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the period of Eoyal Spanish Service to the end of the 19th century. 

 Essays, proofs, and color trials augment the approved stamps, and 

 each issue is thoroughly explored by means of cancellations. One 

 album presents the Pacific Steam Navigation Company's stamps and 

 essays including use on covers. The provisional stamps made neces- 

 sary by the occupation of Chilean forces in 1879-82 are of great his- 

 torical value. George L. Lee presented a collection of Egyptian 

 stamps from the Royal Imperforata Printings prepared for Kings 

 Fuad and Farouk. This unusual material was sold by the present 

 Egyptian Government in 1954. Mr. Lee also gave a used copy of 

 the 5-cent Canadian St. Lawrence Seaway stamp with inverted center. 

 This modern printing error, of which only slightly more than 100 are 

 known, including 11 used copies, was discovered in 1959 not long after 

 date of issuance. "Widespread interest and limited supply have caused 

 a sharp appreciation for this variety. 



A most important single addition to the numismatic collections 

 was received from Cornelius Van Schaak Roosevelt, grandson of 

 President Theodore Roosevelt, who donated a high-relief experimental 

 $20 gold piece dated 1907, owned originally by President Roosevelt. 

 This exceedingly rare and significant piece is one of the first strikings 

 of high-relief $20 gold pieces designed by the American sculptor 

 Augustus Saint-Gaudens at the President's request. It marks a unique 

 venture in modern monetary history, a venture which found the Presi- 

 dent of the United States and a famous sculptor working together 

 and devoting much of their time and energy to the task of producing 

 a new coin design of real artistic merit. Willis du Pont donated a 

 very significant additional group of Russian coins and medals of the 

 latter part of the 18th century. Mrs. Louise Merrick Schermerhorn 

 presented a group of rare gold certificates including a group of three 

 notes dated 1864, 1866, and 1877, typifying the earliest issues of United 

 States gold certificates. To the section of medallic art were added, as 

 a gift from Norman Stack, two rare Washington medals made in 1790 

 by Manly and in 1805 by Eccleston. The Medallic Art Company of 

 New York donated an interesting group of models and dies used for 

 the striking of the J. F. Kennedy Inaugural Medal, as well as a process 

 set of medals showing the various steps in the striking and finishing 

 of the medal. 



Armed Forces history. — The division of military history received 

 a unique Revolutionary War militia color carried at the Battles of 

 Trenton and Germantown, presented by Francis W. Headman in 

 memory of his son, Francis W. Headman, Jr. A rare Medal of 

 Honor, awarded for gallantry in the siege of Pekin, 1900, was pre- 

 sented by Lt. Col. Calvin P. Titus, the recipient. Fieldwork at Sackets 

 Harbor, N. Y., Fort Adams, Miss., and at underwater sites in Bermuda 

 yielded significant historical materials for the collections. President 



