“All the split stamps of Nova Scotia are very rare, and should be greatly valued by collectors. Off the original envelope they are valueless, and I have been sorely disappointed more than once on receiving them in that condition. While in Nova Scotia we have not got those varieties of types in stamps which some other countries have; still, we can make up a number of interesting varieties which are unknown to most collectors, and in nearly every case have never been mentioned in catalogues. “DONALD A. KING.” POSTAGE RATES FROM NOVA SCOTIA IN THE YEAR 1854. LIMIT OF WEIGHT ¼ OUNCE. _s._ _d._ To Alexandria 2 3 Algeria 1 10 Austria 2 8 Bavaria 2 2 Belgium 2 3 China 2 10 France 2 3 Gibraltar 2 1 Holland 2 2 Hong Kong 2 10 India 2 10 Norway 2 7 Portugal 2 1 Prussia 2 2 Russia 2 6 Spain 2 2 Sweden 2 2 Turkey 3 0 LIMIT OF WEIGHT ½ OUNCE. _s._ _d._ To Adelaide 2 0 Antigua 1 8 Australia 2 1 Bermuda 0 8 Brazil 3 9 Cape Verde 2 10 Cape of Good Hope 2 0 Chili 1 7 Cuba 1 3 Denmark 1 10 The following figures show the increase in the sale of postage stamps in Nova Scotia in the first four years after their introduction, viz.: £ _s._ _d._ 1852 Amount sold 325 2 6 1853 ” 473 4 8 1854 ” 898 0 6 1855 ” 1656 16 3 An increase of five hundred per cent.—_The Halifax Philatelist_, vol. ii., page 7. REFERENCE LIST OF THE PHILATELIC SOCIETY, LONDON. Issue I. September 1st, 1851. _Three values._ Engraved and printed in _taille-douce_ by Messrs. Perkins, Bacon, and Co., of London, upon stoutish blue wove paper; yellowish gum, imperforate. Design: The design is almost exactly similar to that of the first issue of New Brunswick, but the lower star contains a mayflower, the heraldic emblem of the Colony, instead of a rose inverted. The name of the Colony is in block type on all three values; “POSTAGE” and the value in Roman capitals on the Three Pence, and block letters on the Six Pence and One Shilling. The word “SIXPENCE” has a coloured line down the centre of each letter. Shape, lozenge. (_Illustrations 86, 87, 88._) Upper left border, “NOVA;” upper right, “SCOTIA;” lower left border, “THREE PENCE,” “SIX PENCE,” “ONE SHILLING;” lower right, “POSTAGE.”