Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-12-05

lho annnuncamaHt that SjOl had
been paid for n cancelled nrai,lcboro
postal. stamp calls sur attention 10 q
mania which has gradually increased
until u has rua hei an extent that /.
really extraordinary. Some NAV In.
qulye, what leads people tocplles; post.
nj stsmpsf The only reply !. found
In another question, what leads people
Ia collect anythlngp The fact u that q
disposition te make COLLECTIONS ~ sams
kind has always been Q feature ~ snr
race. One 81 ths strange-t ~ ,hs.e
collections, which In one instanes. at
least, became q mania. 10 meuiil lnod In
the life NJ Tom Moore While travel
Ing through England he met a man
~hs collected hangmcn's ropes, aad
Who had two hundred. each tlckeici
with the nams of the Victim. Tho
pos,ai-stsmp mania u ~ modern date.
but n has during o brief perlod rcschei
such an extent that II !. impossible 10
tsresee any limit In prices
Formerly payment of postage WA
made In money. aud was marked with
pen and ink, n present, however. two
hundred Governments use stanl,,s. In
ist0 the latter were adopted In the
British pos,ofilce. aud seven years later
snr ovn Governments made n similar
change. The example thus act ou both
aides ~ the Atlantic wa. gradually fol-
lowed until the uss ~ stamps ha. no.
esme universal. The mania for col
lecting them soon began. though At
first u vas very limited u grew like
oil other forms ot mania until II he
came . rrgalar trsiiic and was reduced
to . system. The value ~ rare stamps
h now generally fixed. aud ther. are
collectors In ell parts of tho world.
The highest price ever paid far q post.
ag~ stamp vas s3D0. The sns referred
~ was issued ON ths French island II
Ne unloa The original cost of ihls
stamp was fifteen centlmes and thirty
eenti7nes tthree cents and sis cestsi.
and the immense advance II solely due
to thslF rarity aud the fac, that they are
secessary " complete collection .f tor.
elgs stamps. There u not Qua fos sals ~
sny price Tbs sest highest 10 the
Brsttlcbore stamp, which u mentioned
In the paragraph above referred " ~
having been sold for three hundred
dollars. This statement l. evidsntiy
incorrect. and perhaps w author
nv NM6 W NuH-@ 4t1NtV< wv E0tEs
aud therefore takes this method IN ball
the market The hest qaosstion ! caa
obtain Tor the brssiisboro stamp is elt,o.
which certainly seems high esough
when ths tirst costwss from 9 to ~
cents. The origin sf the brsiilehors
stamp. - ] an Informed. " ~ foIlswsi
In is<s the postmaster NJ that place
had some Stamps made In order 10
ehviaie ths necessity of asIng the pen.
ID was mesrly Q psivste ronveasenre.
and lts sele Importance Il due 81 The
fact tkat u 10 The first stamp ever used
In America TIE hrst New iIavea
stamps ere also NJ high value fos .
sinsllas reason. Tie nest rear stamps
we're ordered hy The 0cvernment. and
ws new wosdss how they ever gaa
Along without them.
The demand sss stampe h now so asn.
eral thai clerks In houses engaged n
foreigs eommerce carefully fsmnve
them frc0 I'll letters. and this s1er1s
pondcscs II DE HsrsM l. suflclcssly
large ~ form sa lssm In ths stamp
trade. The same ssaismsnt applies 10
ell great Journals. end. n fact, d soos
- ss snlcs- -bsy esss kold u issslgn
lssssr hs strip. The stamp 81 and casvlss
u 10 some dealer. Amoa3 the gveessss
Varieties are Ne rhiIiiplss and rsru-
vIsa Stamps, while. oa ths other hesd.
ths Porto Rlce stamp y very cheap.
Madeira end british uainca. however,
ere high. and tbs Law ~ sepyay snd
demand pssvalls n this ~ IN eli
otter commodities. A. ssaa - .
stamp becomes sars Ne meaiae
cellsssev iscssasse bis bids uatil
fabulous prices srs ohtalusd. Tkeee
ars . aumbes a sssmp-dsalsrn, ~
nsass sstesslvs bsing ihe Scott -.
tahlishmsut, IN Droaduay. NJ sesse
h Q native ee i.oGdos. bat ~ hes besa
IN this oosatry . quarter NJ cestusy.
We Issues m International postage ~
ban. which givss samples II very %.
teuslve rsa9r. The pFlrs bcine o25a
Some may thInk this . large sum 10 In.
vest In such volume. bat thsso aFp .
many purekssevs - Ne sspply viii
permit. Thers h sa alI-sualsiess
etsadapee II cossmoa stsmpss los
which th~y pay i've esnss per hnBdrs<l.
end ell the same guaHllsy ~ tea
cents. 0srwaa stamps are very eksa.
088st Wv ~ WV ftHsNss<sfrE 9*s<~M0s ~
eovrespoade0ce with that euaatry.
Heace they ere very cheap. asa ~
quotation 81 present u osss cent PEI
kundrrd. seoti sells eta hundred -.
sorted stamps tor eie. but ~ seoN -
eae gets isss The varieties fancy prices
must he expected. scott has custom.
err Who ars ready ~ pay almost asy.
thing that may ~ asked foe ihe isnelsn.
lie operates boldly when he s~es . gued
opeuIng. asd keaee. whea thu MsdeteA
stamp Was Isswsd he sent orders fos all
that ccald ~ ehsAiwed from ske ~
thoriiies We also ordered 81 one tlsse
Mon worth of Porto hleo rsamps. Or
~ his pesroNs u . nssmbsr ~ Ne
pviscely vasdevbilt family. whoae eel-
lecsiea he's already coss go. ool. These
facts show the immense esient which
this speciality hss reached. aud also
those fsncifui prices which ara tho ~
sali of % v ldespread mania stamp
collectors are f0and ta all large elttGn.
and ene ol the nost llhsrAl II thls claas
h BossonIan. whose eollee1ioa lnliy
rivals that of vsnderbIlt. = ffsr(fbr3