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                        GAMBIA

                          BY
                   FRED J. MELVILLE,

                PRESIDENT OF THE JUNIOR
                  PHILATELIC SOCIETY.

              MDCCCCIX--PUBLISHED--BY--THE
                MELVILLE--STAMP--BOOKS,
              47,--STRAND,--LONDON,--W.C.

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INTRODUCTORY NOTE.


In collecting the stamps of Gambia one cannot too strongly emphasise
the necessity for guarding the stamps of the "Cameo" series against
deterioration by the pressure of the leaves in an ordinary unprotected
album. In