The earliest war stamps--Stamps used in the Crimean War--The British Army Post Office Corps--The Sudan Expedition--The South African campaign--The Great War--Recent war stamps and post-marks--Indian war stamps--Other war stamps CHAPTER XV WAR MONEY 261 French obsidional notes--Mafeking notes--The Napoleonic assignats--Charles II and University plate--Mints at Carlisle, Beeston, Scarborough, Newark, Colchester, and Pontefract--Irish gun money CHAPTER XVI CURIOS MADE BY PRISONERS OF WAR 287 Objects recently made in Holland--The Napoleonic prisoners at Norman Cross, Perth, Dartmoor, Stapleton, Liverpool, and Greenland Valleyfield CHAPTER XVII MISCELLANEOUS MILITARY CURIOS 299 Considerations respecting miscellaneous curios--Battlefield souvenirs--Regimental colours--Odds and ends of dress equipment--Books and newspapers of military interest--Royal souvenirs--Official military documents--Gruesome relics--Relics of the Great War CHAPTER XVIII A HISTORY OF ONE'S COLLECTION 317 Reasons for compiling a history of one's collection--The part played by photographs--Armour suggested as an example--Material for grangerizing BIBLIOGRAPHY 323 INDEX 337 ILLUSTRATIONS LIST OF PLATES A BRONZE MEDALLION OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON _Frontispiece_ PAGE QUEEN VICTORIA'S CHOCOLATE BOX SENT TO THE SOLDIERS FIGHTING IN SOUTH AFRICA, 1900 23 PRINCESS MARY'S CHRISTMAS BOX SENT TO THE SOLDIERS FIGHTING IN FRANCE AND BELGIUM, 1914 23 BADGE OF THE QUEEN'S (ROYAL WEST SURREY REGIMENT) 2ND FOOT 33 BADGE OF THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S (WILTSHIRE REGIMENT) 33 BADGE OF THE KING'S (LIVERPOOL REGIMENT) 33 BADGE OF THE ROYAL WARWICKSHIRE REGIMENT 33 BADGE OF THE ROYAL DUBLIN FUSILIERS 43 BADGE OF THE ROYAL FUSILIERS (CITY OF LONDON REGIMENT) 43 BADGE OF THE SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS (5TH BATTALION) 43 BADGE OF THE ROYAL REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY 43 SOME REGIMENTAL BUTTONS 49