, 1862-11-13

1ntereat1ns etattment In Rcfc rencc to
Postage Stamps and Stamped En-.
Velopes.
From The New Yolk Hmsldl
Postage stamped ENVELOPES ~ere nr1t intro.
duc,d II this country in the year 1858, and
s,'hcuet offered a. price fur below that OF
the ordinary envelopes Of the trade, they do
Lot Us yee eecm justly appreciated by: the
public. There has been but a1fght variation
III the rumber Of stamped envelopes issued
In 1856 TO 33 155.l50; in 1858 to so, ,73i 275;
In 1861 to 26, 025, ,3200-the latter bstuE less
than fifteen per cent OF the issue Of separate
postage stamps, which increased from IS .O00;-
eco In 1864 to I'll ,000, 600 In 1861. Tne greater
cheapness Of government envelopes, a. COM
paved with those Of the trsde, Is generally
overlooked, because the purchaser Of the t,r-
mer is requested to pay tne.additional charge
OF postage- 100 stamped envelopes are solu
Tor $3.1S, while the same number Of plain
ones. IT similar quality. nls5 { procured for
aeout thirty cents; but to this sum must bs
postage stamps, which must bs affixed to su:l1
envelopes before they ca1 BIZ used IN :!o
mails, titus making one hu1drcd letters coat
three dollar. snd forty cents, Of twenty-five
cent? more than il covered By government
envelopes. Hence It appears that persons
for then, abunt one huatrrd per cent. more
Thin II they employed stamped envelopes.
TIE number II separate posto9e stamps
Issued during the year ending June 50. 1861.
vas IS above stated, upwards Ut zoo. 900 .t91.
Assuming that like number Of stamped eu-
y.lopes we're used Tor letters, st thirtY-sx
Genie per hundred, which is q very low esti-
Ea*r. the cost thereof would have been
IT., GOO, whereas government envelopes 4ousd
have cost the consumers oulg $S6 ,00D. Th.nce
cum equal to the difference OF Thesis
smounts- namely, SsG, ,000-maY be consider.
H. lat
Ing IN great degree to tie want OF proper
application OF the advantage Of the stamped
eLys loEe.
Objection is 1ot uutrcqueutly made to the
government envelope on account Of either I'll
fern, size or quality, or because Of the danger
Of losing both the envelope and the postagg;
etamp thereon, should it be instructed ol
otherwise accidentally defaced. Sucn ohjec
tien the postmaster general has Determined
If possible, to remove, and TO this end he pro
poses to a1rasge for enclosing, under propsl
restrictions, the p:stase stamp On any enyel
ope: that may be offered tor that purpose By
s1ationerr, cankcrs, merchants or Other bus:
1ess men. Such parties will thus be enabled
TO procure stamped envelopes OF form ant
quality adapted to their own tastes, which art
now so varied that taey cannot be anticipated
| By the post Office department.. It Is also be
! lltved That etattoCeIs will be induced to pro
| vide themselves w1t2: varieties OF stamped ec
! yrlcEta snftut to the Fants Ut their custom
ere, making such envelopes, equally with tn;
unstamp.d Ordinary article, Il regular porto:
| ct stock III trade. 1t is deemed expeifent
| ht:Wt:ser, as precantion against fraud, tha
/ ro one be permitted to enter into such trad
without having first obtained from the post
| general regular license for tha5 purpose, an,
| 1ha. I'll private psr.ies desisi4y 70 have the.
| Own envelopes Etamprd must bs satisfactorily
| shown to be Of goou stanIing, and be requires
to have tll=ir na1:es printed on the envelopes
They will then On Payment OF tue postage
t G51Sin permit 10 Lave the work done by til
go7erpp.l:nt contractor for stamped envelope
/. New Yurk.
Ih- postmaster general considers tLe use
tho stamped envelope more advantageous I
the department. .hxn that Of separate stamp:
as tit zdtrsss Of the :ornrr prevents tie:
frc1u bsi5g used 4 second time, while the la
1er nlay be so used if l1ostaas ers neglect t.
duty ct canceling theta. To TIE public, alst
III. ) a1lo1d advantages In addition to tho:
u.isirs trc1n cacapntss, because they are MOI
Ct nv. nienI, saving the trouble and delay
attaching separate stamps, which are liable I
be removed, causing letters to be DETAINED tc
lottage.
The objection to stamped envelopes, ths
the posta1e is lost In case Of ulsdirec. ion, MI
he removed by allowing pos.masters, uud.
ccrtAin rules prescribed BY the posimasss
general, to redeem damaged envelopes,