http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26601.opds 2024-11-14T06:08:38Z Gambia by Frederick John Melville Free eBooks since 1971. Project Gutenberg https://www.gutenberg.org webmaster@gutenberg.org https://www.gutenberg.org/gutenberg/favicon.ico 25 1 2024-11-14T06:08:38Z Gambia

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LoC No.: 18015216

Title: Gambia

Note: Reading ease score: 66.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.

Credits: 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 https: //www.pgdp.net

Summary: "Gambia" by Frederick John Melville is a comprehensive historical account published in the early 20th century. The book focuses on the stamps of the Gambia, a British West African colony, detailing various postal issues and their significance to collectors and historians. It provides insights into the history and development of the Gambia's postal system, from its establishment to the specifics of stamp designs and production. The content of "Gambia" delves into different stamp series issued through the years, starting with the Cameo issue of 1869 and detailing subsequent issues up until the early 1900s. Each chapter examines the evolution of postage stamps in the Gambia, focusing on aspects such as design variations, printing methods, watermarks, and engraving intricacies. The book also highlights the importance of these stamps to philatelic collectors, providing detailed descriptions and checklists for various stamp values and types, ultimately creating a rich tapestry of the Gambia's postal history. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Author: Melville, Frederick John, 1882-1940

EBook No.: 26601

Published: Sep 12, 2008

Downloads: 72

Language: English

Subject: Postage stamps -- Gambia

LoCC: Social sciences: Transportation and communications

Category: Text

Rights: Public domain in the USA.

urn:gutenberg:26601:2 2008-09-12T00:00:00+00:00 Public domain in the USA. Melville, Frederick John en urn:lccn:18015216 1
2024-11-14T06:08:38Z Gambia

This edition has images.

LoC No.: 18015216

Title: Gambia

Note: Reading ease score: 66.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.

Credits: 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 https: //www.pgdp.net

Summary: "Gambia" by Frederick John Melville is a comprehensive historical account published in the early 20th century. The book focuses on the stamps of the Gambia, a British West African colony, detailing various postal issues and their significance to collectors and historians. It provides insights into the history and development of the Gambia's postal system, from its establishment to the specifics of stamp designs and production. The content of "Gambia" delves into different stamp series issued through the years, starting with the Cameo issue of 1869 and detailing subsequent issues up until the early 1900s. Each chapter examines the evolution of postage stamps in the Gambia, focusing on aspects such as design variations, printing methods, watermarks, and engraving intricacies. The book also highlights the importance of these stamps to philatelic collectors, providing detailed descriptions and checklists for various stamp values and types, ultimately creating a rich tapestry of the Gambia's postal history. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Author: Melville, Frederick John, 1882-1940

EBook No.: 26601

Published: Sep 12, 2008

Downloads: 72

Language: English

Subject: Postage stamps -- Gambia

LoCC: Social sciences: Transportation and communications

Category: Text

Rights: Public domain in the USA.

urn:gutenberg:26601:3 2008-09-12T00:00:00+00:00 Public domain in the USA. Melville, Frederick John en urn:lccn:18015216 1