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I i/he JUarge&t ana uiaesi Independent Collector’s Magazine. Est. in 1895. Devoted to all Hobbies. KNUMBER 1 VOLUME 35' Published HontMy Snu prefrti o«r,, "jVf8e bra4sK*u ,R t r.u Xr An. I’1 - j) ii 4j jHki !j&J£ ‘Jf. <raI"Py!3 vcarj- for ■$/} 5(9T«at JNO use our giving- a long story—it costs too mucn, Desiaes every oony Knows- our house and when we say a thing its so. We try to make prices to suit those Sn Coins 70e Offer who buy because they s.re cheap. U. S. Gold Dollar very good condition, but pierced $1 25 U. S. $3 Gold Piece, fine condition but pierced. 3 50 VLoirugiisniaian,a '/*C ePnetn, n1y7,2 11-717736,7 ,v evreyr yg goood, raore .d. 6355 1795 U.S. Silver Dollar. very good, very scarce.. . 3 00 Kentucky Cent (about-1796), plain.edge,.fine, rare. 1 25 1795 U. S Cent, very good, very scarce.1 . 75 1J. S. Silver Dollar, between 1840 tend 1873 (date of our selection) each... 1 50 Coinage of regular silver dollars stopped in is;;; resumed in 1S78 U. S.Silver “Trade"Dollarjoined 1873-83,repudiated 1884,“called in “1887 85 U. S. Silver Half. Dollars old style, with bust of Liberty, and lettered edge, dated 1836 or before each . 59 1J. S silver Quartet, old style bust of Liberty, dated 183S or earlier each 40 187' IJ. >S. 2ocent piece, or one-fifth dollar, smooth edge!. 35 Coinage of 20 cent pieces discontinued in 1878 U. S. Silver Dime, old style, with large bust of Liberty; dated 1837 or earlier,.j. 20 U. S Silver Half Dime, old style, with large bust of Liberty dated 1837 or before each... _ .. 15 b S. Silver Half Dime, between 1840-73 (date our selection). 08 L S Silver 3 Cent Piece, dated before 1863; scarce and in demand each.. 10 - 1 - | ,i t ’ potion. L. S. 5 Cent .Nickel, 1883, without “Cents’' each. 10 D. S. 3 Cent Nickel, coiued 1865-1889, and now “called n“ (date of "ir .--i ;■ i oi i each . . . . 05 b S. Bronze 2 cent piece made from 1864 to 1§73 and becoming ' >f our selection) each . 05 b S. Cent, large size, old type before 1857, which ’was last year of 04 ' 0- nt Copper Coins from Asia. -37 - > -r C i:is from .\fricu .. 20 ■: mus from South America..,. 25 (ho Hundred different Copper-Cpkis (express extra) . 2 10 o ' , di IIcivilt Foreign Silver Coins % dime size. 70 - ' ■: different foreign silver coins dollar size... 80 ivt: dillereiit foreign silver coins dollar size. 1 50 Sn Curios etc. UDe Offer x ( on v. u-r tabic spoc, “colonial tim,es’’fine.: .. 35 - ' ' handcuffs nice pair with the rare key.1. 75 Si;< h it “pepper box” revolving pistol, good working order . 2 50 e mould .with 12 tubes, nice shape.. '. so Larly t vpe Colt’s cap & ball 5 shot revolver, with side I hammer in black 1 u.limit cloth lined case containing cap box, queer copper powder flask wrench nrul gimlet, printed directions for using Colts weapons, is on < inside of box cover. This is a rare combination and over 60 3'ears old price for lot is.'. 10 00 Express is always extra on weapons \V e are now working on our “Fixed pricelist No. 3“ it will be the larg¬ est mu' best we have ever issued. Is your name on our mailing list? If not, send it in. St. jCouis Sin”1” & Coin Co. racurf If .. 0& >*/ O " % rv> 0^ Stamp Collectin g A FEW SETS AT THIS PRICE 11 all different Hungary . Sc IViade Easy 20 all different Italy . 2£® 10 “ “ I«dia .. I make a specialty of sending by 14 “ “ Romania. pstoasmt pssm toa lcl olbleocotkosr s ino fa nyA upsatrrta olafs itahne 106 ““ ““ TLuuxrekmebyu.r.g .• * . wpaorreld ,s asom teh awt itthhe yt hmeiar y cqoullieectltyio ncso ma-t 1S0i x“ pack“e ts aJnda apnd aalbnum. h•o l•d*.i n~cg home, and purchase just those they 480 stamps for 25 cents. may be short of. This method is very E. E. DUCKETT popular, as it prevents an undesirable Joplin, Mo. ' accumulation of duplicates. The Stamps are arranged in countries, neatly mounted in order to issue, dis¬ Collectors! tinctly described and priced separately ahd upon receipt of small cash lepos- 10 all different Canada Entires in¬ it or Sydney reference, I shall be glad cluding rare Jubilee Post Card ■ to send any book from the following list for inspection. Books (which for only 18c net. can'be enclosed inordinary sized en¬ 10 entires from assorted countries velope) may be kept for a few days 15c net. and then those stamps not required H. MORGAN, rfeotru trhnoesde, tatkoegne.t hPerr icewsi tahr e reexmceitpttaionnc¬e Box 553, Victoria, B. C. Canada. Aalulsytr alolawsi an Stamps priced lc to 25c each BARGAINS IN Australasian Stamps priced from 25c to STAMPS AND INDIAN RELICS Unused Aust$ra1l.a2s5ia ne aSctha mps priced from 100 u. s. 100 var mounted .% .52 2c to 25c each 1000 U. S. 100 evenly mixed.1.75 Uaused Australasian Stamps priced from 2000 U. S. 100 evenly mixed.3.25 Varieties ot 2Pce trofo $ra1t-i2o0n eoafc hA ustralasian 1122 comm“ on SApreraorw P Pooiinnttss..7350 stamps (including old and 12 Celts different.3.5D recent issues). Priced from 2c t© 100 all different. 7.50 $2.50 each. Post free. Send stamp for outlines. “Minor” Varieties and Oddities (Aus¬ SOL HAYES tralasian) Extra Fined Piqked Copies of medium and Harrison, Ohio common Australians. Pric¬ ed from 10c $2.50 to each Hard to get Stamps U ed stamps in pairs, strips and blocks V amps (old and recent issues) on or¬ iginal covers. ALSO—Books cf poor¬ I have a large stock of good postage er copies of the scarcer and more ex¬ stamps to dispose of at most reasonable pensive stamps priced according to con¬ prices. , . dition. Some of the older issues in very I also make a specialty of handling U. fine condition are beyond the means S- documentary, Match and Medicine < o* many collectors, who would be per- stamps and always have in stock all but, i haps just as well satisfied with a and some of,the rarities. I stamo a trifle defective, but costing Correspondence with all kinds of col¬ j about one sixth of ordinary price. lectors wanted. Responsible reference T. H. N1COLLE required. (Postage Stamp Merchant) ttl. S. flldricb, Same address since 1890. 14 Hunter St. Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. NoTE-Every Collector should have my Illustrat¬ 352 West 115 St. ed r-riced Catalogue of Australasian Stamps, tfri■ffllf-cw l inleosc, itp aopspt eaflrse eto. boAthrr atnhgee db egoinnn ers caiennd- n«u York, P. Y. io-6. specialist. 55 stamps for 50c Cdlt EciCh 55 stamps for 5&t United States 1898 5c dark blue 1862 50c conveyance blue 6c brownish lake 50c mortgage “ 1851 3c dull red 10c orange brown 50c orig. procees blue 1857 3c “ “ 15c olive SI foreign exch red 1161 3c rose Omaha f lc yellow green $1 inland exch “ 1867 3c red 1898 \ 2c copper red 1871 Second Issue 1869 3c blue Buffalo j lc green and black 2c blue and black 1871 2c red brown 1901 ( 2c carmine and “ 10c “ 1873 lc ultramarine 1902 lc blue green 25c “ 2c brown 2c carmine 50c “ 3c green 2c (new type) *1 “ 1875 2c vermilion 3c purple 1872 Third Issue 1879 lc ultramarine 4c brown 2c black and ora*’ge 2c vermilion 5c blue $1 black and green 3c green 6c brownish lake 1874 Fourth Issue 6c pink 8c violet black 2c black & orange on green 10c brown 10c orange brown 1875 Fifth Issue 1882 5c yellow brown 15c olive 2c blue (liberty) lc gray blue St Louis f lc green 1898 Spanish War Revenues. 3c blue green 1904 1 2c carmine I. R. on lc green 10c brown Post Office 3c black “ “2c red 1883 2c red brown War lc rose red Proprietary )4c yellow green 4c blue green 1873 3c “ “ Xc pale brown 1887 2c green 6c “ “ ^4c deep orange lc ultramarine Post Office Seal brown fbc blue 4c carmine Special Del'y 1895 10c blue lc green 5c indigo “ 1902 10c blut- . lXc violet 1890 lc ultramarine Postage due 1889 lc redbr’n Documentary l/z c dark gray 2c carmine 2c “ “ lc blue 3c purple 1891 lc claret 2c carmine \ 4c brown 2c “ 3c dark blue> 5c chocolate 1895 lc deep claret 4c pale rose 8c lilac 2c “ 5c lilac 10c green 3c “ l.'c dark brown f lc deep blue 5c “ 25c purple browu 1893 | 2c violet 10c “ * 40c blue lilac Columbus { 4c ultramarine U. S. REVENUES 50c slate violet i 5c chocolate Cival War first issue 80c bistre brown l lOcblack brown 1862 2c Bank check orange $1 dark green 1895 lc blue 2c “ “ blue $3 dark brown 2c carmine 2c Internal orange 1900 $1 carmine 3c purple 5c Certificate red $1 gray and black . 4c dark brown 5c Inland Exch red $2 5c chocolate 10c Certificate blue 1902 $1 green and black 68cc dpuarcke brown 1100cc CInolnantrda cEt xbclhu eb lue N Y.%T2R A“N SFER STAMPS 10c dark green 20c “ “ red 190.r 2c gray 1898 1lc5 cy deallrokw b glureee n 2255cc CInesrutirfaicnactee re“d 1200cc gorraeneng e 4c rose brown 25c Power of Att red 50c brown Ararat Stamp Co., 45 Beaver St., New York, N. Y. One Cent Each 55 stamps for 50c 5Sstampsfor50c >|■ P11ACDPW995B9om 00oua65lTesdp,lei l stet2il$$$25$1er atific1c1i002U20mecfllc t cc ce rea g.bbrar oTn rlteegobg52nlrlScere ueuddac0rrer rnU . oleaey 5 ec 2Rl aObbte cEcn w0&ne prglaf oca ngiuo cfnbnbpr oh1nli Oeewuailc vor9inad vu dopti0hl enna eeS““i“2w h11ib1l1vl d 1 21 l2 os t99o85 9lcc5ne00a5 q1 00am1c901 hp ccb lc 95m 519u9gc50c bo0blepc 0a r kracra b0o plc1resoiu““e ggg rcaor s bblod s eserberoirkcgts lrplev enernlwuk ea’re ueleee n tten en eenan ¬ 1 111 111818818188878A788989997358506169 08 1r 4822y 5l l2 tgY351%12l354131cc65c9ccfcl151ctclccc20c.2ccc0cO 5e ck O kc 5 5 c ck c kvgccbkl ob fn sycybcgcr kkk ok a gr rribrs rlrArabbeagaerrrrrtrro brkre oa lorral o o ierbblelrarrlrabeuleleetUrwbllnbnbwmumomweseeudrnleootende relurloegeeweetnenS ogduwnwu nn io i i eb w en n n nwee Tne w l e eeRn u Rgnn er e I eApeu nb lic 11181899990.001 0 4 5112l223 2352l356l22O453362236llk5l22h25O0400400hhh0h5Oh000k50khhh0h5rkkkkkkk kkk hhh hhhhh r rhh hrrlrggbrrrrrr r r o lb d si o ebirrrrgcrlggbllgoucgbOlcgrrbbbvalaooeeiiadrarloaararlrrlrallrgrrlrrialadcoeswyui aaatetaouacinoowroakrvhenerr nv weym ceymyw yewlwygnav ee egtn e n g n mte ininl intebb b gboggrn ni llallrllarreueuauueeeeyr eceeteeeie n nnne velopes for .2c 1864 5kr rose 30h lilac 10 diff cut sq env for... .5c lOkr blue 35h green 20 diff cut sq envs for. 10c 15kr brown 40h violet 25«£iff cut sq envs for. .25c 1867 2kr yellow 50h blue Foreign Countries 3kr green 60h brown ANGOLA 5 kr red 1906 lOh carmine 1898 2y2 reis gray 10 kr blue 30h brown S reis orange 15 kr brown 25h blue Newspaper ly* reis brown 1883 2kr brown Newspapers Star ps . Postage DAuNeG 5R “A y ellow gr 35kkrr groresee n 1867 lkr red lilac 1896 25y rezA isrN eoiJsrOa gUnrgAaeyN 1890 l2lOk0krk rrg gbralruayey 11898000 26}hh4 kborl rugaern egeen | 1892 2lcc bblraocwkn o no nb lbuuef f 23 kkrr bgrroewenn 1200"hh brorosew n Ararat Stamp Co., Beaver St., New York 1 60 Day Bargains in Tine U. $. 1847 10c black.$2.00 1868 lc grill 9x13 cat 75c.$ .25 18“5 1 1120cc bgreeln acat.c 7k5c.. 21.500 “ 5c “ “ “ 4 00 ... 1.25 i 1857 3c outer line cat 25c.. .10 “ 15c “ “ “ 1.00.35 1 5c type I, red brown “ 24c.* 5.00 . 2 00 l “ c$54ac.t0 0$type6 I .br0ow.n0 c.at 21..5500 1“86 93 0lcc ,6“c or 1*2• c e“ a3c.0h0..3 10.25 “ 5c type III cat 2.5o 1.00 “ 15c brown & blue cat 1.50 .60 '* 12c black.60 “ 15c “ “ variety ““ 3204cc loraingle uanusecd 4. 00 1.75 cat 3.50 rare . 1.50 i used ...... 2.60 “ 30c blue & carmine cat $3 1.10 1861 3c pink extra fine cat 1870 24c purple.70 li ““ 917502ccc 1bb5llucu. feof rc5 a3“t0 c$f ine03ea .c5cato.h $.7. 2331...5006000 NIn“at veyr9i oocr cDeap“t r1-“9m 0 coimnpleete f.“o5 r 290 .5000 1868 lc grill 11x13 cat 2.00.. .60 P. O. “ “ “ 3.25 “ lSc “ “ “ 4 00 1.30 War unused *‘ 1.75 m 1000 Variety Collection No two stamps alike. A grand collection catalogued over $26.00. Contains no cards, envelopes or other trash, only perfect stamps, ready to transfer to a collection. The Best Collection In The World For $2.50 Collectors having 4000 to 6000 varieties, buy above. They find 200 to 450 stamps not in their collection. “Your 1000 var. is a fine value. Please reserve two more of these collections for us.”—LaBem.® Stamp Co , Steubenville, Ohio. YOUR MONEY BACK IF NOT SATIS FAC 1 ORY. 509 Varieties mounted in blank album for .85c. Large new 1906 price list FREE! $10,000 J Ready to Buy Stamp Collections.Dealers' Stocks, Lots etc. WHY NOT WRITE ME? Joseph ?. Degreen, DEALER IN STAMPS AND COINS, 28 EAST 23d STREET NEW YORK A Coin Book 1907 Edition, giving prices paid for rare coins. Post free ■ 10c ents. ..""- -m** Buy Stamps At Less Than Catalogue Prices! As well as secure the exclusive rights to our approval ^ sheets. The Co-Operative Stamp Co.,[lnc.] Canal Dover, ^ Ohio, is offering a limited number of shares of it’s stock to progressive Stamp Collectors who would appreciate the above Jp* advantages and who are willing to participate in a conserva tive, but profitable, business enterprises. We want you to write today for Our Interesting Booklet Sent FREE! It explaines our plan fully, tells how you can become a stock holder and share in the other advantages for a very jgg small outlay. This book is of great interest to every stamp collector who wants to better his collection. As it costs nothing to learn our plan, who send for the booklet? Sub¬ stantial profits assured. Address today The Cooperative Stamp Co., ^ [INCORPORATED] Canal Dover, Ohio.