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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1930.

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WEEKLY NOTES/FOR-

COLLECTORS.

UNNECESSARY ISSUES OF

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SOME CURIOUS MISUNDER-

"STANDINGS,

[B-W.8.]

The year 1891 affords

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THE

public through tho, want of 17 and" 14 cent stampa.

If the pre sent rate to England is to be main- tained, it is desirable that the con- venience of the public should be: mot by the issue of 7 and 14. cont stamps. The dies of former issues have no doubt been preserved by the Crown Agents, and there should "be no difficulty in printing a supply of stampa from them with the aur charges of 7 cents and 14.conts' in the same way as in the case of tho 20 cents and 60 cents at

Present in'uso."

By the wording of the above paragrapli the fact cannot be dis puted that the provisionals had treat to collectors of varieties and long before been used up, and that unnecessary issues. The 7 cents on.

even at this date it was not clear. 10 and the 14 cents on 30 were

as to how much longer the rate to more or load accidontal..

The England was to be maintained. Jubilee commemoratives (or any Whether in view of Mr. Northcote's more appropriate term which one

statement, Government referred the might fool disposed to give them) mattor home for information on the word uancessary, and the many point is not known, but it is signi errors and varieties which are to be ficant that the Report is dated found in the Chinese surcharges April 7, and on July 2 Government A and 06c values, were no doubt due which stated:On and after August to carelessness for which little the fate of postage between Hong excuse can be offered.

Kong and the United Kingdom will he 10 cents por half-ounce." that once again a common rate is adopted for all Union Countries.

HONGKONG HOTEL applied; locally, to the 30, 460. notification No. 202 was published.

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THE

To commence at the beginning, it is necessary to attend the meet ing of the Finance Committeo of the Legislative Council held on December 11, 1880, The Chairman rines to inform hon. members, with reference to the question of reduc. tion of postage that was brought before them six weeks ago, that a telegram and this morning been received from the Secretary of Stato in which he says: "Reduced postal ratea generally approved. Commencement here January 1. Strongly recommended homeward mail nearly as possible at same time. Telegraph reply."

An Ambiguous Cable, It will be admitted that the telegram prosente di ambiguity which makes the intention didcult to grasp without knowledge of the contents of the papers' which were laid on the table six weeks before. Whatever the correct meaning of

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FILM STARS FOR THE. STAGE

MARY PICKFORD AMONG THEM.

Twilight is descending upon the gode of Hollywood.

The revolution that talking pic tures hing wrought is shown in the announcement that five of the best known film stars-Mary Pickford, Lye

de Putti, Colleen Moore, Vilma Banky and Rod Is Rocque faced with dwindling popularity, are deserting the screen to appear on the New York stage during the autumn' season.

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So

Two Interesting: Varieties. With reference to the surcharges. mentioned above, two very inter eating varieties exist which are

Д worthy of little attention." Gibbons catalogue records an antiquob in the words "cents of both values, and the double aur- charge of the cents, and it is to these varieties that I would refer. Others exist which have their peculiar interest, but I think those above mentioned are by far the most outstanding. Gibbons catalogue states:"The true anti.. que must not be confounded with a small t with short foot, which is sometimes mistaken for it In the antique 't the cross-bar is accurately bisected by the ver tical stroke, the latter being thick at the top. The lower curve bends

towards the right, and does not

the telegram was, it must be, ac cepted that this Colony missed it, since after a great deal of discus- turn upwards so far as the normal,

Whilst, such advico and infor- tion at the meeting referred tomation should always be accepted above and at the meeting of the

as given with a desire to provent collectors from being cheated by the many fakes and fogeries which are known to exist, it is possible to place too much reliance in such statements, with the result that the genuine might be missed merely be cause it does not conform in ab solute detail to the description given.

ber 18, the reduction of postage from 10 cents to 7 cents for a half ounce letter was approved, with the result that Government notification No. 640 was published: It is heroby notified that on and after January 1, 1891, the rate of postage between Hong Kong and Union Countrice will be reduced to 7 cents per half-ounce"

There appears to be very good rosson for the belief that the original correspondenco suggesting a reduction applied to postal rates between Hong Kong and the United Kingdom only, whereas this Colony took it as applicable to postal rates between Hong Kong and all Union Countries. The error was soon ob Berved, or notified, with the result, that Government notification No, 169, of 1891 was published in March: which put the wrong right..

The Decimal Series.

A Doubtful Point.

For instance, where a thick ink is used, is it reasonable to expect that a cross-bar 1.33 mm in length could be accurately bisected by a lino 33 in thickness, where pressure is brought to. beart I doubt it; and yet from experience more collectors are known to place far more importance on this one point. than on the several others which exist.

As a matter of fact, with due deference to the above information, I cannot agree that the cross-bar is accurately bisected, and for the In view of Mr. Lister's comple- sake of reader who might attach tion of a decimal aeries as intro-little if any importance to the dis duced by him after an effort over agreement, I would state thộp it a number of years, it seems, on is based on a superb block of fout.

this surface, somewhat his

that within a few months of his retirement from the position, of Postmaster-General his accomplish- ment should be knocked into nothingness by the introduction of two provisional values, viz., 7 cents and 14 ecnis, which were entirely adverse to hie suheme of things, -but-it-is-hoped that the following explanation will go far to prove my carlier statements that the Postal Authorities first considera tion, at all times, was the interests. of the community.

A Wrong Impression. "I have already stated that these provisionals were accidental, and so that it should be clear that this. statement is not a negation of the one immediately above, the respect in which they wore accidental is here given. Had it been under- stood locally that the reduction was purely a test monsure, it is very doubtful if such surcharges would have been warranted or would have over existed, but having the im pression that the reduction was to bo universally adapted throughout the Postal Union countrics, it was considered advisable, as well as an act of economy, to surcharge the 10 cents groun, which had been displaced by the 10 cents purple on red, and the 30 cents mauve, which had been displaced by the 30 cents, green, with values which would be beneficial to the com munity, in spite of their non-com- Mary Pickford, who has not appliance with the decimal system. peared on the stagn since 1000, inteThe intention of the United King-

It is stated that Douglas Fair banks is also considering & stage contract, while Great Garbo, Ronald Colman, Bebo Daniels and Norma Shearer will also come to Broadway if torna can be arranged: Mary Pickford and the others deny that they are abandoning fars for good and any that their failure to make a success in Talkies has been largely due to poor ma terial The Talkies, however, de mand a new technique and it is no secret that these players are hoping to get sufficient stage experience in New York to capble them to meet powerful rivalry of the new stars created by the Talkies

normal

mint stemth the antique and

and one with t a single anused copy.

Little need be said regarding the double surcharge since these might exist in many positions, my own copy being of the overlapping kind, and of the kind most common amongst the double, surcharge variatics.

(Continued on Page B.)

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ly abandoned the talking picture dom having been made clear in the G-Roast Leg of Jarah, Mint Bause sho was making, and threatened to meantime, it was decided that re throw up, films for good. Colleen gular stamps of te, and 146, should Moore is preparing to enter a not be requisitioned and that the Broadway musical comedy: Lyn do displaced stomps only should be Putti-will make her debut in a war play "Made in France surcharged, and when these were used up, continuance of the anid wbile Vilma Banky will appear for valuta should not be considered, ́f the first time on the stage in "How since the ultimate action of the

ic bo Happy," & Hungarian play, United Kingdom could not be mtis

It may be doubted whether some factorily determined to an extent of these pilgrims from Hollywood sufficient to justify the expenditure will ever return there.,

of either prititing, stampe of the valua or of Burcharging. other values.

The first ten motor cycles of Russian mako have just been turn- ed out by the Kramyi Oktiar factory, at · Leningrad, Tuis in

Public Inconvenience.

How long the provisionale lasted it in difficult to say, but it mort certainly appears that the daration

General's report) for 1803, the fol

cycles in tão coming economie year which begins on October 1while after that the yearly production, is lowing appears:" A good deal of to be brought up to 6,000 annually.

enience has been felt by the

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THURSDAY, SEPT. 25, COMMENCING AT 5.15 PM.

AT THIS SALES ROOM,

DUDDELL STREET,

FINE AND VALUABLE

COLLECTION OF POSTAGE STAMPS

Consprising ---

Caps of Good Hope, China, Gambin,. Gold Coast, Great Britain, Hong. Kong and Soveral Errors of Hong Kong Jubiloe, Macau, Siam, Straits Sattlements, etc., etc.

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Or

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 Ar 12 O'CLOCK NOON

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THE GOODS AND CHATTELS or METROPOLE HOTEL ANNEX 07 No, 7, DUDDELL STREET.

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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 Ai 12 O'CLOCK ́NOON

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ON

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