Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1890-02-12
A RARE COLLECTION.
A Valuable Collection Of Stamps BY Z.
c. and II. D. Patton, Numbering
1900 Varieties.

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stepped into the large book and sta
tionary store Oft. McF. Patton, and
while there his attention was called
to an international postage stamp
collection, that Messrs r. G. and III.
ID. Patton have been successful in
obtaining after four years diligent
search the world over.
These young gentlemen In com
pany with their parents visited ia
pan In 1885, and then and there be
gan their stamp collection. Since
that time they have spared neither
pains or money to obtain one Of the
Farest collections Of postage stamps
ever vned by private individual.
Their album contains all varieties Of
postage stamps ever issued in any
country in the world, also portraits
Of the rulers, flags and arms Of
every nation, together with valuable
statistical information regarding
their size, population, capitals, etc.
The postage stamps Of every coun-
try are arranged In sets, according TO
value and in chronological order.
In the United States collection
they have an original, New York
Ave cent black" stamp of l745 issue,
valued at $3.50. The most valuable
stamp Of their United States collec-
tion, IS one of 1855 issue, Of the five
cent denomination, it is valued at
$3.50 and is very rare at that price.
Their United States collection en-
braces all stamps issued from 1S45 to
the present date, including depart
ment and revenue stamps. In their
collection is "A complete set o.
Oregon tax stamps all Of which are
unused.
An almost complete collection Of
stamps used by the Argentine Rep
ublic is now In their possession.
An original "30-cent real" of 1843
Issue OF the Empire of Brazil Is
among this vast collection. Cape
Of Good Hope was not forgotten in
the search and four trianglar
stamps of 1853 adorn their album.
Guatemala IS well represented in
cluding PROFESSIONALS. Even the
collection reaches out into the Sand
wich Islands and a number have
been gathered from there, beginning
with the 1853 issue, some of which
are valued at $500 each. Japan
comes In with a large and rare col
lection, mostly unused. The
stamps used In this oriental country
are considered 10 be the most beau
tlful Of any stamps ever in use.
The designs are very tastey.
Their collection OF Mexican
stamps embrace some six pages of
their large album
Among the New South Wales
collection il registered letter stamp
Of 1850. A fine yet of Persian and
Peru stamps nre among the rest.
Many hours can be pleasantly
and profltably spent in looking over
this most valuable collection. Their
collection embraces every known
civilized country In the world.
Much credit is due these gentlemen
for the enterprise shown by them
In gathering together this inn
mense and rare collection. They
would not part with II for
love or money as many tiresome
days and nights have been spent in
Arranging II and answering the
large amount of correspondence all
over the world that has been neces-
sary in getting many rare specimens.
II Is well worth anyone's time to
step In and view their grand collec-
ton of stamps Of all series and
kinds. The boys are always on the
look out for any specimen In their
line and are obtaining them at any
expense,