Shanghai, June 10.
Mr, Alphonse Marie Tracey Wood ward who died at sea on Merch 2 was buried on April 20 at Cadaujac, Gironde, France, The deceased who eaves a widow and family to mourn hig loss was well known in the Far Cost, as a student and collector of Japanese stamps and Chinese minted coins, "He had probably the best. collection In the world of the former And one of the best collections of the atten, In 1928 he published "The postage stamps of Japan and Dependencies,' In two large volumes and was ack-knowledged the leading authority on Japanese stamps, His collection of Chinese minted coing ran into many thousands. During the years 1926 to 1935 he, ran a series of articles in the "China Journal" entitled "Notes on the minted coins of China" 'The foot-nides in these articles showed a vast amount of research and gave a great deal of valuable information, "At the time of his death he was a' member of the commit ice of the Numismatic Society of China.
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