London, Sept. 1.
A great wave of enthusiasm throughout the country has welcomed the appearance of the new Issue of King Edward stamps.
From an early hour, all post emees in the country which remain. open after midnight, were crowded throngs. of curiosity-seekers, pro fessional philatelists, private collec tors and mere memento-hunters The run persisted with such consistency that the day's sale was estimated at 90,000,000, as compared with the normal dally "average of only 20,000,000, 'A large number of the arrived with blank envelopes. dressed to themselves or Uielr Il is believed that the striking simplicity of the design of the new stamps "has been responsible for their general popularity.
The present issue, numbering 300,- 00,000,.will probably be sufficient fo meet demands for about a week ten days only, after which exist ing stocks of stamps of King George's eign will be sold until exhausted, When a fresh issue will be put on
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