National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-03-09
PROPOSALS FOR MARKING AND RAT
L ING STAMPS.

PosT OFFICE DEPARTMENT
WAsHINGToT, February Is, lsI5;
Sealed proposals viii be received at this De- e.
o'clock noon, for furnishing for the use Of the
post Offices in the United States for one year, aud
Marking and Rating stamps Of the following de,
scription, namely:
GLASS No. l.
Circular Marking Stamps Of steel, or other
suitable material, with cancel combined, the
stamp to be about one inch, and the cancel one
half inch in diameter, with the name of the office
a9q State, with type FOR months and days In blocks
the same. and with handles Of mahogany, walnut
or other'feayy wood.
will sta1e,the additional charge when fitted for
and aec6Rbanied by 2+hour blocks, as s a. m, 1
P. ~, &c; Siso, the charge for separate figures
Also, Octagon Marking Stamps, without the
cancel but similar in all other respects to the cir
cular stamp above described, and with type for
B BSsi months and days OF the same material In
GLASS No.2.
Circular Marking Stamps Of iron, or other suit
ali other respects to No. Circular Stamp, and
with type for months in blocks and single figures
for days, all Of the same material.
Also, for the same when on square face instead
Of circular.
CLASS No. g. ?,
Circular Marking Stamps Of lockwood, or other
suitable material, and in all other respects SINH;
printers type metal.
GLASS No. l.
Circular Marking Stamps Of steel, for foreign
San Francisco, So, or Of any other suitable styIs
for foreign malls; and containing such words as
,'Chicsg0 Direct" Detroit Paid All, Port
land B. r. Transit, " Anew York Unpaid, " "Bsl-
timore Paid All B. K. Transit" &C., and with
type as in No. stamp.
Also, Rating and other miscellaneous stamps,
corresponding with stamps Nos. l, and IN ma
terial AID style, and containing such words IS
"Advertised," "Misseut," Returned for better
directions" or any other word, sentence or figures
not exceeding in length the sentence "Ret1rned
for better directions"
Also, Cancels Of halEinch diameter and con-
responding in material with Nos /, 2 and 5
Proposals will be received for all the above de-
scribed stamps, or for each class separately.
II bids are made proposing other materials
than those mentioned In this advertisement,
such bids will be considered in making the
awards.
Stamps will be ordered for the different classes
Of ofees, according to the present or future regu
Postmaster General may at any time cease to or
der any Of them in his discretion.
Models Of stamps complete, of'the bidders own
manufacture, must accompany the proposals.
Each proposal must be accompanied by the
guarantee OF two sufficient guarantors that the
bidder viii enter into contract within ten days
specified In his accepted bid.
The accepted bidder will be required within ten
Gays AFTER DIS DID Is accepted 70 enter into con-
tract, with sureties to be approved by the Post
master General, to supply the articles the pro-
posal for which is accepted, in which contract It
shall be provided that in case Of failure to supply
the articles, or any Of them according to the con
tract, the contractor and HIS sureties shall be LA
BILE for the forfeiture specified in such contract as
the United States.
The stamps must be delivered at the Blank
Agency Of the Post Once Department at the ex-
pense OF the contractor.
Proposals should be Endorsed on the outside Of
the envelope, proposals for Once Marking
Stamps" and addressed to the First Assistant
Postmaster General, Washington, ID. q.
MARSHALL JEW ELL,
feb17-W4t Postmaster General,