394 Timehri. 
Gd., 4d. and 1d. which were supplied by the British Post Office to the 
deputy in this colony. These English stamps used in this colony may be — 
distinguished by their postmarks which were AO5 and AO4. 
This epoch of a decade, is the most interesting in the philatelie 
history of British Guiana. A period full of rarities of the first order, 
whose rise in value in the philatelic markets of the world is a good indi- 
cation of their scarcity. ‘Stamps, in many instances so erude and 
unattractive in appearance, that the wonder is, so many have survived. 
And this is to be attributed to the methodical and accumulative habits of 
those who lived over a generation ago, carefully putting away correspon- 
dence with the covers attached, which has been discovered by others who 
have come after them. 
At this point my remarks on the early issues of British Guiana may 
conveniently end. 
