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Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17220, 10 August 1921, Page 2

The New Zealand postage on postcards, circulars, unsealed letters, and certain 6ther articles is lid. i'eopk who post such things find' themselves unable to buy lid stamps, and whei. large numbers- are flealt with the attacnmem. of two or three stamps to each becomes laborious, especially as tht "Victory** issue is ' remarkable for itt> size. Three- halfpenny ■ "Victory" stamps make a strip of 4|ih. long by ai» inch wide. It is explained officially that owing to the last ctiange made ii. the postage rates there is a large stock of pefcnv and halfpenny "Victory' stamps, For which the ordinary demand is greatlv reduced. In order that thest Bhall not be wasted, postal officers have been instructed to sell two halfpenny *tanipß when a penny one is asked for and either a penny and a halfpenny oj three halfpenny stamps for a penm The labour of attaching stamps is, of course, easily reduced b> using some kind of "mechahjcal licker,' even if it is only a wet rig. If posta, matter is .despatched in large quantities, of 240 or over, a permit can be obtained under which postage can be paid in a lump sum without the,use 01 adhesive stamps.