Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1864-08-03
PROPOSALS FOR STAMPED ENVELOPES.
Posr OFFICE DEPARTMENT,

PoST OFFICE DEPARTMENT, D
Sealed Proposals will be received until three
O'Clock p. m. on the thirteenth day of August,
Newspaper Wrappers which this Department may
require during period commencing on the twelfth
day OF September. 1884, and ending ON the first day
STAMPED ENVELOPES.
No. !, or note size, 27s by AZ inches, of white
No. q or letter size. ga by So inches, and extra
letter size, 81 by ga inches, of white, baf,
cream eolered paper in such proportions of either
No 8, or off eal size, SO by az inches, of the
to the proportion Of each
All of the above envelopes are to be embossed
those now IN use, Of such denomination as the
Postmaster General may select.
Stamped newspaper wrappers. not less than by
5inches, and ofbuff or MANILA paper, EN- ssed
with the two cent postage stamp: or any other de-
Proposals are also invited for furnishing straw
or MANILA board boxes, or others of equal or su
and Of newspaper wrappers Containing from one
hundred to five hundred each, and for water proof
wooden cases for packing parcels of four to twenty
The manufactory must, at all reasonable times,
partment, who will be Instructed to require that
the envelopes and wrappers shall be made in the
ss:
watermsrks as the Postmaster General may di-
ner at least a. inches on the point and end of
the latter; they must be banded in parcels of
and furnished complete in all respects, ready for
use with all reasonable dispatch and in such guam.
titles may be required to fill the orders of post
masters and must be delivered daily either at the
Post Office Department or at the Office of an agent
duly auth oriZed to inspect and receive the same
the place of delivery to be at the option of the
Postmaster General, and the cost thereof to be
The agent OF the Department will furnish the
address for each parcel, which is to be pasted on
the box by the m manufacturer without charge.
The dies for enclosing the postage stamps on
the envelopes and wrappers are to be executed in
and kept in order at the expense of the contractor
The Department also reserves the right Of re-
changes 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 shall be manufactured and
against Siss loss os fire ns. or By theft;
with their BIDS, OF the quality they intend to use
in the manufacture of the envelopes which they
propose to supply and also specimensof the enve-
Proposals also invited for devices other than
water marks, Cor additional to such marksJ to
mems to be submitted.
The contract to be awarded to the bidder whose
proposal aIthou gh it be not the lowest is consid-
cred the most sdva9kfgeous to the DEPARTMENT
samples, and his suflNency and ability to manu-
facture aps deliver en-! elopes in accordance with
the terms of this ad vertsement; ana no posals
will be considered unless accompanied by guar
Before closing a contract the successful bidder
may be required to prepare new dies and su bmit
specimen impressions thereof. The use Of the
present dies may not be continued, but no rad
icsl change in the device OF the stamps will bs
adopted. -. . So
full performance of the contract, and payments
| der it will be made quarterly. The Postmaster
| General reserves to himself the light to snnul it
whenever he shall discover that the same, or an
part thereof is offered for sal in the market for
the purpose of speculation; and he will not. any
case sanction transfer of the contract to any
party Who shall be- in his opinion less able or less
aualihed than the orr gnal bidder or contractor.
the right Is also reserved to annul the contract
| ulatons.
| The number of envelopes of different sizes and
Of wrappers issued to postmasters during the 6s-
the last report of the Postmaster General.
81. The bids should be parked Proposals for
addressed to the Third Assistant Postmasts ar
General, Post Office Department.
| ~ Is eotd n. BLAIR, Postmaster GenersI