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    Gambia
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    Gambia

    By Frederick John Melville

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 27, 2013
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      Gambia - Frederick John Melville

      The Project Gutenberg EBook of Gambia, by Frederick John Melville

      This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with

      almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or

      re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included

      with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net

      Title: Gambia

      Author: Frederick John Melville

      Release Date: September 12, 2008 [EBook #26601]

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK GAMBIA ***

      Produced by Simon Gardner, Sankar Viswanathan, Adrian

      Mastronardi, The Philatelic Digital Library Project at

      http://www.tpdlp.net, and the Online Distributed

      Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net

      Gambia

      By

      Fred J. Melville,

      President of the Junior

      Philatelic Society.

      MDCCCCIX—PUBLISHED—BY—THE

      MELVILLE—STAMP—BOOKS,

      47,—STRAND,—LONDON,—W.C.

      INTRODUCTORY NOTE.

      n collecting the stamps of Gambia one cannot too strongly emphasise the necessity for guarding the stamps of the Cameo series against deterioration by the pressure of the leaves in an ordinary unprotected album. In their pristine state with clear and bold embossing these stamps are of exceptional grace and beauty. Sunk mounts or other similar contrivances, and a liberal use of tissue paper, should be utilised by the collector who desires to retain his specimens in their original state. A neat strip of card affixed to each side of the page in an ordinary album will have the effect of keeping the pages above from flattening out the embossing, but tissue paper should be used as an additional safeguard.

      We have to express thanks to Mr. Douglas Ellis, Vice-President of the Junior Philatelic Society, for his notes on the postmarks—of which he has made a special study—and also for the loan of his entire collection of the stamps of Gambia for reference and illustration; to Mr. H. H. Harland for a similar courtesy in the loan of his collection; to Mr. W. H. Peckitt for the loan of stamps for illustration; to Mr. D. B. Armstrong for interesting notes on the postal affairs of the Colony; and to Mr. S. R. Turner for his diagrams.

      To the first two gentlemen we are also indebted for their kindness in undertaking the revision of the proofs of this handbook.

      TABLE OF CONTENTS.

      Gambia.

      Chapter I.

      The Colony and Its Posts.

      he British West African possession known as the Colony and Protectorate of the Gambia occupies a narrow strip of territory (averaging 12 miles in width) on both sides of the Gambia river. The territory comprises the settlement of St. Mary, where the capital—Bathurst—is situated, British Cambo, Albreda, M'Carthy's Island and the Ceded Mile, a protectorate over a narrow band of land extending from Cape St. Mary for over 250 miles along both banks of the river.

      The Gambia river was discovered by a Portuguese navigator in 1447; under a charter of Queen Elizabeth a company was formed to trade with the Gambia in 1588.

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