See, for
instance, the numerous Great Britain water-marks illustrated in HARPER'S
ROUND TABLE No. 821.

Still there's more to follow. Another batch of the St. Louis stamps has
turned up, and philatelists are wondering how many there were in that
Louisville find (not Kansas City as stated in last week's issue).
Perhaps some one has the plate. About a year ago a New York dealer was
approached by a man who claimed to have the plate in his possession and
offered to print a lot, but the dealer was shy, and declined to make any
bargain until after a sample sheet had been shown to him for
examination. As this was not done, negotiations ceased.

R. T. K.--The token inscribed on the reverse, "Not one cent for
tribute, millions for defence," issued 1841, is very interesting.
It is one of the "hard-money tokens" issued between 1837 and 1842,
and are very common. They have no money value. The 1871 U. S.
dollar is worth face only.

E. PATTISON.--The coins mentioned are quite common, and are worth
face only.

W. GOFF.--There is no way of cleaning cancelled postage-stamps,
hence the high value of most unused compared with used specimens.
For instance, the U. S. 3c. 1857, with outer line, used sells for
25c., but unused commands $15.

K. F. KURTZ.--The K die U. S. envelope 1853 issue on buff can be
bought for $3 and less, whether the stamp shows cancellation mark
or not. If the entire envelope is unused and clean it is worth $10
and upward. On white paper the prices are much higher.

C. C. B.--The dealers pay $1.15 each for the U. S. gold dollars
dated 1850 to 1855, and sell them for about $1.50. These are the
common dates. The valuable gold dollars are those of which a few
copies only were coined within the past twenty years.

B. MAGELSEN.--There are not two varieties of any Columbian stamp,
but almost every denomination can be found in two or more distinct
shades. Purple is a very difficult ink to compound, so are certain
reds. For instance, there are over 100 different shades of the
current 2c.-stamp, all printed within the past year, and all
nominally the same color.

J. SMYTHE.--There are not many collectors of U. S. envelopes
bearing express names, such as Wells, Fargo, & Co., etc. Hence the
envelopes are rarely worth more than the regular issues.

SAN ANTONIO.--The San Antoni