Solicits business relations with all philatelists. Rarities are always on hand for the advanced collector. Rare stamps bought for cash or taken in exchange. New issues and novelties always on hand. A fine stock of desirable stamps at very reasonable prices. Selections of stamps on approval sent to responsible parties. Agents wanted for the sale of stamps on liberal commission. Foreign correspondence and exchange solicited. A large wholesale stock for sale by 10, 100 or 1000 at lowest prices. Mexican, South and Central American stamps is a specialty in wholesale trade. Hundreds of thousands of these stamps imported yearly. Cash paid for U. S. Department stamps, Newspaper and Periodical stamps, Old U. S. Envelopes, Confederate and U. S. Locals. Large or old collections wanted for cash. Send for U. S. Exchange list. Inquiries should contain stamp for reply. C. H. MEKEEL, _Room 71, Turner Building_, _ST. LOUIS, MO._ # # # # # Transcriber's Notes: 5. Obvious punctuation errors have been corrected without comment. 6. Inconsistent quote marks in cited materials have been retained. Mismatched quotes have been repaired. 7. Inconsistent abbreviations, punctuation, character spacing, etc., have been made uniform. 8. Inconsistent variations of millimeter fractions, _i. e._ 1/2 (with forward slash) and 1-2 (stacked 1 over 2), etc. have been made consistent. 9. Right justified page numbers in the "INDEX" have been replaced by a left justified semi-colon ";" immediately followed by the referenced page numbers. 10. SPELLING CORRECTIONS: (#) shows number of times word was correctly spelled in the text.