Space precludes a similarly long list of foreign stamps which have greatly appreciated; but the following examples, with early prices (as indicated) and those at present asked, may be interesting, showing the rises in many of the medium stamps:-- Egypt--1st issue, set, 6s. 3d. (in 1882), now £6 2s. 6d. Oldenburg--1st issue, ¹/₃₀ thaler, 1s. (in 1882), now £2. Oldenburg--1859-61 issues (in 1882), from 9d. each; now 4s. is the lowest, 12s. the next, and the highest £11. Schleswig-Holstein--the pretty little stamps of 1850 were (in 1882) 9d. and 1s. 6d. each: they have now risen to 28s. and 50s. Holland--1st issue, 9d., 6d., and 1s. respectively for the three values, unused: now 15s., 20s., and 30s. Of the following, most, if purchased twenty years ago, would now show a very handsome profit, even after allowing 5 per cent. _compound_ interest. The Swiss Cantonals, first issue Roumania (Moldavia), _tête-bêche_ pairs of France, inverted U.S.A., Paris prints of Greece, early Uruguays, some Brazils, early Japans, middle-period Hawaiian Islands, Italian States, early Spain and Colonies, first Samoas, first Shanghais, &c. Concerning the inverted U.S.A., it is said--though these stories are often more interesting than true--that a purchaser of a quantity of one of these errors took them back to the post-office and had them exchanged for normally printed stamps. If true, the present feelings of the purchaser (if he survives) on being reminded of his neglected opportunity would be interesting. Instances might be multiplied almost indefinitely by comparing the prices in old and present catalogues, but the instances given are sufficient to show the great profits which might have been made by the judicious investment of _small_ amounts in the _proper_ stamps: large amounts would probably lower prices. A purchase in 1882 of twenty £1 "Anchor" would not lower the market if now offered for sale, but £500 worth would probably result in a slump. However, it is generally a case of _Hinc illæ lacrymæ_, for the would-be traveller on the royal road to ease and great wealth has either never invested at all or has selected stamps which show a marked depreciation as the years roll on--_e.g._, the Fourpence Halfpenny of Great Britain, which was going to rise abnormally, but which has been "unloaded" at, or even under, "face." Only a trifling instance, but it serves to show the risks of investment in stamps when current or just obsolete; it is safer to buy those which have during a period of some years shown an inclination to rise steadily--but then investors and speculators are generally impatient and won't wait.