The other powders used by the finisher are rice flour or potato flour; these are not used as adhesives but to prevent the gold sticking at places where it is not wanted.
This series of postal adhesives is probably one of the grandest collections of historical stamps that has ever been produced, and, fortunately, the lower values are cheap, and easily obtained.
As an example, two adhesives of the well-known United States Columbian issue may be mentioned, seeing that they have evoked many a smile among philatelists.
The adhesives of the Central and South American republics are worthy of special note, as they point to insurrections, wars, provisional governments, and troublous times in general.
In short, no other Government issued adhesives until the January of 1849.
Looked at from the point of view of use, the dozen adhesivesmentioned above have undoubtedly scored heavily; but if they be examined from the artistic point of view, little can be said in their favour.
The "Sydney Views" of New South Wales are shown in whole panes of twenty-five, the triangular Capes are given in numbers, whilst the array of early Mauritius adhesives is not to be surpassed.
From the above list it will be seen that all but three of the adhesives are of the penny value, or its foreign equivalent.
Emperor of the French, and the wording on the adhesives was changed from REPUB.
For the want of a better term theseadhesives have been called "locals," but they must not be confused with the worthless labels spoken of in Chapter II.
Lastly, may be mentioned the adhesives bearing the familiar effigy of "Germania," overprinted for use in Belgium.
It is interesting to point out that the home authorities, seeing the possibility of such practices, have made it a rule to use one watermark for adhesives of low value and another for those of high value.
The adhesives are printed in attractive colours, with bold designs, indicative of Russian art.
Into the paper on which these adhesives were printed was introduced a number of silk threads in such a way that each stamp bore two portions of the thread.
Then there are Japanese adhesives which were used in China during the fighting which led to the peace of Shimonoseki, and, of course, the Japanese issues which the troops used whilst engaging the Russians must not be overlooked.
Among the most treasured adhesives provided by the South African War are the "Mafeking Besieged" issues.
When Bloemfontein fell into the hands of the British the stock of Orange Free State adhesives was overprinted V.
There is also in the last series of adhesives a Three Cent printed on paper watermarked with maker's name; these were most probably issued after the thin paper and before the usual stout paper emissions.
It will be remembered that it took considerably more than two years after the death of Queen Victoria before the change to King's head adhesives was made in Canada.
The regular post cards produced by the new contractors did not make their appearance until several months after the first adhesives of the new type were out.
The adhesives of British Columbia, Sierra Leone, and British Honduras, claim a very high rank for elegance of design and correctness of execution among our colonials.
The adhesivesof the kingdoms once composing the Two Sicilies are both equally remarkable; that of Naples for its singularity, that of Sicily from its peculiar boldness of design and rich colouring.
The set of Bergedorf, and the disused Danish and Thurn and Taxis adhesivesare instances, the former showing the further peculiarity of different sizes in regular gradation according to value.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "adhesives" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
