The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-08-11
ABOUT POSTAGE STAMPS.
SOME NEW COLONIAL ISSUES
OF THE UNITED STATES.
General Notes and Information
For Collectors-Interest
Data.
Data.

There never was a time when stamp
collectors had SO many new issues to
hunt up as in the last six months. With
the exception of Hawaii, all the new
colonies have been provided for temper
arily, and the demand for the stamps
has at many times exceeded the supply.
Collectors should make it a point to
procure the issue now in use in Cuba,
so as to be ready for the new one, for
the present stamps will advance in
price as soon as they are retired. They
can now be had for a few cents, and are
of more than ordinary interest, as they
represent the first stamps issued by the
United States for it's colonies.
1t will be some time, says the New
York Herald" before the issues for
Guam and the Philippines are received
in this country, as none were sold prior
to their shipment, consequently they
will have to make the return trip. Con-
siderable influence was brought to bear
in Washington to allow dealers and col
lectors to buy them in that city, but
it was all to no avail. The officials
would not listen to such a proposition,
portation from the islands.
AS soon as it was made known the
large dealers at once dispatched orders
for supplies, for they knew the sooner
they were secured the more they could
sell. An amusing offer was made in
connection with the issue for Guam.
This is not much of a place for busi-
ness. and the number of stamps sent
there was noticeably small.
Several dealers offered to buy the
whole lot, and thus control their sale
until more could be purchased and
make the round trip, but the Govern
ment did not see it that way. No CO.
lonian issues, it was said, would be
sold in this country, and the deal did
not go through.
The sale of the newspaper stamps
continues slowly, though it seems
doubtful if all of them will be sold. The
rush at first led many to believe that
they would soon be selling at pre-
MUM, but all the larger cities still
have a supply on hand. More were sold
in New York than anywhere else, the
demand from spectators exhausting
the stock several times. 1t begins to
look as if there would be very little
money made by those who invested
with this object in view, for at no time
have the stamps brought much over the
the Governments price, and last week
a number of sets were offered at a
lower figure.
The enterprising counterfeiter is
getting in his work to surprising ex-
III
New Orleans collector of postage
stamps. During the last two or three
months the market has been flooded
with SETS. which were supposed to in
clude all the Philippine stamps issued
under the Spanish occupation. They
sold for S. apiece. Another class of
order curios are the stamps
of the insurgent government, which
are being issued in great numbers and
considerable variety. They are not ex
actly fraudulent, because they are au-
thorized by Aguinaldo's representatives
as a means of raising money for the
rebel cause, but in no sense of the word
are they real postage stamps. They
are not even supplied. with adhesive
gum on the back, but printed on heavy
paper, especially adapted to their being
mounted in albums. They have one
redeeming quality, and that is beauty
taken all in all they are the handsom-
est lot of that sort of prints I ever saw
in my life, and the average collector
finds it difficult to resist buying them
for their decorative effect. The Cuban
insurgent stamps are also being print
ed and I judge that the demand still
continues They look poor and cheap,
however, alongside of the fakes of the
Aguinaldo gang.''-New Orleans Plea
yune.
The issues of the United States colo
MES are increasing, says est. Nicho-
las" We now have stamps issued for
the Philippine Islands, one, two, five
and ten cent United States current
stamps having been purchased for this
purpose. These same values were pur-
chased for Cuba first, and Porto Rico
later. The island of Guam also has
obtained it's surcharged issue, emitting
the ten-cent.
desired by collectors They are beau
tifully engraved, some Of the finest
work that has ever been done having
appeared upon these stamps. The
PROFESSIONALS that are issued from time
to time are of such character as to at
tract attention, and they are generally
admired by collectors. Half-cent pro-
visionals. surcharged upon different
values of the older stamps of Uruguay,
have been produced lately. Recourse
was had to photographic transfers after
the supply Of the older stamps was
used up, and there were produced in
Uruguay fve-milreis stamps of a quail
ity inferior to the regular issues print
ed in England.
These stamps came first in red, and
later in purple. Many collectors would
not think of them as such, but it is
always safe to assume that any
stamps of inferior Workmanship COM
ing from Uruguay are PROFESSIONALS 1t
is a good thing for collectors to put
as many of these stamps into their