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Having discussed the earliest forms of postal stationery, it will be interesting to examine certain of the adhesive stamps which claim notoriety on account of their positions as pioneers.

Bernard collects Victorian "postal stationery," i.e., envelopes printed with grotesque designs and slogans in praise of temperance, penny postage and peace.

Indeed, the wilds of Africa, the distant islands of the Pacific and the tumultuous republics of Central America far outshine the cultured countries of the old world in their postal stationery.