hunt for them.

A recent despatch from Washington stated that the Attorney-General had
given it as his opinion that foreign postage-stamps were securities, and
therefore came under the law in relation to counterfeiting. This
opinion, it would seem, would stop the using of stamp cuts of any kind
in this country, but the publishers have as yet taken no notice of the
matter.

The four, five, and fifteen cent values of the United States 1890 issue
have been found in an unperforated state.

In the first issue of United States envelopes, in giving the various
dies of the three-cent value the catalogue gives the width of the labels
in millimetres as showing the dies. The label is the space at top of
stamp enclosing the word "Three," and in measuring you take from each
side of the label, in some dies the label being curved, and in some it
is straight on the ends.

LOUIS A. DYAR.--There is no half-penny English postage stamp of a
dark blue color. A complete catalogue of all stamps can be had of
any dealer for about fifty cents. All English stamps issued
between 1858 and 1887 had letters in the corners. The first stamp
on the sheet was lettered A. B. in the upper corners, B. A. in the
lower corners. The next stamp was lettered A. C. in the upper,
C. A. in the lower, and so on. In addition each plate had a
separate number.

R. F. J.--We cannot give addresses in this column. Apply to any
stamp dealer if you do not find a satisfactory advertisement in
the advertising columns of this paper.

F. SMITH.--The two stamps described by you are very rare
Confederate locals. The New Orleans is worth from $2 to $5,
according to the color of the ink and paper. You do not describe
it sufficiently to determine whether it is the regular issue or
one of the red on blue paper. The other stamp is the Mobile black,
sold by dealers at $40 each. You are to be congratulated.

A. K.--Yes. All United States stamps are increasing in value.

K. C. B.--The 1838, 1845, 1847 United States cents are sold by
dealers at from five to fifteen cents each, according to
condition. There is one 1838 cent in which this date is struck
over the date 1836. That is a rare coin, and is worth $6.

FRED. W. COON.--The Cape of Good Hope stamps made in 1861 are
woodcuts made for an emergency. The one penny blue and fourpenny
red of this issue