Interesting Address on British Colonial Stamps The Shanghai Philatelic Society held a very successful meeting in the Kalee Hotel on last Wednesday, all the members present expressing their satisfaction with the new arrangements.
Mr. Smallbones gave a most interesting and inspiring address "Collecting Colonials," by which he meant British Colonials and he faced it with a little warning against the evils of too much parochinlism in stamp collecting. He said that ever since he had been m philatelist he had found the tendency in Societies to collect only the stamps of the particular country in which tone happene? to be living at the moment, and he deprecated this. He then spurred to further activity there already keen on Colonial stamps, and awakened the dormant interest of the others. Other mem: bers, in moving a vote of thanks to Mr, Smallbones, suggested the pore sibility of an exhibition of British Colonials at the beginning of next season. Some members applauded the suggestion and kindly offered to exhibit portions of their collections. The Secretary appealed to all mem: bers collecting Colonials to think i over during the summer and to do their best to exhibit something la.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.