Stamp Collecting as a Pastime by Edward James Nankivell
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Collectors, but also to those interested in Engravings--especially in
the works of LEECH, MULREADY, CRUIKSHANK, DOYLE, PHIZ (H. K. BROWNE), THEO. HOOK, etc. etc. The Work has been produced in a very superior manner, and is printed on special paper with extra large margins; and by the kind permission of the Board of Inland Revenue an Illustration of the original Mulready is also included. * * * * * No. 1.--Strongly bound in extra cloth, gilt lettering, marbled burnished edges, &c., 6/-; post-free, 6/4; abroad, 6/8. No. 2.--_Edition de Luxe_, handsomely bound, extra gilt, hand-made paper, with uncut edges, 10/-; post-free, 10/4; abroad, 10/8. * * * * * [Illustration] The "Philatelists' Vade Mecum." _(SECURED BY LETTERS PATENT.)_ 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. It consists of a pair of broad-headed flat metal tongs, one of which is fitted with a solid wedge. The object of this is to permit the free end of a mount held by the tong to be bent over, moistened, applied to the back of the stamp, and pressed down, and the mount can then be |
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