Crossword-Solution: ENTIRES 7 letters, 2 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 7

CHAPTER V THE CANCELLATIONS OF THE EARLY ISSUES A rather interesting study, particularly for the collector of entires, is that of postmarks and cancellations, and sometimes much assistance in the solution of knotty questions is rendered by these often despised and neglected adjuncts to the proper use of postage stamps.

Concerning the stamps which have been cut out of entires--that is to say, from postcards, letter-cards, wrappers, and impressed envelopes--a difference of opinion exists among experts.

Lastly, it may be well to point out that stamps, on paper of various textures, which have been cut from entires, should not be considered as individual varieties, seeing that most Governments are prepared to impress any letters, cards, etc., that may be supplied to them, and varieties of such stamps must be, on this account, unlimited.

Among the entires of Great Britain there are many long-forgotten treasures, such as the penny-farthing postcard, the twopenny card, and the South Kensington Jubilee cards.

When discussing the advantages of gelding horses for use on the road, Blundeville incidentally bears out what we already know, viz., that the animals used by heavily armoured cavalry were entires.