Illustration: 58] The postmarks used on letters despatched from troops accompanying the numerous Indian military expeditions form a very considerable range for philatelic exploration.
In the near future, the working out of German Field Post cancellations of the war of 1914 will be an exceptionally thankful philatelic report.
The remaining illustrations, added as this work is being sent to press, supplement the philatelic records of the present war, as already outlined in the earlier chapters.
The portraits of Milan and Alexander figure on the stamps of their respective reigns, and in the case of Alexander we get one of those philatelic issues which must imprint on our minds the memory of notable or notorious events.
Illustration: 188] In this war philatelic history is repeating itself, for Russia has issued a new set of war charity postage stamps (Figs.
A special penny and a threepence stamp were prepared by a photographic process in the town, and these form the most interestingphilatelic souvenirs of the South African War.
The same wrapper is chronicled in the Philatelic Record which was issued the latter part of September as upon "straw-colored wove paper," so it had doubtless appeared as early as August, 1882.
Mr. Castle, in reading the foregoing paper at the meeting of the London Philatelic Society, shewed specimens of the stamps described by Mr. Brouse, and added a few remarks as under.
Mr. Lemieux was informed that the stamps still in his possession had no little philatelic interest as curiosities and he sold the specimens to Mr. Severn.
This reckoning agrees, we believe, with the recollection of the person who rescued the imperforates from oblivion, in a philatelic sense.
As there seems to be considerable doubt as to the origin, and as I was in the main instrumental in introducing them to the philatelic public, I have decided to give the information I possess on this subject to them.
You see there are still worlds to conquer, in spite of all the inky battles that have been waged by philatelic writers.
To this class belong the stamps of the first issues of British Guiana, Hawaii and Reunion, which rank among the greatest philatelic rarities.
Our own country has added to thephilatelic "zoo" by placing a herd of cattle on one of the Trans-Mississippi issue.
In conclusion the writer recalls a good joke by a gentleman prominent in philatelic circles.
These variations in the size of the design, therefore, while interesting in themselves as examples of paper vagaries, are of little, if any, philatelic importance.
Ewen wrote an exhaustive article on the numerous varieties of this stamp but as most of these were simply due to errors of register their philatelic importance is slight.
Other varieties which, though not so prominent, are of equalphilatelic importance are found.
This is mentioned in the Weekly Philatelic Era as follows:-- By some misunderstanding the contractors, the American Bank Note Co.
This latter like the ribbed varieties in the earlier issues, is evidently due to nothing more than some eccentricity of printing and is, consequently, of doubtful philatelic importance.
As this stamp collected a tax on letters and postcards it will undoubtedly be considered collectible by the most advanced of the philatelic purists.
I do not think Portugal will find it very profitable, as collectors are growing shy of philatelic trash.
The annual meet of the American Philatelic Association is about to hold its convention at Clayton, N.
I have sent you a copy of the statutes of the Philatelic Society, New York, the leading society in this country.
Speaking of plate-numbers, which are the fashion at present, reminds me that the finest collection of these ever made up was exhibited to the members of the New York Philatelic Society at its last meeting.
And this is one of those ventures that are very profitable, because they practically give the stamps gratis to the Government, and sell the stamps to the philatelic agents.
That was a trick, because I was representing the philatelic agency, Lehman, but we did not want to let it be known to Shell Oil Co.
My friend Judge Philbrick, for some time President of the Royal Philatelic Society of London, tells me that the stamps known to collectors as the Post Office Mauritius "fetch anything.
In any case this unique relic of the young Napoleon only fetched about one-tenth of the price obtained for the Post Office Mauritius stamp which caused so much excitement in the philatelic world six years since.
The interest in the "frank" was philatelic as well as autographic, but no "frank" ever attained the high position now held by a Post Office Mauritius or early Sandwich stamp.
International jealousies are forgotten, and even the barriers of race, and creed, and politics, in the pleasant freemasonry of philatelic friendships.
Is an entirely New and Original Invention for enabling Collectors to Mount Stamps without handling them, and is a multum in parvo of Philatelic requisites.
Most of the great cities of Europe, the British Colonies, and the United States have their Philatelic Societies.
One of the most interesting and comprehensive series of philatelic works, still in course of publication, was commenced by Messrs.
He also is a member of the London Philatelic Society.
It publishes an excellently-got-up monthly journal of its own, which now claims shelf-room in the philatelic library for ten stately annual volumes.
In Dresden there is a society with over two thousand members upon its books; in out-of-the-way countries like Finland there are ardent collectors and flourishing philatelic societies.
These handbooks are written by leading philatelic authorities.
The premier society is the Philatelic Society of London, which was founded so long ago as 1869, and has as its acting President H.
Reprints, for philatelic purposes, should be classed with forgeries.
Though it is not the rarest, it is probably the best-known philatelic treasure, and the one which collectors covet beyond all others.
A second specimen is chronicled in Durbin's Philatelic Monthly, of August, 1879.
This unfortunate issue was generally received with approval by the Philatelic press.
The work is limited to 500 copies and when completed will be the greatest philatelic work ever published.
Reports of the proceedings of the leading American philatelic societies.
Contributed to, by the leading philatelicwriters of the day, including, Major Edw.
Honorary Member of the Philatelic Society of London.
What, going to see an elderly gentleman in his rooms in the Temple, to offer to sell him philatelic rarities at--past midnight?
The Poisson d'Avril (April Fool) stamp is a curiosity in philatelic lore; it was gravely chronicled as emanating from Moresnet, and deceived the very knowing ones.
The canton of Basle next joined the philatelic ranks, followed after three years' interval by Vaud and Neufchatel.
Bogert and Joseph Rechert, a committee of the National philatelic society.
American Philatelist and Year Book of the American Philatelic Association.
Reprinted with additions and corrections from the Philatelic Journal of Great Britain.
Great Britain, and philatelic review of reviews: official organ of the International philatelic union.
British India and Ceylon, published by the Philatelic Society, London," with which it is bound.
The official organ of the Philatelic society of America.
The American Philatelic Association and the adhesive postage stamp.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "philatelic" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
