Philately, The higher, 8 Philbrick, Judge, 123, 131, 155, 270, 272, 275-282, 298, 302 Philippine Islands, 205, 206, 274 Phillips, Mr. Charles J., 168 Pin-perforation, 42, 45, 48 Plate, 24, 27, 45, 46 Plate-number, 29, 45 Porto-Rico, 41, 205, 306 Portugal, 71; King of, 305 Portuguese Nyassa, 172 Post, Genesis of the, 55-75 "Post," Origin of the word, 59 "Postage and Telegraph Stamps of Great Britain, The," 155, 276 "Postage Charts" proposed in Sweden, 91, 92 _Postage Stamp, The_, 189 Postage Stamp "chart," A, 119 "Postage Stamps and their Collection," 332 Postal fiscal, 45 Postal Stationery, 27, 28, 45 Postmarks, 23, 36, 41, 45, 140, 185 Post-office in 1790, 69 Posts in early times, 59-75 Posts, Master of the, 62 Potiquet, M. Alfred, 125, 266 Povey, Mr. Charles, 67 Power, Mr. E. B., 273 Pre-cancellation, 45 Presidents and Vice-Presidents of The Royal Philatelic Society, London, 131 Prices of old stamps, 9 Printers of postage stamps, 202 Printing postage stamps, 46 Proofs, 46, 171-179 Provisionals, 46 Prussia, 61 _Punch_, 116 Puttick & Simpson, 281, 321 Quadrillé paper for albums, 147; for stamps, 39, 46 "Queen's Heads", the early use of the term, 116 Queensland, 175 Re-cutting, 47 Re-drawing, 47 Re-engraving, 47 Re-issues, 47 Remainders, 47 Rénotière, M. la, 275, 278, 296 Rep paper, 40, 47 Reprints, 47, 256, 325 Resetting, 47 Retouching, 47 Reunion, 269, 271, 329, 331 Reuterskiöld, Baron A. de, 301 Revenue, 48 Reversed, 48 Ribbed paper, 40, 48 Roberts, Mr. Vernon, 302 Romagna, 240 Roman _posita_, The, 59 Rosace, 28, 41, 48 Rothschild, Baron Arthur, 275 Rough perforation, 48 Rouletting, 41, 42, 48; in coloured lines, 48 Roumania, 234, 257 Royal Niger Co., 204 Russell, Mr., 302 Russia, 71, 189, 325 "Safety" paper, 40, 49 St. Christopher, 204 St. Helena, 71 St. Kitts-Nevis, 204 St. Louis, 268, 273 St. Vincent, 224, 230, 311 Samoa, 206, 234 Sandwich Islands. _See_ Hawaii Sappho, The French, 81, 82 Sarawak, 201, 260 Sardinia: Letter sheets of 1818, 86-93 Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, H.R.H. the Duke of, 131, 305-311 Saxony, 61, 269, 271 Schleswig-Holstein, 233 Scudéri, Mdlle., 81, 82 Scythia: early communications, 59 Sedang, 259 Seebeck, Mr. N. F., 49 Select Committee on Postage, 95, 98-101 Serpentine roulette, 49 Servia, 306 Se tenant, 49 Seybold, Mr. J. F., 296, 302 Shanghai, 234 Sheet of paper, of stamps, 49 Sicily, 118 Sierra Leone, 204, 224, 231 Sievier, Mr. R. W., 102 Silk-thread paper, 49 Single-line perforation, 49 Smith, Mr. Alfred, 127 Smith, Mr. Stafford, 127 Société Française de Timbrologie, 127 Somerset House, 154-156, 172, 321 South African War provisionals, 235 South America, 49, 203 South Australia, 231 Southern Nigeria, 204, 224 Spain, 60, 71, 172, 234, 240, 248, 271, 311, 325, 326 Spandrel, 49 Specialising, 49, 200-207 Spitsbergen, 259 Stainforth, Rev. F. J., 122, 129, 267, 272 "Stamp Collector, The," 298