AUSTRALIA : 1860s TO WWI Part 4 vii. Pioneer leading contemporary Philatelic Traders (contd.) The Geisha Stamp Co The proprietor is not known; a candidate may be the Japanese, Jonaski Takuma, who was charged with stamp forgery in 1890s. Takuma’s most famous was the postal forgery of the NSW Centennial 2d. A “J” appears in the monogramlike signature of the 1904 card below.
1900 and 1904 uses of NSW Postal cards requesting sample copies of The New York Philatelist, the earlier enquiring as to cost of a one inch advertisement for one year.
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