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THE MUSEUM. 



STAMPS 



Brightest Stcck. 



Best Grades. 



Lowest Prices. 



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

 3313 per cent, off if you wish half Cash and half Exchange — Take your choice. 



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

 ly cancelled or unused, also a sufficient number must be sent so that half 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 7.5 off for beginners and for collectors having 1,000 or less. 



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



Our Motto — "Small proKls and quick leturns make a protitaMe busiuess." 



THE RETURN MAIL STAMP CO.. 



Dubuque, Iowa. 



P. S. — Needing anything like the following at the present lime? 



Perfokation Gauge, the most useful assistant to a Stamp Collector, S.'j cent.s. 

 Stajii' TuKGs, .'iO cents. Surcharge Measurers, $1.00. Magnifying Glasses. $1.00 to ^$3. 



Grill Measurer, ?Dr 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 f.O 

 stamps and lits a No. envelope. 



These are of Supeiior Paper. 



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



By the hunilred, 3 cents each. 



Gummed Hinges. 

 The St. Julien gummed hinges are perfect, 

 easily removed and yet sulliciently ad- 

 hesive 10 hold any stamp in place. No gUii' 

 or mucilage on these, nothing but pure gum 

 araliic 



( lOe. per 1,000. 



Pnce-^ 25c. per 3.000. 



/ 80c. per 10,000. 



We buy stamps and old collections for cash. 

 Send whatever you have, including dupli- 

 cates, stating price asked. ^^'e 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. Tnis is something no 

 other dealer u ill do 



Anyone sending us the names of live honest 

 active stamp (collectors and eight 1 cent 

 stamps will receive by return mail an unused 

 B cent Columbian aad U. S Revenue or a ft 

 cent unused Columbian and 3 U. S. Revenue. 

 This extra to us is to get acquainted with 

 good Mclive collectors. 



THE RETURN Ei^AtL ^imP 00., 



DUBUQUE, IOWA. 



Relief Maps 



FOR SCHOOLS 

 OF ALL GRADES 



Syslcnialic Collecli^ns 



MINERALOGY, GEOLOGY, ZOOLOGY, 



LANTERN SLIDES, ETC. 

 Washington School Collections. 



Minerals, Rocks and Invertebrate Auiuuils. 



It is safe to .say tliat no collections of equal excel- 

 lence tiave ever before been offered in this conr.' : y at 

 so low a price (%2 each). Send for circular. 



EDVyiN E. HOWELL, 



13 17tb St , N. W., Washington, D. C. 



You Want Labels. 



No collection is complete without uniform and near 

 labels. I print Bird, Egg, Shell. Fossil. Herbanitm 

 and all Itinds of labels. Egg. small 15c per lOO: !fl per 

 1000. Large, Soc per 103; itl.7.5 per ICCO Send for 

 prices on Naturalists' printing. D. H. EATON, Wo- 

 burn. Mass, 



Autograph Letters 

 of Famous People. 



Original Letters, not copies. 

 Send for my price lists. 



Walter Romeyn Benjamin, 



1 125 Broadway, New York. 



SHELL (COLLECTORS —We intend to 

 greatly enlarge our stock the coming winter 

 and make many exchanges with collector.'-. 

 Please send us a list of any Land, Fresh-water 

 or Marine Shells you have to olfer. We want 

 Helix as ever and wish all collectors who have 

 any duplicate Helix to s^nd ns complete 

 lists. An' one knowing of any large shell 

 collections for sale will confer a favor by ad- 

 vising us of same. W. F. WEBB, Mgr., Al- 

 bion, N. Y. 



