occupied the town and named Japanese authorities, the same as in Japan. After the Bolshevist government had lost power the new Provisional Government sent a Governor to Nikolaevsk, thus showing that it does not consider this town lost to Russia. The Governor tried to open the postal service, but nothing was left. He found a stock of stamps occasionally and surcharged them with three values, for interior, exterior, and registered correspondence, until he received a stock of stamps from Vladivostok, which is seven days from Nikolaevsk." With this letter is enclosed a copy of an official report (in French), giving the same list of the stamps surcharged and the quantities as was sent to Messrs. Bright & Son. At the foot of this report is written: "Extract from the Official Report, signed by the Governor of Nikolaevsk, countersigned by the Director General of Posts and Telegraphs, and approved by the Council of Ministers." Unfortunately, neither of these reports makes any distinction between perforated and imperforate stamps and, until we have that information, we cannot chronicle them. For many years suggestions have been coming in to Scott's that a catalogue of United States stamps only, be issued. An edition is now on sale! It is limited to 400 copies. Price $1.50 while the supply lasts! Here is how it came about: Scott's 1922 edition of the standard American catalogue is made up of 64-page folios known to the printing trade as "signatures." Naturally the same number of every signature was provided before they were bound into book form. The first 64 pages include all the United States and Confederate issues and part of those of Abyssinia. When the signatures had been transformed into the completed catalogues it was discovered that--400 copies of the first signature were left over. Rather than destroy them, the first 60 pages (Abyssinia being left out) have been made into individual catalogues listing only the U. S. and Confederate stamps. Between each two pages a blank page has been interleaved, and the product has been bound within flexible green-leather covers. Here is a book which will appeal particularly to specialists in United States stamps. Developed quite by accident, it will be a permanent Scott feature in the future providing there is popular demand for such a book! A6 FAR EASTERN REPUBLIC All unused with original gum A9 A10 Cat. Net 3k red 25 A 9 (b) 7k on 15k red, brown & blue.. 5.00 2.50 25a A 9 (b) 26 A 10 (c) 7k on 15k red, brown & blue (Inverted Surcharge).... |