ELLISTON J. PEROT, Morton Street, Germantown, Penn.
Full sets of War, Interior, Navy, and Post-office department stamps, for rare old United States envelopes. High values especially desired.
H. W. PRATT, 1212 New York Avenue, Washington, D. C.
New York State minerals, for specimens from any other State.
H. H. PIFFARD, P. O. Box 136, Cornwall-on-the-Hudson, N. Y.
Postmarks, for curiosities or Indian relics.
ALLIE MAXWELL, 68 Eighth Street, Hoboken, N. J.
A set of fancy card type for amateur printers' use, for one hundred and fifty foreign stamps (no duplicates).
ISAAC A. W. MORAN, 175 East 113th Street, New York City.
Thirty-one postage stamps, a green-colored mineral, a specimen of copper ore, and a piece of Pulpit Rock, for a copy of the rules and regulations of the Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland.
An Indian arrow-head and two pieces of pottery, for twenty foreign postage stamps.
EDDIE GORDON, Beaver Dam, Dodge Co., Wis.
We are very sorry to say that one of our young correspondents has sent us as an original composition for YOUNG PEOPLE a puzzle which was published some time ago in another paper. By so doing he has forfeited our confidence, and we shall be obliged to exclude his name from our columns for the future.
J. H.--Amati violins in perfect condition have brought a price as high as $1500, while poor ones have been sold for $300. At a recent sale in London some very good ones brought prices ranging from $800 to $900. There are only a very few specimens of genuine Amati violins in this country.
We acknowledge, with thanks, a beautifully written "prize letter" from a little girl, pupil in a public school in Howard City, Michigan; and also a package of twelve letters from the boys and girls of a primary school in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. We regret that we have no room to print these favors. They are all neatly written and prettily expressed, and even could we print the best one from our little friends in Pittsburgh, we would not know which to choose. Our young readers will be pleased to know that every one of these Pittsburgh school-children is deeply interested in the adventures of Toby Tyler, and full of sympathy for his misfortunes.
LEWIS B. M.--The set consisting of seven stamps, including stamped envelope, is worth about twelve cents if cancelled. A set of the same, uncancelled, can be bought for sixty cents.