ys to buy stamps
from well-known, respectable dealers. See our advertising columns
for names.

C. P. MCKILLOPP.--The 10c. green U. S. 1851 unperforated is worth
60 to 75 cents. The same stamp perforated is worth 25 cents. The
10c. 1861 is worth 5 cents; the same stamp grilled is worth 40
cents. The 6c. Lincoln 1870, grilled, is worth $4, but without
grill 2 cents.

F. G. CLAPP.--The Richmond stamp is a fraud. Look a little
sharper, and you will find the 2c. current issue with a white line
inside the frame of the triangle. There is a new issue of U. S.
envelopes. The water-mark has been changed.

L. H.--The gold coin has no premium, owing to the monogram. I
should prefer to see the Blood, Boyd, and Bouton stamps before
making any definite answer, as you do not give the dates of the
letters to which they are affixed.

MURRAY CAMPBELL.--The various Confederate bills are worth very
little. The stamp-dealers sell them very cheaply.

E. P. TRIPP.--The revenue-stamp is worth 2 cents. The 1c. 1851
_without_ the outer line at the bottom, and the same stamp
perforated (1856) _with_ the line are the scarce varieties.

ROY THOMPSON.--There is no premium on the fractional currency used
during the war, unless it is perfectly fresh and has never been
circulated.

C. G. ATHERTON.--Sverige means Sweden. The French stamp is a
revenue, not a postage-stamp. The Brazil is a newspaper-stamp.

E. C. CROSETT.--The scarce variety of the 7c. 1870 U. S. is the
one without the line around the inner circles of the bulb.

J. K.--The Kew-Kiang, Wuhu, etc., are Chinese local stamps, and
were issued primarily to sell to collectors. I would not advise
buying them, as, speaking philatelically, they are simply trash.

A. E. BARROW.--English stamps surcharged I. R.--Official, are
simply official stamps used for governmental mail matter. The
blue, green, and red "Jenkins Camden Despatch" are either reprints
or counterfeits. In either case they are of no value. The New
Zealand and Confederates mentioned by you are all catalogued
regularly.

A. B. JOHNSON.--The 1882 re-engraved of U. S. 1870 have most of
their lines deepened. It is almost impossible to explain by words,
but a single look at the originals and the re-engraved will show
you once for al