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THE MUSEUM. 



STAMPS. 



Brightest Stock. Lowest Prices. 



Packet, No. 1, $1. 



Coutains about 8) British Colouiiils which c;italo2;ue 

 over SI. 00; 2?0 oiher foreigu UiHt catiihiane over $3.10, 

 and U. S. that will cat iloKue over $2 00. A better 

 packet for the price h 'S never been offered. 



Packet No. 2. 23 Cents or 20 One Cent 

 Stamps. 125 Varieties. 



Our rheapest ^-ml quickest snlli^r. No cheap coun- 

 tries represented but 125 rtiffeient stamps from such 

 countries as Hawaii, Brazil. "Russia, Great Britain, 

 African and French Colonies, PorLugese. Spani?li, etc. 



Packet No. 3 



30 Cents or 30 One Cent 

 Stamps. 



This is a Little Hummer. i:'0 varieties from the 

 fjame countries as No. 2 t>ut higher priced stamps. 

 You cd.n put 50 In a collection and trade or trell the 

 balance for more than it cost you. 



Packet No 4, 50 Cents. 



British Colonies Only. 

 This packet should please auy one. It contains 7.^ 

 different British and British Colonies, such as the 

 Cauadas Qiieinsianl Trinidad, Cyprus. Jamaica. 

 Western Australia New Zealand. Ta'-mauia New 

 South Wales, Cape of Good Hope. Mauritius, British 

 Guiana, etc. 



Packet No. 5, $5. 



A iine start for a collection of U. S. stamp-. The 

 unused U. S. stamps alone catalogue over one-half the 

 price of the pacUei. Tne used stamps catalogue over 

 $10.00. ]t contains stamps from issues of 1851, lSo7, 

 1861, 1868, 1831) and so on up to 1894, stamps from tbe 

 departments and a number of scarce envelopes. This 

 pacltet Is a bargain. 



50c. Packet. No. 6. 



ICCO St-iimps for ''Oo., or 25 2 j stamps. One thousand 

 >5tamps will keep the young collector busy filling up 

 his book for a month. A good ma'^y stumps among 

 these cataloging 3, 4. ani 5 cents each. 



Packet No. 10, $10. 



The 1,100 varieties— all different— put up by coun- 

 tries in separate euvelopf-s aud enclosed in one pack- 

 et, a collection in itself. This is a packet that is use- 

 ful To a small dealsr as well as to a collector. It con- 

 tains a wide range of stamps. Including many very 

 scarce and desirable stamps. This is yn exceptional 

 offer and we expect this to wiu us many future cxis- 

 tomers. 



Anyone sending us th", names of five hones^t, active 

 stamp collectors and eit^ht 1 cent stamps will receive 

 by return mail an unused S cent Columhian and an U. 

 S. Rev. or a G cent uuustd Columhian and 3 U. S Rev. 

 " This extra to us ia to get acciuaitited with good act- 

 ive collectors. 



Needing anything like the foltowiug at the present 

 time I 



Perforating Gauge, the most useful assistant to 

 a Stamp Collector. 25 cents. Stamp Tongs. 50 cents. 

 Surcharge Mkasures, $1.0). Magnifying Glasses, 

 $1.00. tine. GiULL Measuker, for EmDoss-d Stamps, 

 accurate. Eoniething needed if you collect or sell U. 

 S.,y5 cents. Of course we buy stamps and old collec- 

 tions. 



THE RETURW MAIL STAMP CO 



DUBUQUE, IOWA, 



Look Over Your old Magazines 



If you h:iv i^ any numbers or complete sets 

 of any old I'lagazines, such as Nittologists, 

 Ospre.vs Or> logist & Ornithologists and es- 

 pecially bai k numbers of the one hundred 

 and one smhi I ornithological publications is- 

 sued betwB' M l!-80 and 1897, send us list at 

 once. We v '11 i;ive good exchange for any 

 old back nuiu '"firs of papers devoted to nat- 

 ural science. Let us hear from you at once. 



W. F. WEBB, Mgr., 



Albion, N. Y. 



Sketches of Some 

 Common Birds, 



By Prof. P. M. Silloway. of Illinois. 



No better book could be selected for a Nat- 

 uralist friend. It is only $1 50 prepaid. Send 

 at once. 353 pages, finely bound in cloth, and 

 beautifully illustrated by halftones. 



\A,^ALTER F. \A^EBB, Mgr., 

 ALBION, N. Y. 



Back Numbers of 



THE MUSEUM. 



Complete your files now before it is 

 too late. Send for any numbers you 

 lack in any volume at 5c each, and 

 they will be sent by return mail. 



W. F. WEBB, Mgr., 



ALBION, N. Y. 



100 Specimens to Any Address for $1. 



Curiosities for the collectors. Nice speci- 

 mens for your cabinet. Beautiful collections 

 for table and mantle. 



100 Nice Sea Shells 25c., 20 Choice Speci- 

 mens 2Tc , 100 Mixed Coins $3 00, 1 dozen 

 Arrow Points 50c., 12 Beautiful Mixed Olive 

 Shells 50c , 30 Tropical Woods and Botanical 

 Specimens $1.00, all prepaid. 



500 000 specimens in stock from all parts of 

 the world. Every thing perfect. Satisfao 

 lion j iiaranteed or money refunded. Send 

 stamp for bargain list and drawings. All or- 

 ders promptly tilled. 



JOHN B. WHEELER, 

 East Templeton, Mass. 



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 ways mention THE MUSEUM. 



