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DAILY MARKET QUOTATIONS

SUMMARY CURRENCIES

Toronto—Market lower: llzntl MONTREAL lCPi - The ludiiil mm“. 5"“, do“... in (mm a. lure department dunlallons: an: Wholernls dealer ill-ices ‘ "m" coun stations. wooden rar- Montrenl — Market reminedfll 51-07 27-32. Pound nerllfll ions: Exwtra Jorge ‘ medium

New innit—Mariel mixed; fir hlccm Ind lunn lower.

lower. was unchanged ll $302.

ACROSS THE ISLAND

Famous Stamp Deal ls Recalled

By NEIL A. MA’I'IIIEDN

Provincial-an Editor

I IIAD I look here recently at a Scoli- “mnainderx' slam collector: item that. he:

nilananwoaler pt existence. A in ly called it “a silyeur old. million dollar mystery that has

introduced into the phiiatcllc world as a resililthn! . rccale i

re publith on by the Royal Philau‘lic Society of London The Ila paper recall

oi the "remainders" bought by a syndicate hooded hy Managing Director AA. Bartlett M Charlottetown intolWDfnailgs‘Kuu. post. mm v i T‘ l‘ master at Halifax tor many years for s i n angea n ‘1,“de mm mm and m. The slow observes that the stamp prlces "low It first soon bacon! wank. Trading slowed. showed the husiness acumen ot the syndicate membm'l . . . esti- . mated at line stamp quantity ran horn seven] thousand to mine ill-res 1mm Wednesday'i 5.85% than a million" sud the impression la lett that die ayndianle mom.‘ Nghlieharu

high as w. 150.000.

has realized I huge prolit.

rilE NOVA Scotla story added that no intonnatlun ls availnhle‘lhnnkc t_u lzalna by some pivotal “m” M" I because nasceodants ol the syndicate members cannot be traced.lblua chum made a moderate and the imdun tirrn that purchased the remainders soon: is years

Later Wls completely bombed out In World War N

o.

1' was wrong on at least tliv count!V l tllkad m _

Cosh. (he Tanner Mary Bartlett, I native flock. of! re!

lun— Gus week with Mrs Ada. daughter at the managing director. and her reaction io_tlle tun-

gestloh her lather and his emit-Mlle: made I biz profit on the transaction was “absolute nonsense. I only wish it wee [place among volume leaders. ri ' 54% on 126.330

nl l‘i’l tn . l . v , . nu PreConfederclflon Issue—186063 liyfifgeigngwihm A J“ W Lulu h l m m M W .. . .. , , - . n. mfil‘iulf‘lifili‘fiili .25.... a?ué“la‘élfs‘c$i§*‘iasfi “on” T" “W” W’" “a” ‘2‘“ m ”’ ’”-“ cale bought them iroun Hon. w.S. fieldinsvl '

the Bartlett-King synd pmmler and provincial secretary of Nova Scotia. on condition the quantity of Stamps would not. be revealed, as that would naturally Illeci their desirability mid Dash Value a! collectors items.

The old mystery will be Solved In part when [the W.S. Fielding memoirs are published In A few years. as they will likely reveal the Quantity ot stamps—they wore in one cent. two cent. eight and

medial! cent. It) and 12% cent denmnlnatloris—but the print the.

synnlcnte received may never he revealcd.

Mrs. Cosh gave me a copy ot a letter her father sent out under date of August 1. 1396 uttering the "I'Emalrlders" tor role in lots at so or more. but it has never been revealed how many they sold in this way..

11- WAS allel- Mr. Bartlett's death in December 1920 that the P

bulk of the “mnaindars” were sold to Stanlcy Glbb'lns. hlggest English dealer. who leh one complete set wilh each member or the Syndicate on condition they would not 1.. mid. though they eould he used tor trading.

out-ls in the syndicate included Slr Louis Davies. one time curt Justice of Canada: CD. llianlnn and Parker Oswell. all cl Charlottetown and WE. Chase III the Annapoll: valley. Mr. Barc- lt’tl. the managing director. apparently had a Half for

ship in his salosmanslrp for he had n letterhead made up whichllmces _W9re Mixed on Viilumel

carried true colnr reproductions o1 stamps (rum Brltish Columbia.lol Infill-000 shares rnlnlinred 1h 1.470.001) Wednesday, Fargo Auxullus m

was down 1.15 and Scurry sul va. a um I! is u —s

R inhow Oil dropped in. Show» W ‘7

lnigan Idvnnced in.

Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island whitfln he used In his Bar‘- respondence.

Stamps Letterhead Is Colorful

AN INTERNATIONALLY recognized Stamp magazine said

‘Canadiln funds was unchmged “E5

ed that speculation on' oh. value

WI 011

PRODUCE

. arize 39-40; small 27.21. (It

lnhlc 50 cu

l l’olaloea line 755 150 r 1 1

Que LID-l 11, 75s. 2 20.2.1 in: 50. 1351.40. N.B ins .ih 50$ 1

loos 5.754 1w: 4504.752 Mlifle US

NEW YORK

NEW YORK tAPlvThe stock

b . t churned lrregulnrly Willie.“ n n

Volume drummed tll 4990000

gain of .94 to 725.37

The price lsvel u... unrvnn in day. Chrysler on. the must mm... x .t 65% on

Ford anrzed' tn the second

134.500

si

losers from the start.

Sugars were highnr at the s“ C start but stumbled. The leading hf“; , oils moved nhrsd moderately.‘ scou La!

MONTREAL (Cr! 4 Agricul- 33...... no .3: “is ("red 71

and C 30

Butler: Current receipts non-

ienderable 50%; 52 score tender- 1‘.

tea. Delivered Montreal. wand. Current receipts: Whole- anle Quebec while 3:», colored mm... .0 .5. 5, ,. a,“ 3G

an. . (new white» . No.1 50; 1.25 - 1.40; cuiilurnln loo: ism .75. nun n comvlete tel of th' NOVI Skim muk powder: Spray pro. "BC Eels: No. 1 in hugs 11 - 12h: blown Bump magazine in the Wild ha! ‘I’Wilitd 5W "‘9'"— igl/Iae-lliziifllilog?‘ Iliohfilllugf in n W hunt-r milk powder lead adv. H

{12 'flia 1"

c mum 31: ml is. in .in

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sit llrx loom 11

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ill :41 nupuu A 2qu m. m Iii-to do mu us

run Play (you m 2H :1 Toni U and 14 soul m mo rndln 415 n. w- in." ii: ism :-

GL rape: iii "iv. in im— unwirrn m at u Mnlliun no am am am l6

m Ir a Home A loo mu 1m 1 noun ins mu 11w an to _

a .v 520

um my. 14 1‘

it

“silky on m not «A t imp MI 796 In in» u inn You mu 1 nil-w

int slam mo no how. 1

n ‘Inirr on, s is nuanll MID m 141/. lam—V. l‘ur

an 2 wet stores you

unlmn A an m a». BIA—M ran a in 11M 31M sous 14. Dow Jone. thdustrllls.1vlant Lord am all u u —t(

that

imam Corp Asa two sin. 5m-“ 1"“

7.. ncun loo slow. in. lain—w C

vomit. II. nevi u xiii—i.

5 LP 1m: stud xiv. alt—x no my. 1

in lilo

nntslrrl no so _

nsu rm 1175 um u MIA 2-5:: :22 22-4

21o ow. Iv. I I «am: iii iii so son ‘1“

p emit

is The Associated Press uveraye‘ 5h!" 0“ 5:: fl: 1;“ 1: i

at on stocks dipped .l to 2741. ‘ 5"“ l "'9'

American Tobacco was the most heavily traded at its group and loat xi.

Fractional losses were shown l W "m hy Amorinan Crystal Sugar. 5‘“? ‘ Central Aguirre, Greut Weslarn Sugar. Holly Sugar. and South

uertn nlnn Sugar

- aim “mm _l American Sim-k Euliane lm-raa m s 21. 21A- afl X ‘Anl A Mnly 5m II! no I“ —l . 3 iv. ass

What. stacks did:

mine Voals alto! “The shades quite well appmxinlsle the shades Advances 482 463

0! genuine stamps. and he the perforation outlines and the Declines his 594 dcsignr. the paper has been toned to rest-mile the yellowish wove Unchnnged and paper on which the stamps thmwlves were printEd. A l’_nl|lll- Tolal Issues 1325 137]

color lob that even today would nan printing plants heat equipped for this land of work, and yet this work was done just about the turn oi the century. presumably in Germany at a toll of $750 per

use high. Site In: kindly given me I copy of the colorlul Ietterhoad which I shall be happy to show to anyone interested.

Mr. let was warned that he was coutraveninz the First Office act by using the letterheads. but he I'Irolestled that he had spent I great deal 0! effort. ml the design. and money on the will!» Lug. and was given permission til u<e the quantity he had on hand,

DURING THE war the h' _ a otlice department wrote to .vlr, Bartleu's Iamlly askl g where the lctterhcads had been printed. an munterlclt stamps were showing up and the American mmunznt felt they might have been cornilfl hum the same source.

9 accurau and colorful reproductions brought many I? weciative cmmems. One of the most unusual came from den. Maine wile-re a nephew at Col. 5.5. Weatnrrole. Orwell a col l a! note. wrote “I have soon the Eartlrlt pears out now 1 have seen "the Bartldtvt Peach

Orange Groves—Trip To Europe MRl BARTLETT! had I private mllec‘llon 111 British North

America stamps that was rated as one of the finefi in North America at the time. He sold it. iii 19%. of 19‘”, for I vrice I

promised not to disclose. But it bought two orange maven tn enliinl-nia that paid a first-year dividend big enough to llnanoe a five-month trip to Europe tor four people. But the groves brought nmhi‘ngl hut hills later. nnd Mr. Bartlett hnnlly sold them at n lub- ntanln .

One or the Intmsting lectures ot the trio In 1900 was an audience with Pope Pius x who has since been con-mined. Mr.

ett. a Presbyterian. sought the audience on to. mostlon pt the then Bishop hi Charlottetown. Must Reverend .lnmes Charles McDonald. Mrs, Cosh recalls that the ladies wore hlnck lace Munitillar on their heads. hlal-k dresws wth hizll necks nnd long sleeves. The men wore lull evening are“. ' ls Hollna—ss blessed us and our lamilicr in n hoallliiul urremnny“ Mrs. Cosh recalled, and they were taken to parts 0! the Vaticnn which the vision normally never soc-a.

. C05" has the entire Issue of stamps hi the brief min

of Edward VIII who studio-Med to ‘8! his brother George VI ball!

over Ill l537. and the has I complete set of the King George Vl- Queen Elizabeth cmltatlml Issue slamps that cover every W

msltm in the British Emnire 8S It wait then known. _

One of her regret! I! "l haw-11'! :m a complete set of Prime Edward Island stamps though Iutlm' had hundreds. yes thallium ll them."

Trim II! many other Itt’l’nx n! leztelle Interest! In tin clun- lmwn woman's Msesillm ' them. they Ire manly a part. M tho wide ranging Ileld of Intel‘-

ncrved. .a 1 lookod it lust . small oart at ‘he hurry mun. and nnuollal dialects or art her ta-mily has gathered trom my part. H the

with! my eye T! will made by Mrs. Nell Rankin. Mrs. Cos‘h'l grandmother, in your: ago.

All 1mm locu‘ Item I: a Special Issue of The Pltrlot Dub- linked It 215 run. Dec titre "It ended the First Great Wllr The fact the announcement ldtk 00 Its value 9! I muvenir Item.

Dr. Creolman, Pioneer Against TB

thousand sheets in nuantity." Mrs. Cosh trlls me the fiflure is much (a

She insists she doesn't collect'd 'd

A COAT-M ma beautltully done In needlewvlrl I'lllflfllilfly

firmer 7. Hm \iith the news of the AMI-fl:—

nnu roll Closlh'fi ny

sle. stecl can 145.! til-l 21v. as ml. 22»

Among Canadian issues.‘Walk lerlIby Mining and Canadian . ll’aclllc advanced as, Distilll‘rslwcalnn l Seogrnma was up 22 and Dam ‘Mines 14. international \‘lckel “'sinvrnr mum" {tell 1/. dnd¥Walker (louderhdm “W, .m- .,, 7. .. u

we...“ in 21 “com ll. :25 xii-i pit ‘94—“ loo :1 11w. low—1A

incur... a 1m- m-i 2211. div. 1 9w. Mid-n c

«in m. w. w. :M—u ass—vi

r... u. an no sun—urcc mum

mu 51 em or semi ISIS iais HI! in

s 3 TR c Clary 725 m 11"“ can phni 32w. 29v. Emu 1 I

1 PL ms sin. 1w. 1m— 1/. sin m 591. on »—M mi nit lab—M

2: you

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Beauce 11 'I'I Hall

ecnu M 1m. 1w. nu. ma

‘Rlue Bull am :19 in. land t u. l 2.1

runcau son 21

in Thur Well‘c modu— 1111

wt 7% iii rhwsr ion mu. mi xvi—v.

Cdnoraml in 1m 1w.

am: I _n;

Lewand ion in: no no: u i

hath sun hr in Comm ainuno an ml 4 Bow Warner . hhuu w in. c n..." 1m um m in 4. run o v. .w Cont 2w- chhnm. m la la II an... coho. an. Radio (‘nm :1 home Inoo am no. 25v. 0 a. milk hull: m u. or n

4 as. no. 22 an me n am on w m n nilclnlh 111» an n u we in m

MONTREAL

m

MONTREAL lcri — A late rut nut. ailernoon rally [In the Montreal and Canadian stock Exchanges. Thursday pulled prices up. but they remained lower than the previous day. Lethargic early trade hocame moderately aclive

inwards the close

Goodyear 3514 um llmntt oval Ea“ Sull ion

Gt Nor he 11:. \‘anluium u in; v 0 1400 s l i Hut. 7 1' 491A. \anur on. 5., 5., man. “u. la 1'! ‘—-~—‘-—— Fab son 12 ii i: r

m n n Windy 1m su. av. w. c Autnlmll luu sop rim iao tn (‘1

"1th atom in 111—:

Guilt An m in la is

lnxpirlln ion in

I'll Hollum ISM m in m 41

ml" “red: rm “V: in is 7% 'lm no

.nnhlcs 1m sin sin

- Kiwi 19m m Mi on Bank! were still lightly traded Kufilik ran 70! III) In In —I but were the sole gainers [or Lrh Arden

the day. Canadian imperial Bank oi Cnmmerce and Royal

Bank both were higher.

inn... Utilities were lower. Bell TPIeN MIItranl mu 5 5 phone lost V4 Ind Brazilian 3::mrfi-YW

dropped 10 cents.

papers were nightly better. almough down on th. Index in Enthursl hit a new high oi win. Merrill no u and BC Forest was also better.

Base metals were lower Inl > relativer llght cradinr. Nor-I u. ands and Aluminium worn both , a. eased hit. Ashestor and into... who Lilh! “gnu, nix: 11; 4 national Nickel were narrowly; #335,.“ W m m ,n belter- Noam loo i a

Distillers mad: slight upward. sum in mi mu 11v. lm movement; Canadian Brewer: 011cm Exvl W“ "M Ill/I “'0

mu 1...:qu poo 1:: 1i- 1:- u 1,. i

100m do no in. mm i s s . in to hunt 5m ion In no m m slit to McKinmv im- II I u Mcrchlp RM to in "mm: arm 17-: us 13.1 mm. «on in M M Mt PNIMII mono u to q

lea and Seizrarn'a hoth Ealned,‘ germ “g :3; M, 3:

Mining Issue: staged a late 9 1,“ nilernoon rally. but trading wall I'll siller um 35V. :5 still not active. Equity Explorl- 7”" tion turned over 102.500 aharel. remninhll unchanged. Midepn

loot. m can

The closiné lndlccs showed in. n b r m m ustrinls all 01 to l29.7. Mtilillell " y M

own 0.2 at 123.6 and papers on '“" w“ 3‘ 5’3. “ ‘5 11.1 at 113.1. Banks were up 0.1

wt mi in in lo

“any i-

.it Lculum m 3-111 us oll

moron Dev flow 14 II 1: u no

at 129.11 and the composite wan l a... s."

uti 0,1 in “8.6

. x nlvlacan. Ir — Enduhtl. no r "mini. er come is Irv-m prelim

contain clcuan ilr‘i

‘ rum Ru 1305 «mm INAth “Wm... ,, mm,“ sum sun m Io v1 :1 l

W“ ’3". I“ 2“ . l u... ..n n.. cl... e... V . I . I N rt 17» in gm. an; 5,}; ‘5 . u. n man. mu. in so l mu on. 29-4 29': . l m "7“ m "‘4 w .Mv. run... 15w :4 u H

Aum Alum is: is :4

Avon. us "in. ii iii. d All 150 15 an. 521. Salt

"(Hence to the late Dr EA. Creelmul In last Arli C or m1 «is w. 51. Dll

A mar m" I [fluently Imam I‘ll (rimds T . red: on. n . . mm“ m t I had no Inch 'mtmtimi. ’

m “ 0]“de, dun" who had been rent hm by the :‘Aflllhn Twain!!! Nation to planet in oh! battle lining!

A nil-dildo: at m Medic-l Soho-i tollnwlne three year. Irvine In the fin! Great Wu. he WM pas-anally luterestod in

m: "Pmm Milken him! 3 Dr, Mes-nau- Miller. one of the nnmndlna man M

. or. anoin— muted IIII mlm- Morn-no In “E m m. on a middle- rponuatlon €1.11 null? iii" ii is” ‘ “i to n M can" In puoiic tic-lo. with the fleluwitk c a. .1... in non us I a hue Ohio" is an in print: mu. and mi A “hgddmn 3W Slnnttvrium, 1.. 53:3“ 1&5 I31: 1:: ia—u in u '- umpmrny in while the mmnmng: Elfin c w W

(I charge _ monk-1h?“ roll-lit ind “mist-alumnus. I

Samtorlum. Ind the aarlv riohtl Anemi- snu mi. 16% in. a it n

l sul ion :17 17

1 M M.- am 9. pr res mu in. lo. l o l -.

u _ m. PC in: sun s. .n s u . hu. 1- non nut can it». . u mu. 1: i in law. xiv. siu. . Ml now in new M 1 ex

hmu m us on in .1. leil IlamquN—fl M3 Talent I73 ’15“ II I“ O M

problems mol in ever to triplets" he ltud‘ed 1n anl Mm" ins mu m n -nlinduatrlul cat

am am in in

I1 tit noun-.15 1514A»

urnriuumn m.-

w

9K7“

ll Tuwnl in you mu. 1m m o it out I ion no no

.1 him a w. Tnlal n... malarial. mm» none. 1 and hill mm

TORONTO

TORONTO lCPl—lndustl‘iall

led a decl|ne in all sections 0! Nam...

the stock market. durltl: lldnt turnover ihursd-y, Weaknen .howed in .11 main

list group- with interprovtnclal m. c.- ’1:

1?!” Mile dronoiiu - point to M to pace the decline.

Alan tollowlnn the trend werl m” Acceptance, on In M... :and PrIee anthem. Tex-co or... . ‘ ‘ Cunuda. Call-dun Tire A and Dnmlnlou iirldne. all down In.

house. In v. i. nun ,m'“ went in Bell Telephone. Loh B and Walker-Gondcrhum

on the upside. Trina-Canodn 7'1"“ ripe Line rode it. Nltiolul iruat and nut-on and Erin Mart-I

[use each climhed Vi and 3 A ms

in a weak husn melnls rec—1"“ lIon. Fulcnnhrldge dropped 55, ' V:

M » W‘Mlnes tell sh.

Little activity was seen in ,. l w western nlls du w. e ml and no significant changes were W noted.

72 5 ii 54 in art "M in tllfi~fl 1H d l'

“Bananas.

n +M as mm 2411/. rats—x

Pin a 2M um lal. “M —v. jinn has. M is ms an. n “I —u

Ana mo in! no and _ cad-met 14m in wt low-1A cam c ms no an an 4

,5, c... of. mu

chIMt-y aloe k ms in nu. 1| :3 cm H m

l-xlplr m 21 do Rio Aim-l ms ms. 141. 14 our A m 25 2. lunar mod 14

val-d moo i: u an air. and u as such. in 11s in mm 1

mooan c moo mutt Wholh’han

low it to —w TPIolA no i

U l I can In) “IA 30% m... a... .. .

Pond noon m. it ~1 Provo (In sum III lat IM 4 2 1m

sud c 17500 W. 1mm can inon oi u to 275-17-75. Eulllvaa 100150 in isa u 'Mlu oil sin is: lid in Ind conncrd lid cutter: were ROYAL SECURITIES Tum-I won 19% II im— II. iininh all all um. ilvi lilo—Ala cm a mud mil: 1 in llnIIthr a lo Tum loo n a «i: )1! 111 no —I nun wt) in 4 women ll: «s as do «it romhlu IMO to n u WWI“: anon no in in VI rot-Mt soc i! :- wlndilu in! u :1 :- roman. im :1 nil—1 Yin c... rim 1 w. wi—u TribII ox ml F to Mani s is A. .17 um 14 1m— v. c 1.... as c m low-I law m 17% 7| ¢ it Dom mu :4 u _ lnnuanillu lllumlni mos to — u c am tun um 11 111/. n... n. out also. 1m. 1m lav Sin :1: i it