THE POSTAGE STAMPS OF THE WORLD.
The postage stamps issued by the different countries of the world amount, according to the latest reports, to 13,811 different kinds. Of this number 131 varieties are credited to England and 3,843 to her colonies and dependencies. The greatest variety of postage stamps are issued in America. Taking the entire American continent there are no less than 4,6;>6. The United States has 268, San Salvador has 272, Uruguay 21 5. The Chinese city of Shanghai has for its own uee solely 211 kinds of postage stampß. Only Poland and Patagonia are aatibfied with one single kind of stamp.
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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVIII, Issue 44, 1 November 1900, Page 15
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104THE POSTAGE STAMPS OF THE WORLD. New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVIII, Issue 44, 1 November 1900, Page 15
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