Chapter 5
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STANLEY GIBBONS,
LIMITED,
New Announcements.
_ANNUAL SALE OVER THIRTY THOUSAND PACKETS._
NOW READY, the following Popular Series of
PACKETS OF FOREIGN POSTAGE STAMPS
_All the Stamps contained in the following Packets are warranted absolutely genuine, free from reprints. They are also in good condition and perfect._
These Packets cannot be sent by book post to Postal Union Countries. The cost by letter rate is 2-1/2d. for every 100 Stamps. The amount required for postage can therefore be reckoned, and should be added when remitting.
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_New and Improved Packets of Used and Unused Stamps._
No. 1.--The Sixpenny Packet of Mixed Continental Stamps contains 100, including many obsolete and rare. (This packet contains duplicates.) Post-free, 7d.
No. 2.--The Sixpenny Packet of Used Foreign Stamps contains 50 varieties, all different, including Egypt, Spain, Chili, New South Wales, Transvaal, Roumania, Porto Rico, Argentine, Sweden, Brazil, Turkey, &c. Post-free, 7d.
No. 3.--The Sixpenny Packet of Used Colonial Stamps contains 12 varieties, including Natal, Ceylon, India H.M.S., Cape of Good Hope, British Guiana, Mauritius, Tasmania, New South Wales Service, Victoria, Jamaica, South Australia O.S., &c. All different. Post-free, 7d.
No. 4.--The Shilling Packet of Used and Unused Foreign Stamps contains 50 varieties, including French Soudan, Spain, Bulgaria, Portugal, Sandwich Isles (head of King), Italy, Turkey, Finland, Brazil, Roumania, Portugal, Argentine Republic, Ecuador, Salvador, Greece, Mexico, Shanghai, Philippine Isles, Japan, and others rare. All different and warranted genuine. Post-free, 1/1.
No. 5.--The Shilling Packet of Colonial Stamps contains 25 varieties, including Cyprus, Natal, Jamaica, provisional South Australia, Victoria 1/2d. rose, surcharged Ceylon, Straits Settlements, India Service, Queensland, Hong Kong, Barbados, Swan River, South Australia, Centennial New South Wales, Mauritius, Malta, and others rare. All different and warranted genuine. Post-free, 1/1.
No. 6.--The Eighteenpenny Packet of Used Foreign Stamps contains 100 varieties, including Mauritius, Hong Kong, Finland, Japan 15 and 25 sen, Barbados, Chili, Brazil, Greece, Russia, Porto Rico, India envelope, Jamaica, Belgium, Spain, Canada, &c. All different and warranted genuine. Post-free, 1/7.
No. 7.--The Two Shilling Packet of Rare Used and Unused Foreign Stamps contains 100 varieties, including Porto Rico, Colombia, New Zealand, registered Canada, rare Turkish, Dutch Indies, Ceylon, Mozambique, Mauritius, Portugal, French Colonies, O. F. State, Cyprus, Norway, Sardinia, Belgium, West Australia, Chili, Egypt, Bavaria, and others rare. All different and warranted genuine. Post-free, 2/1.
Approval Sheets and Collections of Stamps.
NEW SHEETS OF STAMPS FOR BEGINNERS AND MEDIUM COLLECTORS.
We have just been arranging our Approval Sheets of Stamps on an entirely new and much simpler plan than formerly. The Stamps are mounted on Sheets, containing an average of 100 Stamps per Sheet. They are all arranged in the order of our New Catalogue. First, Great Britain and the Colonies, then all Foreign Countries. These Sheets contain about 5,000 different Stamps, and a Sheet of any particular country will be sent on demand. The Sheets arranged to date are over forty in number, and contain all Great Britain and the Colonies, and all Foreign Countries.
TO ADVANCED COLLECTORS.--For Collectors more advanced we have an assortment of many hundreds of small books of Choice picked Stamps of every Country or District in the World. Most of these special books contain twenty pages (5×3-1/2 inches), and can be sent by post in an ordinary registered envelope to all parts of the world. These books, as a rule, include Used and Unused Stamps, but Special Approval Books will be made up to suit individual requirements. Collectors writing for such should state if they wish for Used or Unused Stamps; if singles, pairs, or blocks of 4 are required; also, in Used Stamps, if special Postmarks are sought for. In all cases, in these books, we shall lay ourselves out to meet the special requirements of each individual client, whether the amount required be large or small.
Great Rarities are our Speciality. We have a large number of Stamps on hand from £100 to £750 each, and shall be pleased to give prices and particulars to advanced Philatelists.
We purchase really Rare Stamps at a much higher Cash Price than that paid by any other Stamp Merchant.
Grand Collection Packets.
NEW AND GREATLY REDUCED PRICES FOR 1902.
No. 64 CONTAINS 100 VARIETIES,
Including used and unused. Price 6d.; post-free, 7d.
No. 65 CONTAINS 250 DIFFERENT VARIETIES,
Both used and unused Stamps, Envelopes [box] and Post Cards [box] and is well recommended as a capital start for a collector. Price 3/-; post-free, 3/1.
No. 66, 500 VARIETIES,
And is strongly recommended as the cheapest collection of 500 different Stamps ever offered--the Stamps could not be bought separately for three times the marvellously low price at which it is now offered. The Stamps, &c., are clean, picked specimens fit for any collection. The best 500 varieties in the trade.
Price 6/-; post-free, 6/1.
No. 67, 1,000 VARIETIES.
This packet contains 1,000 different Stamps (and no Envelopes, Bands, and Cards), and is the cheapest packet ever offered by S. G., Ltd., satisfaction being absolutely guaranteed. The price it is offered at is the lowest ever quoted for such a collection, embracing as it does scores of scarce varieties, provisionals, new issues, and many very fine and obsolete varieties.
Price £1, post-free and registered.
No. 68, 1,500 VARIETIES.
Each specimen is in perfect condition, and the 1,500 different Stamps form a noble start for anyone. A large number of really rare and valuable Stamps are contained in this collection; but it is impossible to enumerate them, as we are constantly adding New Issues and Older Stamps when we purchase such. Satisfaction is guaranteed. Price £2 10s., post-free and registered.
No. 69, 2,000 VARIETIES.
A grand packet for a dealer or collector, every Stamp being different and genuine, and thus forming a choice collection in itself or a stock to make up sheets or for exchange purposes. Price £4 10s., post-free and registered.
No. 69A, 3,000 VARIETIES.
A very fine packet, containing many rare stamps, all arranged in order, and mounted ready to price or remove to a collection.
Price £11 10s., post-free and registered.
No. 69B, 4,000 VARIETIES.
A valuable collection, all mounted on sheets in order. Really good value; being sold by us to collectors at less than the price usually charged in the trade.
Price £18, post-free and registered.
Grand New Variety Packets.
In order to meet the wishes of a great number of our customers, we have prepared a series of packets, as under, entirely different from one another, no stamp in any one packet being in any of the rest of the series; and the purchaser of the series of eight packets will have 1,305 extra good varieties, and no duplicates.
These packets do NOT contain any Post Cards, cut Envelopes, Fiscals, or Reprints, and are well recommended as good value, and are only a small proportion of the Catalogue value of the single stamps contained in them.
No. 70 contains 500 Stamps of Europe, all different. Price 7/6; post-free, 7/8. " 71 " 125 Stamps of Asia " 7/6 " 7/7. " 72 " 125 Stamps of Africa " 7/6 " 7/7. " 73 " 105 Stamps of Australia " 7/6 " 7/7. " 74 " 125 Stamps of West Indies " 7/6 " 7/7. " 75 " 125 Stamps of South America, all different. 7/6 " 7/7. " 76 " 100 Stamps of North America " 7/6 " 7/7. " 77 " 100 Stamps of Central America " 7/6 " 7/7.
The set of eight packets, containing 1,305 varieties, if all bought at one time, will be supplied at the special reduced price of 55/-. Postage abroad 2-1/2d. extra for each 125 stamps.
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_THE JUBILEE EXHIBITION PACKETS._
No. 78.--The "Queen's Portrait" Packet. 100 Stamps. Price 10s.
The Ten Shilling Packet contains 100 Unused Postage Stamps, each one bearing a likeness of HER MAJESTY QUEEN VICTORIA. This packet contains perfect specimens only, nearly all with original gum. This is a real bargain, but as an extra inducement to purchasers we present a specimen of a Diamond Jubilee Stamp with each packet; thus each buyer becomes a subscriber to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales' Hospital Fund.
No. 79.--The "Queen's Portrait" Packet. 100 Rare Colonials. Price £1 10s.
The Thirty Shilling Packet contains 100 rare unused Postage Stamps, each one bearing a likeness of HER MAJESTY QUEEN VICTORIA. The stamps in this packet are entirely different from those in No. 78, and purchasers of both will thus possess two hundred distinct varieties. Most of the English Colonies are represented by carefully-selected specimens of the higher value stamps. With this packet we present the Half-crown Diamond Jubilee Stamp; thus each purchaser subscribes that sum to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales' Hospital Fund.
No. 80.--The "Picturesque" Packet. 100 Pictures. Price 12s. 6d.
Contains 100 Unused Stamps in perfect condition, each one being especially selected for beauty, quaintness, or originality of design. Among others, we mention:
Natives Paddling on the Congo River. Native Village and Scenery in the Congo District. A Native Village in Djibouti. The Bridge of Sighs in Kewkiang.
ZOOLOGY IS REPRESENTED BY--The Elephant, the Hippopotamus, the Bird of Paradise, the Stag, the Codfish.
Three of the exquisite Portraits of Her Majesty, as depicted on the Canadian Jubilee Stamps, showing the Vignettes of the Queen in 1837 and 1897, form an appropriate addition to this choice and remarkable packet.
GREATER BRITAIN PACKETS
OF
_British Colonial Stamps_.
NO DUPLICATES.
EVERY Packet of this series contains different varieties, no Stamp being included in two Packets, and purchasers will by this novel method be saved the inconvenience of acquiring duplicates, which is as a rule the bane of most packet buying.
|Price. |Post-free. | |s. _d._ |s. _d_. |
No. 111| contains |20 varieties of Stamps of ASIA| 0 6 | 0 7 |
112| " |25 " " " | 2 0 | 2 1 | | | | | | 113| " |40 " " " | 3 6 | 3 7 | | | | | | 114| " |40 " " " | 6 6 | 6 7 | | | | | | 115| " |50 " " " |16 6 |16 7 | | | | | | 116| " |45 " " " |12 0 |12 1 | | | | | | 117| " |30 " " " | 4 0 | 4 1 | | | | | | 118| " |40 " " " |21 0 |21 1 | | | | | | 121| " |20 " " " AFRICA| 0 6 | 0 7 | | | | | | 122| " |25 " " " | 2 6 | 2 7 | | | | | | 141| " |20 " " WEST INDIES| 0 9 | 0 10 | | | | | | 142| " |20 " " " | 2 0 | 2 1 | | | | | | 151| " |25 " " AUSTRALASIA| 0 6 | 0 7 | | | | | | 152| " |30 " " " | 1 6 | 1 7 | | | | | | 153| " |30 " " " | 4 6 | 4 7 |
FOREIGN COUNTRIES PACKETS
OF
_European Stamps_.
EVERY Packet in this series contains different varieties, no particular stamp being included in two Packets, and purchasers will by this method be saved the inconvenience of acquiring duplicates.
|Price. |Post-free.| |s. _d._ |s. _d_. |
No. 201 contains| 50 varieties of Stamps of Europe|0 9 |0 10 |
202 " |40 " " " " " |1 0 |1 1 | | | | | 203 " |50 " " " " " |2 0 |2 1 | | | | | 204 " |30 " " " " " |2 6 |2 7 | | | | | 205 " |50 " " " " " |3 6 |3 7 | | | | | 206 " |60 " " " " " |7 6 |7 7 |
THE 20th CENTURY PACKETS
Of Envelopes, Registered Envelopes, Wrappers, and Letter Sheets,
ALL UNUSED, ENTIRE, AND GUARANTEED GENUINE ORIGINALS.
NO DUPLICATES.
Every Packet of this series contains different Envelopes, etc., no piece being included in two Packets, and purchasers will by this novel method be saved the inconvenience of acquiring duplicates, which is as a rule the bane of most packet buying.
The prices of these new Packets are wonderfully cheap, as we are clearing off our stock of entires.
_These Packets cannot be sent by book post abroad. The average rate abroad by letter post or parcel post varies so much that sufficient should be remitted, and balance, if any, will be credited or returned. The prices quoted "post-free" are for Great Britain only._
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ENVELOPE PACKETS.
_Section I.--GREAT BRITAIN & COLONIES._
No. 601.--Contains 29 common varieties, including Bechuanaland, Chamba, Cochin, Leeward Isles, etc. Price 2/-; post-free, 2/1.
No. 602.--Contains 36 scarce varieties, including Great Britain compound, Bahamas, Barbados, Canada, Cape, Ceylon, Gibraltar, Grenada, Heligoland, etc. Price 8/6; post-free, 8/7.
No. 603.--Contains 36 scarce varieties, including Newfoundland, New South Wales, St. Vincent, South Australia, Trinidad, and a really grand lot of Victorian. Price 10/-; post-free, 10/1.
No. 604.--Contains 47 varieties of Great Britain only, including a superb lot of the rarer compound Envelopes, old dates and high values; also scarce Registered Envelopes, Wrappers, etc. A very fine packet and good value. Price 40/-; post-free, 40/2.
No. 605.--Contains 50 _rare_ varieties of Bahamas, Barbados, British Bechuanaland, British Central and East and South Africa, British Guiana, Canada, Cape, and Ceylon. Price 25/-; post-free, 25/3.
No. 606.--Contains 45 _rare_ varieties, including some very scarce Ceylon registered, Cyprus, Gibraltar, Gold Coast, Grenada, Heligoland, and India. Price 27/6; post-free, 27/9.
No. 607.--Contains 34 varieties of the Indian States, including Chamba, Gwalior, Jhind, Nabha, Puttialla, Bamra, Charkhari, Cochin, Duttia, Holkar, Hyderabad, and Travancore. Price 10/-; post-free, 10/1.
No. 608.--Contains 29 scarce varieties of Leeward Isles, Malta, Mauritius, Newfoundland, New South Wales, New Zealand, and Niger Coast. Price 12/-; post-free, 12/2.
No. 609.--Contains 29 scarce varieties of Queensland, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Sierra Leone, South Australia, Straits Settlements, Tasmania, Tobago, Trinidad, and Victoria. Price 12/6; post-free, 12/8.
SPECIAL OFFER.
Packets 601 to 609 inclusive, containing 335 different varieties of Envelopes, Wrappers, etc., of Great Britain and her Colonies. Price £6 10s. Postage extra.
ENVELOPES.
_Section II.--FOREIGN COUNTRIES._
No. 610.--Contains 20 common varieties. Price 1/-; post-free, 1/1.
No. 611.--Contains 21 scarcer varieties. Price 2/6; post-free, 2/7.
No. 612.--Contains 21 varieties, including Argentine, Brazil, Ecuador, Guatemala, etc. Price 4/6; post-free, 4/7.
No. 613.--Contains 24 varieties, including Persia, Russia, Shanghai, Uruguay, etc. Price 6/6; post-free, 6/7.
No. 614.--Contains 41 scarce varieties of Argentine, Austria, Austrian Italy, Hungary, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Chili, and Costa Rica. Price 16/6; post-free, 16/8.
No. 615.--Contains 62 varieties of Danish West Indies, Ecuador, Egypt, France, and Envelopes of _twenty_ different French Colonies. Price 12/6; post-free, 12/8.
No. 616.--Contains 43 _rare_ varieties of the German States, including very scarce Lubeck, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Prussian, Saxony, Thurn and Taxis, Wurtemberg, etc. A really good packet and exceptional value. Price 50/-; post-free, 50/3.
No. 617.--Contains 40 varieties of Guatemala, Hawaiian Isles, Holland, Dutch Indies, and Honduras. Price 12/6; post-free, 12/8.
No. 618.--Contains 35 scarce varieties of Japan, including rare plate numbers, Liberia, Mexico, Monaco, and Montenegro. Price 20/-; post-free, 20/3.
No. 619.--Contains 30 varieties of Nicaragua, especially strong in the older issues. Price 6/-; post-free, 6/1.
No. 620.--Contains 38 scarce varieties of Paraguay, Persia, Peru, Portugal, Roumania, Russia, etc. Price 18/6; post-free, 18/9.
No. 621.--Contains 39 scarce varieties of Finland, Russian Local Envelopes, Shanghai, Transvaal, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, and Uruguay. Price 17/6; post-free, 17/9.
No. 622.--Contains 77 varieties of Salvador, including many really rare and provisional issues. A very fine and interesting set. Price 25/-; post-free, 25/3.
No. 623.--Contains 32 old varieties of the United States of America, including scarce dies and papers of the Reay and Plimpton issues, and the old 3 cent letter sheet on blue paper. Price 15/-; post-free, 15/3.
SPECIAL OFFER.
PACKETS 610 to 623 inclusive, containing 527 varieties of Envelopes, Wrappers, etc., of Foreign Countries. Price £9 5s. Postage extra.
THE 20th CENTURY PACKETS
Of Post Cards and Letter Cards.
_ALL UNUSED, ENTIRE, AND GUARANTEED GENUINE ORIGINALS._
NO DUPLICATES.
POST CARD PACKETS.
_Section I.--GREAT BRITAIN & COLONIES._
No. 650.--Contains 13 common varieties. Price 1/-; post-free, 1/1.
No. 651.--Contains 13 common varieties, different from the last. Price 1/-; post-free, 1/1.
No. 652.--Contains 16 common varieties, all different from those in the other packets. Price 1/3; post-free, 1/4.
No. 653.--Contains 24 scarce varieties of Cards, including Bangkok, Barbados, British Central Africa, etc. Price 4/6; post-free, 4/7.
No. 654.--Contains 26 scarce varieties, including Falkland, Gibraltar, Heligoland, Hong Kong, etc. Price 4/6; post-free, 4/7.
No. 655.--Contains 23 scarce varieties, including Nevis, Newfoundland, North Borneo, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, etc. Price 4/-; post-free, 4/1.
No. 656.--Contains 24 scarce varieties, including Tasmania, Tobago, Trinidad, Turks Islands, Virgin Isles, Zululand, etc. Price 4/-; post-free, 4/1.
No. 657.--Contains 38 rare varieties, including scarce Cards from Great Britain, Antigua, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, etc. Price 10/-; post-free, 10/2.
No. 658.--Contains 47 rare varieties from British Central, East, and South Africa, Canada, Ceylon, Cape of Good Hope, Cyprus, Gambia, etc. Price 10/6; post-free, 10/8.
No. 659.--Contains 47 rare varieties from Gibraltar, Gold Coast, Grenada, Heligoland, Hong Kong, India, Chamba, Gwalior, Puttialla, etc. Price 12/6; post-free, 12/8.
No. 660.--Contains 39 rare varieties from Sirmoor, Cashmere, Jamaica, Labuan, Montserrat, Natal, Nevis, etc. Price 12/6; post-free, 12/8.
No. 661.--Contains 41 rare varieties, including New South Wales, New Zealand, Niger Coast, North Borneo, Queensland, St. Lucia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, etc. Price 9/6; post-free, 9/8.
No. 662.--Contains 41 rare varieties from South Australia, Straits, Tasmania, Tobago, Trinidad, Turks Islands, Victoria, Western Australia, etc. Price 10/-; post-free, 10/2.
SPECIAL OFFER.
Packets 650 to 662 inclusive, containing a really grand collection of 392 varieties of Post Cards of Great Britain and Colonies. Price £4. Postage extra.
Section II.--FOREIGN COUNTRIES.
No. 670.--Contains 20 common varieties. Price 1/6; post-free, 1/7.
No. 671.--Contains 27 other common varieties. Price 2/6; post-free, 2/7.
No. 672.--Contains 38 varieties, including some scarce. Price 3/-; post-free, 3/1.
No. 673.--Contains 35 varieties, including some scarce ones. Price 3/6; post-free, 3/7.
No. 674.--Contains 31 scarcer varieties, including Austrian Italy, Hungary, Belgium, Congo, and Brazil. Price 6/-; post-free, 6/1.
No. 675.--Contains 31 scarce varieties, including Bulgaria, Chili, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Morocco, Tunis, etc. Price 4/-; post-free, 4/1.
No. 676.--Contains 36 scarce varieties, including German East Africa, Greece, Guatemala, Hawaiian Islands, Holland, Curaçao, Dutch Indies, Surinam, etc. Price 6/-; post-free, 6/2.
No. 677.--Contains 45 scarce varieties, including Italy, Eritrea, San Marino, Japan, Luxemburg, Mexico, etc. Price 8/-; post-free, 8/2.
No. 678.--Contains 48 scarce varieties, including Monaco, Montenegro, Nicaragua, Orange Free State, Paraguay, Persia, Peru, Azores, Madeira, etc. Price 10/-; post-free, 10/2.
No. 679.--Contains 39 scarce varieties from Roumania, Russia, Finland, Servia, Shanghai, Siam, South African Republic, Spain, etc. Price 7/-; post-free, 7/2.
No. 680.--Contains 45 scarce varieties from Cuba, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Uruguay, etc. Price 9/6; post-free, 9/8.
No. 681.--Contains 39 rare varieties from Argentine, Austrian Italy, Hungary, etc. Price 6/6; post-free, 6/7.
No. 682.--Contains 51 rare varieties from Belgium, Congo, Bolivia, Brazil, etc. Price 15/-; post-free, 15/2.
No. 683.--Contains 54 rare varieties from Bulgaria, Chili, Colombia, Costa Rica, Denmark, Iceland, etc. Price 10/-; post-free, 10/2.
No. 684.--Contains 54 rare varieties from Ecuador, Egypt, France, Tunis, Baden, Bavaria, etc. Price 10/-; post-free, 10/2.
No. 685.--Contains 72 rare varieties from Wurtemberg, Greece, Guatemala, Hawaiian Islands, Hayti, Holland and Colonies. Price 15/-; post-free, 15/3.
No. 686.--Contains 62 rare varieties from Italy, Japan, Luxemburg, Mexico, etc. Price 14/-; post-free, 14/3.
No. 687.--Contains 50 rare varieties from Monaco, Montenegro, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Persia, etc. Price 10/-; post-free, 10/2.
No. 688.--Contains 59 rare varieties from Peru, Portugal and Colonies, Roumania, etc. Price 15/-; post-free, 15/3.
No. 689.--Contains 78 rare varieties from Russia, Finland, Salvador, etc. Price 15/-; post-free, 15/3.
No. 690.--Contains 48 rare varieties from Shanghai, Siam, Spain and Colonies, Sweden, etc. Price 16/6; post-free, 16/8.
No. 691.--Contains 43 rare varieties from Switzerland, Turkey, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, etc. Price 9/6; post-free, 9/8.
SPECIAL OFFER.
Packets 670 to 691 inclusive, containing a superb collection of 1,005 varieties of _Post Cards_ of Foreign Countries; a bargain. Price £8 10s. Postage extra.
SIXTIETH THOUSAND.
_1/- each_.
THE SEVENTH EDITION OF
The Improved Postage Stamp Album,
No. 0.
THE BEST AND LARGEST SHILLING ALBUM EVER PUBLISHED.
176 large pages. Spaces for 4,700 Stamps.
48 extra pages added in this Edition without extra charge.
_This Album is now selling at the rate of over 1,000 copies a month_.