The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1883-03-31
rHE NEW POSTAL NOTE.

The law authorizing the new scent postal note
directs that Il shall be put into operation by the
PosssEastor General within six months after the
date Of iis approval BY the President, which was
on the Sd Of March, lssS. As this Is q matter Of
especial interest TO persons collecting or trans.
hitting small sums through the postoiice, Il may
be well for all those especially of the country or
rural dis,rie,s-tO DO properly acquainted there
with.
The note Is about the size Of n greenbaek. AT
the right hand are two columns giving the months
Of the year, and the dates OF twelve years begin
ming with the present At the left hand are three
columns Of figures. One, representing dollars, Is
numbered up 20 4; the second, representing dimes,
is numbered up TO 81 the third, representing cents,
Is also numbered up to nine, aud each series ends
with q cipher. The note Is for sums lcss than g..
The postmaster at the Office issuing the note will
punch the month and the year, the number Of dol
lars, number Of dimes, and number OF cents In
their respective columns, thus preventing any al
teration Of the amount o. date. by this system
the postal notes can be Issued for any sum from
cent, up to $i.9g.
No written application will be necessary. The
note will be bought like postage stamp, and
will be payable 90 the bearer at any time within
three months from the last day Of the month Of
issue. The body Of the note l. form stating the
olce at which Il IL issued and the Office to which
II Is sent. When paid the person obtaining pay
ment puts his signature upon tho note.
IL 10 not claimed that the postal note furnishes
the same elements Of security as the postal order
now IN use, where written application l. made and
the senders name 20 be privately forwarded TO the
ofico where the order is to DO paid; but IL Is be-
Iieved that It's convenience TO all classes Of people
will be great as 10 render the decrease In secu
rity Of trihing Importance. II IL expected that IL
viii take the place for transmission Of money
through the mails Of the old fractional currency.
Since that was withdrawn there has been no safe
and agreeable way Of transmitting small sums OK
cept By postage stamps, which not regarded
with favor as currency, or by the eumbsrsome
process Of the postal order.
The postal note system has been In use In Great
Britain Just two years with great popular acecp-
lance. Tho last annual report OF the British Post
master General shows that $50 Of these postal
orders, amounting TO E2,OO6.0i7, had been issued
In one year. Tho average time they where in cir
culation was six DAYS, showing that there was no
foundation for the idea that they would be devoted
10 permanent currency.
The United States postal note IL, however bet
ter adapted TO popular in several respects than
the British postal note The note, costing Scents.
can be issued. as already stated for any sum from
cent up to $i.9s, while the British notes can be
issued only for ten fixed amounts from shilling
TO 20 shillings, no provision being made for in
termediate sums. Our postal note will require
only single blank form, while the British system
calls for ten different blanks for the ten grades Of
orders. The fec for the lowest British postal note
is a half penny for the highest, pence. The
fee for United States postal notes will be the same
In all cases up TO SIS cents.
The new rates for postage orders. which arc 10
some extent reductions on existing rates. are
follows For orders not exceeding $40, s cents:
between $40 and Sli. 10 cents between SIS AMI
$50, Is cents between $50 and $50. 30 cents
between so aud $50. Is cents: between $50 and
500, 30 cents between $50 and $40, rs cents
between SO and $50 30 cents; between $50 and