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100	1		_aMelville, Frederick John, _d1882-1940
245	1	0	_aGambia
264		1	_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2008
300			_a1 online resource : _bmultiple file formats
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aRelease date is 2008-09-12
508			_aProduced 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
520			_a"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.)
534			_nOriginal publication data not identified
653			_aPostage stamps -- Gambia
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26601
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