men taken from a French Governments make use of this class of stamps letter, and a copy of an hand-stamped im- or postmarks, in some form or other. The pression used by the chief office in London Victoria Frank Stamps are well known. upon letters paid over the counter. With Generally this class are… … passing notice among other postmarks. Similar postmarks showing that the letter is franked or free, with no postage stamps upon it, I look upon as worthy of collection as a Mulready envelope. Numbers of home, colonial, and foreign letters I shall in my next, proceed to the real are branded or…
Stamp collecting
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