SALE OF STAMPS.
NO COMMISSION PERMITTED. Advice that the Postal Department could not accede to the request that it revert to the old practice of permitting stamps to be sold on commission was received, yesterday afternoon, by the Palmerston North Chamber of Commerce, which recently made some overtures in this connection. “I am directed to inform you,” wrote the Chief Postmaster (Mr D. Black), “that the whole question of the payment of commission on sales of postage stamps was recently reviewed, and it was decided that, in view of the increased facilities now provided (particularly as a result of the installation of stamp-selling machines) to enable members of the- public to obtain stamps, and also in view of the abuses t.n which the system of paying commission is exposed, the department would not be warranted in reinstating the commission. Licenses for the sale, of stamps without commission can, of course, be obtained, and licenses of this kind are considered by many vendors as a business asset. In the circumstances, it is regretted that no action can be taken in the desired direction.”
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 63, 12 February 1936, Page 11
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