256. NEW YORK YACHT CLUB. Report of the Special Com- 

 mittee on Certain Charges Made by the Earl of Dunraven concern- 

 ing the Recent Match for the America's Cup. 8vo, paper, uncut. 

 [Newspaper clippings inserted.] N. Y.: Printed for the Club, 1896 



Book-plate J. G. H. 



257. pARKER (GILBERT). The Seats of the Mighty; A 

 1 Guardian of the Poor (Russell); Lady Rose's Daugh- 

 ter (Ward); A Desperate Chance (Kelley). All First Editions. 

 4 vols. I2mo. cloth. [v. p., v. d.] 



258. PERRY (BLISS). The Broughton House. First Edition. 



I2mo, cloth. New York: Scribner. 1890 



259. [PINDAR (PETER).] A Poetical Supplicating, Modest 

 and Affecting Epistle to those Literary Collossuses. the Reviewers. 

 Carmine, Di Super placanter, Carmine, Manes. i8mo, half calf. 



[n. p., n. d.] 



Autograph of Susan Moale, 1808, on title ; also lettered in gold on the 

 back. Probably a descendant of Ellen North, the first white child born in 

 Baltimore, who was married to John Moale 25th day of May, 1758. Two 

 book-plates of J. G. H. 



260. PIRATES. Caspar: The Pirate of the Indian Seas; 

 Butchers of Ghent; Lights and Shadows of Factory Life in New 

 England. (Brother Jonathan Extras, etc.) (6 pieces as they are.) 



261. POSTAGE STAMPS. 988 Stamps, some very rare, 

 mounted in the International Album, Ninth Edition. 



New York: The Scott Stamp and Coin Co. [n. d.] 

 This collection is the result of just a hobby, extending through a busi- 

 ness career of over fifty years, and gathered one by one as the chance 

 offered. Many have become scarce while in possession of the owner. 



262. 488 Stamps, mainly duplicates of the above-described 



lot. A long run of English penny stamps, all different; fine lot of 

 British, Canadian and French stamps, many scarce; United States 

 Postage and Revenue, some unused. Mounted in a small 4to gilt 

 cloth album. (Oppen's 23rd edition.) [n. d.] 



263. - 415 Postage and Revenue Stamps, a good percentage 

 of which are unused or lightly cancelled; quite a number are dupli- 

 cated, but are desirable for filling in; at end of album is specimens 

 of the first Brooklyn Bridge Tickets, etc. Mounted in a 4to em- 

 bossed cloth album. [n. p., n. d.] 



On the third page is a fine specimen of the unperforated $1.00 internal 

 revenue stamp. 



264. 3>i94 Stamps of All Nations, assorted according to 



countries. Duplicate stock, some unused or lightly cancelled. The 

 bulk is English and American, in envelopes and in packages, en- 

 closed in a pasteboard box. Fine lot. 



265. 5 cent, brown; issued 1861-62. Enclosed in a metal 



disk, front covered with isinglass. Patented Aug. 12. 1862, by I. 

 Gault. 



Used as currency during the Civil War, when small change was scarce. 



266. POSTAGE STAMP ALBUM. 1895. New York: The Scott 

 Stamp and Coin Co. 55th edition. i8mo, cloth. 



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