h, is a well-kept macadam. The rider may stop at Greenwich, if
he choose, but the run to Stamford to the north of Coscob at the head of
Coscob Bay is a good one. The country is rolling rather than hilly.
There are no specially steep hills in this district.

At New Rochelle a stop may be made at the Hugenot House, after a run of
fourteen miles. By taking the turn to the right indicated on the map
just before entering Portchester, instead of turning sharp to the left
and following the bicycle route, the rider may run into Portchester and
stop at the Irving or the West End Hotel, while at Stamford the Stamford
House is in the centre of the town, and furnishes a suitable
stopping-place for the end of the journey.

NOTE.--Map of New York city asphalted streets in No. 809. Map of
route from New York to Tarrytown in No. 810.

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This Department is conducted in the interest of stamp collectors,
and the Editor will be pleased to answer any question on the
subject so far as possible. Correspondents should address Editor
Stamp Department.

Since the finding of the variety in the twelve-cent stamp of the United
States, illustrated a short time ago, the collectors have been
industriously seeking for varieties in the other values in the same
series, and not without results, as two varieties are now mentioned in
other stamps, one of them being the seven-cent of the 1872 issue, and
the other in the current two-cent stamp.

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The first variety discovered is shown in the accompanying illustrations,
these showing the lower left-hand corners of the seven-cent stamp. In
Fig. 2 a very fine line will be noticed around the two points of the
bulb, these being absent in the other variety. As the seven-cent stamp
is somewhat scarce, young collectors will hardly be in a position to
sort a number over to look for the variety.

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The other variety which has been found is shown in the two cuts given,
these representing the triangular ornaments in the upper corners of the
current two-cent stamps. In the ordinary or common variety the lines run
across the ornaments, while in the new variety the lines stop at the
frame of the triangles, thus causing them to show clearer. As there are
a great number of plates used for printing the two-cent values, the new
variety will probably be found in profusion, and it is interesting to