Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-07-17
pRoPOsALs FOB POSTAGE STAMPS.

PosT OFFICE DEPARTMENT, June p, 1858.
Proposals will be received until i, m Of July Il,
four I'd Of s Hs n .sTm
vii state the price per thousand Stamps
tn. Post Once Department in Washington.
Also, the price per thousand in similar packages
place Of manufacture.
Also, the price per thousand delivered in larger
place of manufacture.
Also, the priO. per thousand separated in such
post offices, never less than two hundred stamps,
and securely packed in tin cases, suitable bind
strong covers, in suitable envelopes, according
10 the quantity and distance to be conveyed as
BETWEEN Ire eoss Of the
an agent at the place Of manufacture and 1t wash
70 be re ex amined and recounted BY an agent Of
this Department
directing packages for the mails and preparing
blank receipts under the direction of an agent OF
The De Iartment, either st the Department or man.
Proposals must be made for the Stamp IN sheets,
thst each separate stamp can 10 readily detached
sne USED:
cent, two cents three cents i've cents, ten cents,
twelve cents, fifteen cents, twenty four cents
r IT.: ten
psIngss Of the RerSSical stamps viii be about ten
Stamps .i The aS al n aas
In figures ss well as letters, and the whole work
The stamps must be prepar ed In such manner
that any attempt to remove tn EN- from q letter or
packet will SO mutilsts them as to render them
Special PROPOSALS for Stamps on embossed paper,
The whole number of stamps furnished to the
Department curing the year ending the sOth of
Prom past experience, it Is supposed that the
plumber of packages mailed will average above two
to 9 too s,
By Of
Bach bid is to be accompanied with . specimen
OF the syle q engraving and quality Of the paper
Petent persons, TO be selected BY the Postmaster
General, for eI.min.tiOn; and the .seep.ed bid.
will b re !uired to prepare designs and furnish
Of the snsravrss Of the :sye
variety In the sizes Is well IS the designs of the
Specimens Of board and tin boxes and envelopes
for the transmission of stamps must also be sub
mitted with each bid. Il is necessary 70 protect
the boxes by muslin or other in the most ef
feetual manner against wet or abrasion.
The contract win require all dies and plates to
shall be %ade either for the present ds
nominations Of Stamps or others, without charge,
States for the service Of the Post ONCE Depart
No bids will be considered except from partie
who have been actually engaged in the business
and are thus engaged at the time Of bidding, and
who are occppying suitable FIRE proof premises,
and provided with all the necessary facilities to
execute the work promptly. and give the requisite
protection to the stamps, dies and plates In their
possession.
Parties not known to the Department will fur
nish proof as to these points with their bids.
The Postmaster General reserves the right Of
deciding which bid, In its practical results, may
be most to the interest Of the Department, having
reference to the style Of the work security, mode
Of packing, &c as well Is to the terms. and also
OF rejecting any or all bliss il In his Judgment the
interests OF the Department require it.
Proposals should be carefully sealed, and marked
Proposals for Postage stamps" and addressed TO
the Third Assistant Postmss ter General a"
ALIEN. w. RANDALL,
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