no THE MUSEUM. 



©T?AMPBi 



Brightest Stock. Best Grades. Lowest Prices. 



A .30 slumps, all ililT^ieut, >;oiiie CMtiildguiug live cents or more $ 25 



B. 30 slanip-i. aU ditfcrrfiit, U. S a'ld Hawaiians.soQie citaloTuing live cents or more. .. 25 



C. 4(1 stain |js, all (iit1'iirc)iit, S > and Central Amer.., soim cataloguiua; five cents or more. 50 



D. 40 stamps, all dillVrent, U S and Hawaiins, some c.italoguiug live cents or more. . . 50 



E. GO stamps, all different, and a 2j cents cellnloiil Grill measurer. 75 



F. 7.") stamps, all different, a 2.") cents Grill or Perforation gauge 1 00 



G. 100 stamps, all dilTcreiii, 50 of them U. S and Hawaiians 100 



H. 220 stamp-: ad dilTerunt. one half dr/ books and 1000 of our best Hinges 1 00 



$i PACKET, NO. 1 Si PACKET, NO. 2. 



Contains .about, fio Br,ti.sh Coloniuls which catalogue 50 cents or 50 one cent stamps. 



over $1.00: -30 otlier foreign tnat will catalogue over I.i.'i vari»^tie=. Uur clieape.st and quickest seller. No 



S3.03: and U. S. that will catalogue over K 00. A brft- cheap countries represented but li'i dllTerent .stamps 



ter packet for the price has never been offered. from such countries as Hawaii. Brazil, Russia, Great 



liritain. African and French Colonies, Portugese. 



PACKET NO. 3. Spanish, pic. 



50 cents or 50 one cent Stamps., 50c. PACKET NO. 4. 50c. 



This isaLiTPLEHUMMEU. IJO varieties froiii the same British Colonies Only, 



coimtries as No. i. but hiaher priced stamps. You cm This packet should please any one. It contains tiU 



put 50 in a collection and trade or sell the balance for diiTereut British and British Colonies, such as the 



more than it cost you. Cauadas, Queensland, Trinidad. Cyprus, Jamaica, 



Western Australia. New Zealand, Tasmania. New 



SS PACKET No. 5. S5 South Wales. Cape of Uood Ho;ie, Mauritius. British 



A Fine .Start for a Collection of U. S. Stamps. > . . . 



The unused T'. S. Stamps alone catalogue over on-- S I O, PACKET NO. lO. S'O 



half the price of the packet. The 1 lUO varieties— all different— put up by countries 



The used stamps calalogua over SIO 00. in separate enveloijes and enclosed in one packet, a 



It contains stamps from Issues of 1847, 18.)1, 1S57, IStU. collection in itself. This is a packet that is useful to 



1888, 181)9 and so on up to 1891, stamps from the de- a small dealer as well as to a collector. It contains a 



partments and a number of scarcer envelopes. This wide range of stamps, includiug many verj^ scarce and 



packet is a bargain. ,• . - desirable stamps. This is an exceptional offer and we 



expect this to win us many future customers. 



Our I'ACKErs are not fall of tr.\sii Bar contain (;ooi) stamps The stamps in each packet 

 which we are now sending ivU are all DiFFEitEi>jT. Some'hing collectors have been looking 

 for. VVe send out approval books at 50 to To per c^nt. olf These are arranged by countries 

 and are so coavenieat that losi of timj and heidacliBj are avoided. 



We buy stamps and olil collections for cash. Send whatever you have, including dupli- 

 cates, stating price asked. We exchange stamps also. You must send us stamps cataloguing 

 over 3 cents fur which we will allow oue-thirtl catalogue price. We will then send our ap- 

 proval books from which you select stamps at our ligures which are 50 to To par cent, off cat- 

 alogue prices This is something no other stamp lirm will do. 



Our Motto; "Small prolits and quick returns make a profitable business." 



THE RETURN MAIL STAMP CO. 



DUBUQUE, IOWA, 



P. S. — \eediiijj anything like tlie following at the present time? 



Jp/jroc'// CooA* for your duplicates and mail orders. Tha only convenient, safe and 

 at.ylish way <>( mounting stamps. 



Our Red Cross Approval Book holds 60 stamps and tits a No. (> envelope. These are of 

 ■Superior paper. 



I'erlornting Oaiig..', the most useful assistant to a Stamp Collector, 2) cents. 



Slimp Tong^, 50 cants-. Surcharge Measurer, $1.00 Magnifying Ola.ises, Sl.CO. 



Qrill Measurer, for Embossed Stamps, accurate, something needed if you collect of S2ll U. 

 S., 3") cents. 



Gummed lli'igef, 10 cts. per 1,000 or 25 cts. per 3,000. No mucilage hutjinre gum Arabic. 



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