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present reviewer has not been able to do much more than dip into the pages here and there and to offer the impression that he has received. He hopes, at a later date, to pursue it at leisure.

If we merely read the "Contents", and the lists of plates and other illustrations, we observe that a great amount of information has been gathered, studied and arranged for our edification and instruction. A few selections at random from the chapter headings will suggest how much important matter there is in the work: "Contractors and the Early Contracts," "Lithography Described," "Description of the Original Plate," "The Various Settings," "The Intermediate Stones," "Settings Solved." Under the last three headings a great amount of informative matter is clearly set forth, with only slight suggestions of the difficulties overcome and the vast amount of research that must have preceded these simple statements of results.

In Books IV, V, and VI, we find elaborate studies of the three half-length stamps, in the numerous settings made by the various printers. There are fine illustrations, diagrams, and careful descriptions of the distinguishing marks of all the varieties in every setting (excepting, of course, the very few that have not been identified). The result, as there set down, is a monument to the patience, studious qualities, and the philatelic ability of the author. These chapters call for careful reading and much study if their true worth is to be appreciated.

The second subject, the twopence Queen enthroned, does not present as many difficulties as did the half-length stamps, but it is treated with equal care. The defective transfers, substitutions and misplacements are handled in a most interesting manner.

We only regret that limited time does not permit a more extended review of this important work. But the best that we could say about it would be of small value compared to what may be had by a perusal of the book itself. Every student of stamps should have a copy and gain for himself the benefit of a study of its contents. We congratulate the Collectors' Club on being privileged to place its name on the title-page of such a publication. J. N. L.

JOHN N. LUFF, Editor

Vol. 4. No. 5

Issue No. 41

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S our readers know, Mr. John N. Luff, the Journal's editor, who usually conducts this department, is in Europe. At the International Stamp Exhibition in London in May he was America's representative on the board of judges which considered the many collections and writings which were entered in competition.

In the September Journal, Mr. Luff will resume writing "The Month", as he expects to return to this country in August. Meanwhile it has fallen to the lot of the associate editor to "carry on". Original sources of information are at Mr. Luff's command; to these the writer does not happen to have access. Accordingly, for the news items set down in this month's "The Month" we are indebted to a large extent to Stamp Collecting, The Philatelic Magazine, and The Philatelic Journal of India.

Besides resuming his supervision over this department in the September Journal, Mr. Luff will have no small task cut out for him in arranging and classifying the many new stamps which have appeared in all parts of the world during his absence from the United States. Pending that labor, the writer has undertaken this month to list unofficially the most important among these present and projected newcomers. All colors mentioned are as set forth in one or more of the philatelic journals mentioned, and it should be understood that they are subject to revision, by Mr. Luff, to conform with the colors commonly adopted for use in Scott's American Standard Catalogue. Herewith in "The Month" more than 120 varieties are briefly listed:

RANCE: The long-promised "stamp" in honor of Louis Pasteur turns out to be a series of several values, each bearing a portrait of this noted medical research authority. Pasteur was born in 1822, but centenary celebrations are taking place throughout France during the present summer months, and the new stamps, 10 centimes, 20c, 30c and 50c, apparently were held back in this connection.

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JEWFOUNDLAND: In welcome contrast with the superfluities which "Neuropean" countries have been inflicting upon philately, Newfoundland's new series, scheduled for appearance as of date of July 1, comprises stamps actually required for postal purposes.

Of the Caribou set, the 6c, 8c and 12C were exhaused during 1919 and 1920, and at some of the post offices others of the Caribou denominations have not recently been available. To the extent possible, the earlier stamps of the Cabot series were resurrected for sale, but even of these the supply of the 6c was exhausted in January of 1922, the 8c in June of 1922 and the 12c during this past February. There was a legitimate opportunity for a deluge of overprints, but Newfoundland refrained, limiting the surcharges to only seven major and minor varieties, all in 1920.

The new series, comprising fourteen regular denominations and two airplane values, is pictorial in character and is desIcribed as follows:

One cent green. Twin Hills, Tor's Cove. Situated about twenty-six miles from St. John's, Tor's Cove is one of Newfoundland's "beauty spots" and is a favorite resort for anglers.

Two cent red. South West Arm, Trinity. Trinity Bay, with trout streams and lakes abounding in the vicinity, lies in picturesque scenery resembling the fiords of Norway.

Three cent brown. "The Fighting Newfoundlander." This statue, a memorial of the World War, was presented to Newfoundland's people by Sir Edgar Bowring and stands on an elevation which com

mands a view of Bowring Park and the beautiful Waterford Valley.

Four cent claret. "A Cosy Nook," Humber Valley. The Humber River Valley, mecca of tourist and sportsman and a roaming land for caribou, includes rich lumbering and mining tracts which are the seat of industrial development which will cost many millions of dollars. The local natural beauties of scenery are depicted on several of the values of the new series. Five cent royal blue. Rugged rock-studded coast near Trinity.

Six cent gray. Upper Steadies, Humber River.

Eight cent purple. Quidi Vidi Village, a romantic fishing hamlet within a halfhour's walk of St. John's.

Nine cent gray-green. "Caribou Crossing Lake." A photograph.

Ten cent cinnamon brown. Humber River Canyon.

Eleven cent olive. Shell Bird Island, Humber River.

Twelve cent orange. Mount Moriah, Bay of Islands. Some of Newfoundland's most magnificent scenery is to be found in this vicinity. Mount Moriah, with almost perpendicular cliff arising from the waters, stands 1,500 feet high.

Fifteen cent blue. Humber River near the Little Rapids.

Twenty cent deep green. Placentia, from Mount Pleasant. Placentia, lying about eighty miles by rail from St. John's, is a picturesque village which until the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713 was the French capital. Relics of the days of French control are to be seen, and the trout and salmen pools are among the finest on the South Coast.

Twenty-four cent sepia. Topsail Falls. Situated on Conception Bay, twelve miles from St. John's, Topsail is a suburban resort noted for sea-bathing.

Ten cent black and green, for airplane post. View of harbor of St. John's with a "flying machine" above the Narrows.

Fifteen cent black and brown, for airplane post. A Vickers-Vimy airplane at Quidi Vidi prior to the first direct transAtlantic flight in 1919. This is the machine used by Capt. Alcock and Lieut. Brown in their memorable air voyage from Lester's Field, Newfoundland, to Clifden, Ireland.

Near this same spot at Quidi Vidi the Yankee dirigible C5 landed from Montauk Point, N. Y., in May of 1919,