Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1864-07-30
PROPOSALS.
DR0posALs FOR STAMPED ENVELOPES.
PosF Orpios DEPARTMENT, I
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WAsHrNGroa.- July b tSH.
eealed Proposals will ba received until three
oslosk D IN. on the thir eepth day OF August,
lss4, for furGisin all The STAMPED Enysloses an
a., OF September. isa. ana ending on tAs srst day
sTxMpED ENVELOPES.
No. j, or note size, "a by IA inches, of white
10 2, or letter size. 81 BY sss inches, and extra
cream eolored paper, in such proportions OF either
ma? % or sficiai size 81; by 81; ;ncbss q, tho
same colors ss No ?, and under ike condition as
10 the proportion of each
All of the above envelopes are to- be embossed
with q postage stamp of style snd color similar te
those now OF such denomination rs the
Postmaster General may select
Stsmped ewsp spap-r wrap ppers. not less than s By
f2sinthes, and Ofbuffor MANILA ps par embos sssed
non ination that may be required N'
Proposals are also invited for furnishing straw
perior strength for packing parcels of en- velopes
snd o. SSesspspfr e., wrappers ontaning from one
.oodsn cases for packing parcels of four to twenty
The manu- factory must. at al, reasosable times,
be subject to the inspection of the gent of the De:
gartment, who viii be Instructed to require that
best ma amer, of paper II approved quality, manu-.
f.eturrd specislly for the puI pose and Tsh snsh
rect They must he gumped for sealing-the for.
per At least A inches on the Doiet and one end Of
txeuty % pae2ed sss IVst Without charge for pscsnS
and Furnished complete in all respects. -eady for
titles as may be required to 6ll the orders of post
masters and must be delivered daily. either st the
Post OF ce Department or al the Office of agent
duly authorizsd to inspect and receive the same
p stmas er General, and the cost thereof to be
he as~nt ~ tie Department will Furnish the
address for each parcel, which is to be pasted on
the box by the ma anufacturer without charge.
the .naso S and %rsppsrs are to g. in
the heststyle and they are 20 be provided, renewed
and kept In order al the pense OF the contractor
Departmept
quiring new denominations Of stamps, and any
char ses of the dies or colors, without additional
Bidders are notified that the Department will
require, as a condition of the contract, that the
envelopes and wrappers hall be manufactured and
store IN such snnsr AS To- afford entire security
against loss ~ FIRE or by theft
Bic dprs are expected to furnish samples Of per
with their DIS, of The quality they intend to use
propose to pply, and also specimens of the enve-
1epes, unst stamped, and Of boxes.
Proposals are also invited for devices other than
wats rmarks, COR add tinnal to such marks,l to
afford protection against counterfeiting. Speci-
The contrsct to be awarded to the bidder whose
proposal. thou eh it he not the lowest, consii-
cred the most advantageous to the Department
tak in in to account the price. the quality Of the
sa pies, and his suffcieney and ability to manu-
fscture aD6 deliver en-, eiopas in accordance with
the terms of this nd isement; and pro oDsals
viii he considered unless accompanied by guar
Before CLOSING contract the successful bidder
may be required to prepare new dies and submit
specimen impressions thereof. The use of the
present dies may or not be continued, but no rad
ieal change in the device of the stamps will bs
ado pied.
Binds and security win be required for the faith
ful performance Of the contract, and payments un-
der ii will be made quarterly. The Postmaster
General reserves TO himself the right to snnul it
whenever he shall discover that the same, or any
part thereof is offered for sale in the market for
The pur pose of speculation; and he will not in any
ease sanction q transfer of the contract to any
party who shall Re. in his opinion less able less
qualified than the original bidder contractor
The right is also reserved to aunul the contract
for failure to perform faithfully any of its stip
ulatiOns.
The number of envelopes of different sizes and
of wrappers issued to pOstmssters during the is-
cal year ending June 1865, is fully set forth in
the last report of the Postmaster General.
The bids should be marked " Proposals for
stamred Envelopes end Wrappers" >" and should be
addressed to the Third Assistant Postmaster
General, Post Office Department"
is n. % Id NJ BLAIR. Post MASTER Ganeral.