A Valuable Stamp Collection.
Great excitement prevailed in the ■tamp market in Paris, the celebrated collection of stamps belonging to the Gomte Prinoli, nephew of r Her Imperial Highness Princess Mathilde, having just been sold to Mr Victor Robert, of Paris, for the Bum of 150,000 fr. (£6,000). The collection was made by the father of Comte Frinoli, and its great value aqd great particularity consist in the fact that every stamp is per* fectly pew. One of these stamps has been valued at 8,000 fr., £320. It is a stamp of Moldavia; two others, the famous stamps of Rev*. nism at 5,000 fr. each. The raris•ime 8 lire of Tasane was valued at 8,000 fr. These stamps may be said to be nntyae, and even the most celebrated collections have not got them. The collection of Comte Prinoli was always considered and cited as one of the most beautiiul in the world.
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Manawatu Herald, 7 March 1896, Page 3
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153A Valuable Stamp Collection. Manawatu Herald, 7 March 1896, Page 3
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