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More Dak dicta : verses written in Calcutta (1894-1910), and philatelic verses (1911)

Corfield, Wilmot · Calcutta : Thacker, Spink · leaf 143

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PART II. PHILATELIC. T have met with curious philatelic survival, an unsullied delightful *- whiff from a dead age, a philatelic pre-historic peep not often to be enjo}md now, to wit a ‘ ‘ Lallier ’ ’ … covers. Its uncouthness is superb ; the rough paper, the irregular spacings, the cramped up catalogue with quaint lettering, the uncalled for “ coats-of-arms.” And yet such is the spell woven by the individuality of the work that you can’t help liking it. The world went very well then with ‘ ‘…

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