December 



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THE HUMMING BIRD. 



DECEMBER LIST OF STAMPS 



ON SALE BY 



Messrs. BOUCARD, POTTIER & Co., 

 225, High Holborn, 



London, W.C. 

 {All Stamps guaranteed Genuine.) 



Belgium, 1849, lOo. brown & 20c. blue, the pair 



,, 1870-78, 5 Fr., light brown, unused 



British East Africa, 1890, J anna on Id black & lilac 



unused or used 



Britisli Sast Africa, 1890 1 anna on 2d black, green 



& red unused 10s, used 

 British East Africa, 1890, 4 annas, on 5d black, lilac 



& blue, unused 

 British Guiana, 1862, Provisional, 2 cents, black on 



yellow, crossed ovals 

 British Guiana, 1889, 48c. purple & orange red 



Brunswick, 1851, 2 sil. gros, blue ... 



Canada, 1851, 6d sterling green 



,, ,, 10d ,, blue 



Cape of Good Hope, 1854 — 64, Is green 



Ceylon, 1857— 61 2d green 



,, 1861 — 63 4d oct. rose (fine) 



,, ,, 8d ,, brown do. ... 



Costa Bica, set of 9 ... ... 



Denmark, 1851, 2 rigsbank skil. blue ... 



Dutch Indies, 1864, 10 cents crimson perf 



Egypt., 1888, 10 piastres, violet 



Fiji Islands, 1874, 6 centB black & green (fine) 



., 1872, 12 cents, Hack & rose do. 



France, 1852, 10 centimes buff (tine) 



Great Britain, 1880, 2s, red brown ... 



1881-83, 2s fid, 5s, 10s, the three ... 

 ,, 1884, £1, marone 



,, 1888, £1, do. wmk. 3 orbs, rare ... 



,, 1883 — 90, set of 8 Gov. parcels stamps, 



the set 



Hamburg, 1864, 7 scbill. yellow perf 



Hanover, 1856, 3 pfen. large net work, black and rose 

 Holland, 1872—88, 2 guil. 50 0., rose & blue... 

 Hong-Kong, 1863 — 71, 18c, lilac, wink, c c & crown 



rare ... 

 India, 1886, provisional surcharged in tall letters, 



6 annas, lilac & green 

 India, 1886, surcharged in short letters, 6 annas, 



lilac & green ... 

 Italy, 1879, 30 ceut, brown unused 

 Japan, 1876—79. 45 fen red unused rare 



Luxemburg, 1863, 37J c, «reen 



Mauritius, 1863 — 72, 5s mauve... ... 



Natal, 1857 — 58, 3d rose, very fine 



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20 







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STAMPS (continued). 



Nevis, 1861, Id dull rose unused 



,, ,, 6d grey-lilac, fine... 

 New South Wales, 1850, Id red very fine 



,, ,, 2d blue do. do 



,, 1888, 5s purple wmk. 5s rare 



New Zealand, 1856, 2d blue 



,, 1862 — 63, 6d brown, pelure paper 



,, ,. Is green, do. do. 



,, ,, 6d brown, do. do.perf. fine 



Oldenburg, 1859, 2 gros, black on rose 



,, » 3 ,, „ on yellow 



1861, £ ,, green 



Poland, 1859, 10 kopecs, blue & red ... 



Queensland, 6d yellow, registered, used fine 6s, unused 



Boumania, 1873—79, 5 bani blue (error unused) 



,, ,, 5 do, rose ,, 



South Australia, 1859, Is yellow, or orange, each ... 

 Spain, City of Madrid, 1 cuarto bronce, very fine, 



unused 

 Straits Settlements, 1867, 12 cents, red & green, fine 

 Sweden, 6 skill, banco, grey fine 

 Tasmania, 1852 Id blue, fine ... 

 Trinidad, set of 5 unpaid letter stamps 

 Tuscany, 1850, 1 soldo, yellow... 

 United States, 1851 — 60, 5 cents brown unused fine 

 ,, 24 cents, lilac unused fine 



,, 1861 — 66, 90 cents, blue, unused fine 



,, ,, 5 do., yellow, used fine 



,, 1869, 15 cents blue & brown ... 



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16 6 



2 6 



10 



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22 6 



10 



5 



85 



4 



14 



7 6 



4 6 



10 



10 



purple & green., 

 red & blue 

 blue 



24 

 ), >> 30 ,, 



,, Navy, 1 cent 



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,, ,, o , , ,, ... ... ... u 



,, ,, 1U ,, 1, ... ... ... 1 



,, ,, 12 ,, ,, ... ... ... 2 



,, ,, 30 ,, ,, ... ... ... £ 



,, War, complete set uuused ... ... 7 



Victoria, 1856, Too Late unused fair copy ... ... 60 



Western Australia, 1855, 4d bine, unused fine ... 7 6 



,, 1862, Is «reen, unused fine ... 20 



Wurtemburg, 1853, 18 Kr. blue fine 15 



Wholesale lots of Stamps present issues. 



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New South Wales, Id violet 

 2d blue 

 New Zealand, id red 



Id „ 



Queensland, Id red 



South Australia, £<i small brown 



Victoria, Jd rose... 



,, Id brown 



Great Britain, Gov. Parcels ljd 

 ,. „ 6d... 



,, Id black fine 



6d per 100 



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6d 



6d 



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2s doz. 

 3s „ 

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FOR SALE. 



Books on Natural History, etc. 



Atlas d'Ornithologie ou Collection choisie d'Oiseaux 

 les plus connus dessinés d'après nature par 

 Martinet, Paris, 1784. 

 1 Vol. grand in folio, in magnificent condition. 

 Contents : Epître à Buffon, Tableau général 

 du classement des Oiseaux divisés d'après 

 Buffon en neuf Ordres et cent un Genres ou 

 Familles. 150 splendid coloured plates par 

 Martinet. Exceedingly rare, perhaps uni- 



. Que- £50. 



Agassiz — Nomenclator Zoologicus, Soloduri, 1842. 

 t 846, gros vol. in 4to. ... ... 40s. 



— Nomenclatoris Zoologici, index universalis Solo- 



duri, 8148, in i2mo ... ... ... ios. 



— De l'espèce et des classifications en Zoologie, 



1 vol. in 8vo ... ... ... ... 4s. 



America, by John Ogilby, Esq., London, 167 1. 

 Grand in folio, 675 pages, 121 splendid 

 Engravings and Maps. £ IQ - 



Boucard, A. — Catalogius Avium; contenant 2,456 

 genres et 11,030 espèces, avec une nouvelle 

 classification systématique. Londres, 1876, 

 1 vol. in 8vo... ... ... ... ios. 



— Monographie List of the Genus Plusiotis, with 



description of new species. (From the Pro- 

 ceedings of the Zoological Society of London), 

 1874. Brochure in 8vo, avec planche 

 coloriée ... ... ... ... 4s. 



— La même, planche noire ... ... 2s. 



