American Postage-Stamp Collectors Are
Amused, When Not Puzzled, by a
Queerly Worded Circular.
"English as she is Japanned" occasionally appears on the shop signs of
Yokohama, Tokyo, and other Japanese cities, to amuse travelers from
America and England. But it is not necessary to search the Orient for odd
perversions of the language. As near a country as Belgium is the
birthplace of the following circular, which has lately been received by
many American philatelists:
"Seek you good Correspondents extra-European? Want you
Postage Stamps from Africa, America, Asia, Oceania? Sent
immediately and advertisement for the ---- Extra-European
Directory, 4,000 addresses of Philatelists, residing abroad
Europa. Work's price, book in 8 deg. stitched, ---- The
advertisements sind inserted opposite the country selected
by you ... One Justificative copy gratis."
At the bottom of the page is the further instruction to English and
American readers to "Twirl the page, please."