HISTORY IN STAMPS
A SLAVERY ABOLITION The centenary of the -aboUtttM slavery in the British Dominion* the death of William WllberioWSf being celebrated in many wsrtjg year—but in none more interww than that adopted by the Govertfl^ 1 of Sierra Leone. •jl It is announced in Londons#*|k special series of pictorial stajWftJ high artistic merit to commeiPPjP the centenary will be issued thb JP by the Government of Sierra U* They will range in value from £l. ' J-j The designs have been from sketches by the Rev. Falbw* Welch, of the Reman CatbPUfrJJ sion, and consist of vignette*' ■ borders of the stamps name of the colony, the comm*”” live dates, 1833-1933, the deMß®'' tion, the inscription “Postage* Revenue,” and in some cases WJT of the subject matter of the Among the subjects are in® printed in black and preen; » shedding chains and shackles* V* ed in black and brown; anditM* jj Courts, Government House,’ slave market, printed in purpW-.f'-
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LX, Issue 11202, 26 August 1933, Page 2
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159HISTORY IN STAMPS Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LX, Issue 11202, 26 August 1933, Page 2
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