THE MUSEUM. 



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STAMPS. 



Packet, No. 1, $1. 



CoDtaiDs about so Hritisli ('(ilonisils wliu'h 

 fiitalojjiie ovi'i- $1.00; 2.'0 other foreign that 

 i-atalogue over $3.00, and V. t>. that will cata- 

 loRuo over $■,' (ill 



A better paekot for the price has uover 

 been olTered. 



Packet No. 2. 20 Cents or 20 One Cent 

 Stamps. 125 Varieties. 



Our cheapest and quickest seller. No 

 cheap countries represented but 125 different 

 stamps frnin sueh countries as Hawaii, Brazil, 

 Russia. Great Britain. African and French 

 Colonies. Portugese, Sjjanish, etc. 



Packet No. 3 30 Cents or 30 One Cent 

 Stamps. 



This is a IJttlo Huninicr. ; 130 varieties 

 from the same countries as No. 2, but higher 

 priced stamps. You can put 00 in a collect- 

 ion and trade or sell the oalauce for more 

 than it cost you. 



Packet No 4, 50 Cents. 



British Colonies only. 



This packet should please any one. It 

 contains 75 dili'erent British and British Col- 

 onies, such as the Canadas, Queensland, 

 Trinidad. Cvprus. Jamaica. Western Aus- 

 tralia. New Zealand, Tasmania. New South 

 Wales, Cape of Good Hope, Mauritius, British 

 Guiana, etc. 



Packet No, 5, $5. 



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



The uau3?d 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, 

 1H81, Wi'i. 186U and so on up to 1894, stamps 

 from the de; artmeots and a number of scane 

 envelopes. This packet is a bargain. 



25c. 



No. 6. 



25c. 



One thousand stamps from all parts of the 

 world for only 25c. Postage of 4c must ac- 

 company this order. 



Packet No. 10, $10. 



The 1,100 varieties — all difTerent — put up by 

 countries in separate envelopes and enclosed 

 in one packet, a collection in itself. This is a 

 packet that is usefid to a small dealer as well 

 as to a collector. It contains a wide range 

 of stamps, including many very scarce and 

 desirable stamps. This is an exceptional 

 offer and we expect this to win us many fu- 

 cure customers. 



The Return Mail Stamp Co,, Dubuqe. Iowa, 



When answering advertisernents al- 

 ways mention THE MUSEUM. 



BOOKS AT A SACRIFICE. 



We liuve ;iliaUK'i'(l Willi w I>luiillll.<llt I'ulilliihiUK Co. 

 i)t New Viiik to supply our readers, wlih .some good 

 up 1 3 date books at H very low rate. Here Is the list. 



FAMOUS BOOKS BY FAMOUS AUTHORS. 



hi r.uir ^'loup.s. ,M, 1, ,1 iiisUuil .sijle .if lili-rature. 



Group A.— Five books that help to make the 

 world heiter iiud wiser. These l)0<iks will live forever. 

 They are today recognized as helui; anioug the most 

 helpful and Instructive works ever wrltteu. Kach is 

 the masterpiece of its respective author. 



I H.'sule the Bonnie Ilrier Busb. <I82 pages.) By- 

 Ian Marliiren. 



■-' Ulaek Beauty. (2l,TpaRes.) By Anna Sewel). 



a Dniinniond's Addresses. \^i,^'^ papes.) By Henry 

 IJriimniond. 



•1 Ten Nights in a Bar lioom. (in ) pages.) By T. S. 

 Arthur. 



ft jEsops Fables. (IW pages, '.a illustrations.) 

 Translated by Kev. G. l*'. Townsend. 



Oroup B.— Hy the recognized ni.ister of English 

 Koiuauce. Each a classic JIterary gem. 



1 The Cricket on the Hearth. (178 pages.) By 

 Charle.s Uickens. 



•i Single Heart and Double Face, (l.i" pages.) By 

 Chariest Keade. 



.3 The Yellow Mask. iir» pages.) By Wilkle Col- 

 lins. 



4 Mrs. Caudle's Curtain Lectures. (17* pages.) By 

 Douglas .ierrold. 



.'i Lady Grace. (197 pages.) By Mrs. Henry Wood, 

 author or "Kast Lynn." 



Group C. Uy the more modern school of authors, 

 iiright. aitistlc. up to date. 



1 A atudy in Scarlet. (I7IS pages.) By A. Conan 

 Doyle. 



:! A Romance of Two Worlds, (ill pages.) By 

 Marie Corelli. 



3 Ideala. (192 pages.) By the author of "The Heav- 

 enly Twins." Sarah Grand. 



4 Treasure Island. (181 p,ages.) By Robert Louis 

 Stevenson. 



5 Frivolous Cupid. iCi.') page?.) Hy Anthony Hope. 

 Group D.— By the most popular authors of Iha' 



literature khown as "love stories." Bright, clean and 

 fascinating. 



1 Wedded and Parted. (172 pages.) By Bertha M. 

 Clay. 



2 The Octoroon. (21« pages.) By Miss M. E. Brad- 

 don. 



.•? Back to the Old Home. (176 pages.) By Mary 

 Cecil Hav. 



4 She's All the World to Me. (195 pages) By Hall 

 Calne. 



h Lovo Letters of a Word Iv Woman. (193 pages.) 

 By Mrs. ClitTord. 



All these hooks are complete and unabridged, are 

 printed in large clear type, and bound in white and 

 gold, (paper covers.) Size of book I ' i .i(«'.i Inches, such 

 :ls have been usually sold at 'ii cents each. 



Our Special OfTcrt-I^or iiOc we will send you 

 one year's sulJdcrlption and .'iny thne books you may 

 select. 



For ft. (10 we will send you a year's subscription and 

 any eight books you may select. 



l-'or ii we will give you a year's subscription and the 

 entire list of 'M books, prepaid to any part of the U. S. 

 Canada or Me.xico. 



The regular price of these books, ail over the United 

 States, is 'iJc. and only by getting them in immense 

 t|uanlities are we able to make this uuifaralled offer. 



Think of it. for K(K) you can gel a yenr's subscrip- 

 tion to the MfsKCM and nearly 4,i»J« pages of good 

 residing matter, from authors as Ian Maclaren. Drum- 

 mond, Townsend. Dickens. Read. Stevens. Hall. 

 Calne. etc. We have never iM'en able to tnake such an 

 offer as this before and hope to have your early orders. 

 Remit in any way convenient. Stamps accepted in 

 any amount. 



WALTER F. WEBB, Mgr,, Albion, N. Y. 



COLLECTORS:— Wo will send you the 

 Mt'SEL'M and Jtem ulioii both for 1 year for 

 $1.00 or the Musecm and CosmipolUan one 

 year for *1.25. W. F. VVEHB, .Mgr. Albion, 

 N Y. 



