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THE MUSEUM. 



STAMPS 



Brightest Stock. 



Best Grades. 



Lowest Prices. 



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Stamps in Approval Books 50 per cent, off for Cash, 

 percent, off if you wish half Cash and half Exchange — Take your choice. 



If Stamps are sent to us as part payment they must be perfect specimens and either light- 

 ly cancelled or unused, also a sufficient number must be sent so that halt may be returned as 

 we are now overstocked in some grades and lines. Stamps are accepted at one-half catalogue 

 value for the best grades and one-third value for medium. No trash accepted at any price. 

 We have a good grade at 75 ofl' for beginners and for collectors having 1,000 or less. 



Send on your good duplicates and see our opproval books, for they are sure to please you. 



Our Motto — "Small profits and quick returns make a profitable business." 



THE RETURN MAIL STAMP CO . 

 Dubuque, Iowa. 



P. S. — Needing anything like the following at the pnsent time? 



Perforation Gauge, the most useful assistant to a Stamp Collector, 2.5 cents. 

 Stamp ToKGS, 50 cents. Surcharge Measurers, $1.00. Magnifying Glasses, $1 00 to $3. 



Grill Measurer, for Embossed Stamps, accurate, something needed if you collect or 

 sell U. S., 25 cents. 



Approval Books 

 For your duplicates and mail orders. 



The only convenient, safe and stylish way 

 of mounting stamps. 



The Red Cross Approval Book holds 60 

 stamps and fits a No. 6 envelope. 



These are of Superior Paper. 



Price 5c. each or 50c. per dozen. 



By the hundred, 3 cents each. 



Gummed Hing-es. 



The St. Julien gummed hinges are perfect, 

 easily removed and yet sufficiently ad- 

 hesive to hold any stamp in place. No glue 

 or mucilage on these, nothing but pure gum 

 arable. 



I 10c. per 1,000. 



Piice-^ 25c. per 3,000. 



( 80c. per 10,000. 



Packet, No. 1, $1. 



Contains about 80 British Colonials which 

 catalogue over $1.00; 220 other foreign that 

 catalogue over $3 00, and U. S. that will cata- 

 logue over $2 00. 



A better packet for the price has never 

 been offered. 



Packet No. 5, $5. 



A fine start for a collection of U. S stamps. 



The unused U. S. stamps alone catalogue 

 over one half the price of the packet. 



The used stamps catalogue over $10.00. 



It contains stamps from issues of 1851, 1857, 

 1861, 1868, 1869 and so on up to 1894, stamps 

 from the de];artments and a numberof scarce 

 envelopes. This packet is a bargain. 



Packet No. 2. 20 Cents or 20 One Cent 

 Stamps, 123 Varieties. 



Our cheapest and quickest seller. No 

 cheap countries represented but 125 different 

 stamps from such countries as Hawaii, Brazil, 

 Russia, Great Britain, African and French 

 Colonies, Portugese, Spanish, etc. 



Packet No. 3 30 Cents or 30 One Cent 

 Stamps. 



This is a l^ittle Hummer. 130 varieties 

 from the same countries as No. 2, but higher 

 priced stamps. You can put 50 in a collect- 

 ion and trade or sell the balance for more 

 than it cost you. 



Packet No 4. 50 Cents. 



British Colonies only. 



This packet should please any one. It 

 contains 75 different British and British Col- 

 onies, such as the Canadas, Queensland, 

 Trinidad, Cyprus, Jamaica, Western Aus- 

 tralia, New Zealand, Tasmania. New South 

 Wales, Cape of Good Hope, Mauritius, British 

 Guiana, etc. 



Packet No. 10, $10. 



The 1,100 varieties — all different — pi.t >ip by 

 countries in separate envelopes and enclosed 

 in one packet, a collection in itself. This i-! a 

 packet that is useful to a =uiall dealer as wi 11 

 as to a collector -i' toutains a wide range 

 of stamps, includiuar many veiy scarce and 

 desirable stamps. This is an exceptional 

 offer and we expect ihisfo win us many fu- 

 cure customers. 



We buy stamps and old collections for cash. 

 Send whatever you have, including dupli- 

 cates, stating price asked. We exchange 

 stamps also. You must send us stamps cata- 

 logueing 3 cents or over, for which we will 

 allow one-half catalogue price. Full satis- 

 faction guaranteed. Tuis is something no 

 other dealer " ill do. 



Anyone sending us the names of live honest, 

 active stamp collectors and eight 1 cent 

 stamps will receive by return mail au unused 

 8 cent Columbian aad U.S. Revenue or a 6 

 cent unused Columbian and 3 U. S. Revenue. 

 This extra to us is to get acquainted with 

 good active collectors. 



EETURN MAIL STAMP CO., DUBUQUE, IOWA- 



