The Nanking Local Post Office, whith has for many years been a branch of the Shanghai Local Post, has been obliged ut last to issue straps in order to accommodate its patrons who are now scattered in many parts of this "city of magnifeent distances." For many years it his been recognized as a necessity,' but it had been hoped that the new Government. edifices would be open and avoid the adding of another set of stamps to the collections of zealous philatelists, On, account of the uncertainty of the postal arrangements delay was no longer possible and now our southern capital is abreast of the most enterprising of modern settlements in the East in having its own stomps. The issue includes 8 half-cent, one cent, two, three, four, five, ten and twenty-cent stamps. 'They are of the long narrow kind. On each end is a dragon enclosing an oval in which are views of well-known places in Nanking. The half-cent' stamp hax a view. of the statesmen statues at the Ming Tombs with Purple Mountain in the background the one-cent, ten-cent, and twenty-cent stamps show the Drum Tower; the two-cent stamp has a view of the stone elephants at the Ming Tombs; on the three-cent one is a lake at the Han Si \\én; the four-cent stamp has a view of the main hall of the Confucian temple. while the five-cent one has a drawing of temple bell. The whole set of eight stamps is in"eight diferent colours and was printed and designed in Japan. They will form an interesting: relic to all who have visited Nanking, an can be procured from the Postmaster Mr. F. E. Meigs, No issue of local stamps in
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