Stamp Collecting.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXVIII, Issue VIII, 22 February 1902, Page 376

Stamp Collecting.

Apparently up to the present Niue Island has not had an obliterating stamp, for letters have been received ou which is the New Zealand penny universal stamp, surcharged with the word Niue, and obliterated by having the same word written transversely across from corner to corner, and the date. 6/1/02 underneath. The surcharge is that of the rubber stamp. From April next it has been decided that Wurtemberg shall use the German Imperial postage stamp, while retaining others for local use. * ♦ ♦ Belgium parcel post stamps are to have added 30 cent orange. 10 cent dark green. 70 cent dark blue, 90 cent bright red. and 3 franc black, of the 1895 type. * ♦ ♦ Cape Verde “remainders” are to be sold by auction in London on the 21st of this month as follows: 20,693 of 5 reis black. 49.314 of 10 do. green, 93,554 of 20 do. red, 13.554 of 25 do. violet, 5058 of 40 do. brown, 41,052 of 50 do. blue, and 98.664 of 300 orange. Catalogue values will fall to zero as far as Cape Verde stamps are concerned. ♦ + ♦ A new series of Dutch Indies stamps is about to appear similar in style to low value Netherlands, with figure value in the centre. Surinam is also to have a similar issue. * * ♦ North Borneo has issued a 10 cent lilac grey, and 16 cent, dark g-reen, so far not surcharged “British Protect orate.” ♦ ♦ ♦ A pair of Zululand 5/ carmine realised 115/ at auction in London. 4- -F United States 1 dollar black. 189596 ivsue, are offered for sale at 1/6, and 2 and 5 dollars at 10/ the pair. ♦ * * The Cape Id blue error is now piloted at £36 as a special offer. ♦ ♦ * The accidental vagaries of printers have resulted in there now being over 206 different V.R.I. and O.F.S. surcharges on South African stamps. 'F The “Senior," writing in “Stamps” states: “In counterfeiting the scarce stamps of Schleswig-Holstein, the forgers of the ISSO issue were bothered by the blue silk threads of the originals. In the genuine stamps, the silk thread is embedded in the substance of the paper; in the counterfeits the silk thread is held between two thin sheets of paper and can be released when the (stamps arc placed in water for a time. * * * A new British South Africa stamp has appeared, same type as the others, value 7/6, colour black. + + + Fiji 6 cents, with. Gothic V.K. unused, sold for 27/ in London. ♦ ♦ ♦ Mauritius has issued “arnis“stamps as follow: 1 cent dull or tinted black, 2 cent dull purple. 4 cent brown and carmine ou yellow, and 10 cent bluish grey green and light red.

At a stamp auction in London a New Zealand half of 1/ green, 1856 issue on blue paper used on front of an envelope as sixpence, realised £6 10s.

The Dominican Republic- has issued a new series of eight stamps, 1895 design. the values ranging from j cent to 1 peso. Amongst prices realised for stamps at recent -auction sales, the following Australasians changed hands; N.S.W. diadem. Id perf.. 11 for £6 15s; South Australia, V. and C.R. error, 4d purple, £ 1 16/; N.Z. 2d Vermillion lozenge watermark £3 5/; Tasmania. 2 serrated perfs. £3 9s; South Australia Jd 15 x 11 block of eight, £6 6s; Victoria, first 2d lilac, £3 17/6; do. 1862, perf. Gd orange, heavy penmark. £2; Westralia. imp. 1867, twopence brown black, £1 10s; and do. 6d black bronze, £3 12/6. The “Scottish Critic,” referring to stainp collecting, has the following: “Collecting stamps is another form of aberration sometimes visited with hard names, generally because large sums are given for what the uninitiated regard as bits of worthless paper. There was a fine outburst the other day because £35 was given for a “British Guiana, ISSO, 4 cents orange-yellow, cut octagonally,” and £5O for “a Hawaii, 1851. five cents bine, slightly repaired.” Sixteen stamps brought £799. ’>* + + The following Angela “remainders’* are to be offered by auction this month in London: 12,505 of 12 reis black, 58,305 10 do. green, 2419 of 20 do. carmine. 16.184 of 25 do. violet, 169,931 of 40 do. chocolate, 19,023 of 50 do. blue. 32,153 of 100 do. brow-n, 130,000 of 200 do. lilac, and 131,588 of 300 do. orange. A slump in Angela stamps will surely follow the sale.