Gambia
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- Gambia
- Fred J. Melville,
- President of the Junior Philatelic Society.
- MDCCCCIX—PUBLISHED—BY—THE MELVILLE—STAMP—BOOKS, 47,—STRAND,—LONDON,—W.C.
- INTRODUCTORY NOTE.
- TABLE OF CONTENTS.
- Gambia.
- Chapter I. The Colony and Its Posts.
- POST OFFICE NOTICE. Reduction of Postage, &c.
- POST OFFICE. Ordinance No. 6 of 1897.
- Chapter II. "Cameo" Issue of 1869.
- Chapter III. Issue of 1874.
- Chapter IV. Issue of 1880.
- Single line perforation. Note the crossing of perforated lines.
- Comb perforation. Compare crossing of perforated lines with illustration on page 29.
- Chapter V. Issue of 1886-87.
- Chapter VI. Queen's Head Series, 1898.
- Chapter VII. King's Head Series, 1902-1906.
- Chapter VIII. Provisional Issue 1906.
- Chapter IX. Bibliography.
- Index to the Chief Printed Articles and Papers in Philatelic Periodicals.
- Chapter X. Check List.
- APPENDIX. Notes on the Postmarks.
- Plate I.—6d. Imperforate.
- Plate II.—½d. Single line perforation.
- Plate III.—½d. First comb perforation (points down).
- Plate IV.—1d. First comb perforation.
- Plate V.—2d. First comb perforation.
- Plate VI.—2½d. First comb perforation (points up).
- Plate VII.—3d. First comb perforation. Three guide dots to right.
- Plate VIII.—3d. Second comb perforation. Three guide dots to left.
- Plate IX.—4d. First comb perforation.
- Plate X.—6d. First comb perforation (sloping label stamps, 1 and 5).
- Plate XI.—6d. Second comb perforation (sloping label stamps, 1 and 5).
- Plate XII.—Diagram of an uncut sheet of "Crown C.A." paper.
- Plate XIII.—Diagram showing method of cutting the "Crown C.A." paper for the "Cameo" stamps.
- Plate XIV.—6d. New plate. Without defective top row.
- Plate XV.—1s. First comb perforation.
- Plate XVI.—2½d. Complete Sheet, shewing arrangement of panes, fitting half sheet of watermarked paper, which shews through the page from the back.
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