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Waipa Post, Volume XX, Issue 1129, 16 August 1921, Page 7

The New Zealand postage on postcards, circulars, unsealed letters, and certain other articles is 3Jd. People who post such things find themselves unable to buy Ud stamps, says an exchange, and when large numbers are dealt with the attachment of two or three stamps to each becomes laborious, especially as the “Victory” issue is remarkable for its size. Three half-penny “Victory” stamps make a strip 4£in. long by an inch wide. It is explained officially that owing to the last change made in the postage rates there is a large stock of penny and half-penny “ Victory ” stamps, for which the demand is greatly reduced. In order that these shall not be wasted, Postal officers have been instructed to sell two half-penny stamps when a penny one is asked for, and either a penny and a half-penny or three halfpenny stamps for a penny half-penny. The-labour of attaching stamps is, of course, easily reduced by using some kind of “mechanical licker,” even if it is only a wet rag. If postal matter is dispatched .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 of adhesive stamps. /