POSTAGE STAMPS.
To THE EdITOH. Sir, —It is an old maxim to give credit where credit is due, and acting upon this, the Post-office department deserves credit for making changes iu the form of postage stamps likely to tend to the greatest amount of confusion, but it is to bo regretted that if a chaugo had to be made, it had not been in the direction of assisting in detecting and avoiding crime. I would make a suggestion that when tho time comes for making another change—as the Post-office has occupied the larger portion of the space upon tho stamps with whatjpurports to be a likeness of Her Most Gracious Majesty thereby demonstrating their loyalty—they might strike a new line in favor of public convenience, and in the place of this picture put a largo figure, indicating the value of the stamp, those of pence being white, those denoting shillings being blue, and those denoting pounds being red, the value of the stamp would then be distinguished without a microscope.—l am, &e.
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Marlborough Daily Times, Volume IV, Issue 551, 10 June 1882, Page 2
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