving, and accounts for the "collecting" part of the word, and ateleta, which means "exemption from payment.” Telor is Greek, for tax, and "a" prefixed means ""without,"
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ACROSS
3 Even if bored, slick it,
8 Makes a heated reply regarding
a wrong.
9 Latin poet who very truly wrote, "He is not poor who has the use of necessary things."
10 Where everybody used to. talk
like mad.
11. One might imagine these swarm- ing travellers to be awkward sort of persons.
12 Noble Japanese, general.
4 Any split in which an atom
igures.
5 Quiver,
A little hit in fruit.
7 The Lascar
though rare.
certainly hins it,
13. Classed (with beans) among.
undesired gifts.
15 The girl for madame.
16 Makes us rag.
18 It's
a custom to employ this. 20 British Isles.
21 These troops are well to the
fore.
13 The river that might be ex22
pressed as 9 + R-2.
14 Might be considered to be the.
doctor's young women. Sweet, anyway.
17 Get together with the consul bo
fore lea.
19 Haying rather more for a thin.
piece of wood.
23 A
one-stage movement in priml- Live times (two words, 0, 3).
27 They find it useful in the Navy still one must admit that it's a bad lie.
29 Like Niobe, found in tears.
30 OF
girl" (anng.).
131.
32 Always more or less remoto, 33 This boy makes a mistake and
and could be quite.
finishes.
34 Puppets,
DOWN
1 Cut out for a pressman.
2-A characteristic of good tobacco- "casohilal to the Alpine climber," 3 Talisman (anag)
|
+
If you are, you will take care. 24 Don't drop the aspirate or the
river might turn to steam, 25 Fixed.
20 In a ship.
28 They go out.
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