London, June 12.
Bond Street's first test' as a stamp-selling bourse proved an. immense success to-day, when record. prices were obtained during the continued jo of the famous Hind collection 'A sum of £20,000 was bid for Mauritius specimens in under ten minutes and, a few minutes Iatel, the sales had realized over £47,000 One Mauritius envelope started at £3,000 and fetched £5,000, which the auctioneer described as the greatest bargain in the sale, A penny orange-red was sold for £2,800.
Buyers represented every Buropean country, as well as America and South Africa.
The Hind collection was lett by the deceased American" millionaire plush manufacturer and is being Tiquidated for testamentary reasons.—Reuter.
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