![]() These circumstances, been officially made, and the resulting labels are euphemistically called To reprint an obsolete issue, the original dies or New dies have, in plates are not forthcoming. The Plate Number is also seen in small figures on each stamp.Īre those of Great Britain overprinted for use in Cyprus. The Plate 238 Number is also on each of these stamps inĬorner pair showing Plate Number " 15 " in margin. see Chalky.įigures ""201" indicate the Plate Number, " the Current Number. Would injure the appearance of the stamp. " ink Colours printed in singly-fugitive suffer on an attempt to remove an ordinary inkĭoubly-fugitive ink it the removal of writing-ink This refers to the ornament (usually) embossed on the tip of the upper flap ofĮnvelopes, and variously termed Rosace or Tresse, or (incorrectly) Patte, which see. Genuine stamp, which has been manipulated order to increase its philatelic or postal Stamp either in design, colour, which has been issued for use.Ī rejected design for a stamp in the French sense also applied to proofs of accepted Includes not only postal (which see), but when used in de" scribing an adhesive stamp, as being on entire," implies that the stamp is on the envelope or Often used to denote stamps plate, on which the lines of Vinter, R.A., in the National Portrait Gallery.) By ARTHUR HAYDEN.ĬHATS ON ROYAL COPENHAGEN PORCELAIN. By ARTHUR DAVISON FICKE.ĬHAT5 ON OLD CLOCKS AND WATCHES. By ARTHUR HAYDEN.ĬHATS ON OLD COPPER AND BRASS. By ARTHUR HAYDEN.ĬHATS ON OLD JEWELLERY AND TRINKETS By MACIVER PERCIVAL.ĬHATS ON COTTAGE AND FARMHOUSE PURN1TURB. to collect and value Old Engraving*.) By ARTHUR HAYDKN.ĬHATS ON ENGLISH EARTHENWARE. If you put them in your pocket you will take a long country-walk (I speak from experience), passing the Post-Office twice, going and returning, and, when you get home, will find them still in your pocket.BOOKS FOR COLLECTORS With Frontispieces and many Illustrations Large Crown Svo, cloth. “When you take your letters to the Post, carry them in your hand. His guide on how to begin, go on with, and end a letter instructs the potential letter writer to use legible handwriting and never carry letters in your pocket. Lewis Carroll published Eight or Nine Words about Letter Writing, 25 years after Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland was released. ![]() You must have meant some mischief, or else you’d have signed your name like an honest man.’ `If you didn’t sign it,’ said the King, `that only makes the matter worse. `Please your Majesty,’ said the Knave, `I didn’t write it, and they can’t prove I did: there’s no name signed at the end.’ `He must have imitated somebody else’s hand,’ said the King. `No, they’re not,’ said the White Rabbit, `and that’s the queerest thing about it.’ (The jury all looked puzzled.) `Are they in the prisoner’s handwriting?’ asked another of they jurymen. `It isn’t directed at all,’ said the White Rabbit `in fact, there’s nothing written on the outside.’ He unfolded the paper as he spoke, and added `It isn’t a letter, after all: it’s a set of verses.’ `Who is it directed to?’ said one of the jurymen. `It must have been that,’ said the King, `unless it was written to nobody, which isn’t usual, you know.’ `I haven’t opened it yet,’ said the White Rabbit, `but it seems to be a letter, written by the prisoner to–to somebody.’ The White Rabbit presents evidence to the King and Queen of Hearts at the trial of the naughty knave. A Mad Tea-Party, Alice in Wonderland, 2015
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