THEFT OF VALUABLE STAMPS.
The sneak-thief was early in evidence at til? Postage Stamp Exhibition, opened at the Art Gallery yesterday. In the morning a visitor picked up a loose stamp near tho door and returned it to a member of tho committee. Investigation showed that a set of Barbados Georgian stamps, of considerable value, hod disappeared, The set of stamps was placed convenient y near the door, and tho thief evidently lifted the glass, when nobody was looking, and snatched the. sheet away. In the hurry, it is presumed, one stamp became loose and dropped on tie floor-
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 18234, 19 November 1924, Page 8
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99THEFT OF VALUABLE STAMPS. Press, Volume LX, Issue 18234, 19 November 1924, Page 8
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