The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1886-06-19

ar, 81 STAMPS CLEANED AND
Used A SECOND TIME.

ecuovins Cancellation 21ar'Ss by ,"'""s
.e;ds-Thr Clever Trick OF Cuttin.
..-,yonter,,,l %:sili and Ingenuity
IL. Dishonest Operators.
..r,o r.aSt troublesome offenders
.'ns4 government laws are the experts
IN ne conceded po>tng"-sta,npS, said u
,.,,;ce official the other day. They
wa. y system Of washing ont the cancel!
.;a,, marks that is so successful as to
Nuke detection alm"s' impossible. In the
n;ces Of large cities like New IorI, and
rhicaso. where 50 many letters arc hand
al daily. and wher: r;.pinity is the most
e.rablc feature. it is impossible for the
nan who cancel stamps to examine each
me- carefully. Then too, II great deal of
no work is done by gas-light, and this is Il
min, which tends to aid the conspirator
,ajnst the governments income.
anyone vino has seen i p',stot1icc en-
love In the New York office grab a bum
il o; letters and cancel the stamps with
.a,ning-l like rapility can readily see how
nt,,sible it is for him to detect bad
amp, unless they are particularly bad.
he men engaged in the business OF using
ancelled stamps are extremely clever.
hey have III acid in which they wash the
lamps The acid acts upon the cancclla-
ion parks, aid not upon the colors OF the
camp In this way y stamp that has
nee been used is relieved almost entirely
fits black marks. Ii any black remains
tter the washing process the operator
AXES Il sharp knife, which he has made
Or the purpose, and deftly scratches the
tamp until The remaining black marks
re almost, if not entirely. removed Til,
IN be done readily when the marks Al,
ron the bald head or the face Of the
.sto.;c parsonage whose vig.!ctte ;s,lurnS
k stamp. ;,s this portion is white: and
bpou /, white si,dc. t.!e stamp can b.
UMchc;i until It Is nearly through with.
ut drtecti;;n.
Another clever trick that is cr>,,nvr,l is
he cuttinS az >tAElpS Often il, y..A hurry
pustultce WORK hnn ;.;,.!cnl,ut ;u:,-lluvk
ot> not cover l;,c 81 cap, bui iAI.s only
mon one csil.v.. IN res: going :l,.pu H..
nyclooe. T!t. upclH,'nr tat>.sH :>;2:lp ;..ut
ls a black mark. say li:,on Tie Jeff hand
over corner. lie carefully cuts II square
erc nut Oh that corner. n,a..::!n, it large
nouyh to cut AWAY III! the cancelled pur-
ion. Tie thea secures y stamp on which
nr cancellatiuH-n!;.rk has fallen in some
.hrr corner. He carefully Cuts out til"
anr-siz.si square from the lower left
and corner OF THIS stamp. ant ius,>i:5c it
E,h the frs, stump h" has IL who's" stamp
pom which tn,rt' are no cancellation
narks. Tfest. stamps are usc'l upon ;:.s...-
res which are tied "it;l :, -. ~. and The
ring is ;lg-u!ui>it l,ilc@A over tue ctlt
,am!H.
Take any pHclla@t rt u InHrn letters
md you will st.r no'v easy il is 10 lind
lamps for This E>ils.>s.' AS he spoke
he official drew from his pocket Luu..l.
Aalf adozen letters. Upon il" hrs; lrr-
e" the cancellation! MAXI was only upnn
h" lower ri-nt corner Ut th~ .,':,llp. lii"
erond was cu:;cvl'@l con, plc;riy. ana lie
bird was l"is..t;! only upon T,.. upper
eii!1ant! corner. ;ion t,,:l.!,in:!;.r! cJuil
aEn been easily Hl;, i. viii! Ii, STAMP
pon Tie .i.>t ash ;:,.T,t t.,.;s!~
""ND..iI, u. ,>';j!i. ,'i' ":'H, -. M ,;::.j,:.
"MH&r III lI:ss>, ".~'%',.:s':s. c3:,:::l,,.il
lie Official ':.,rs,.> expert ~ '..e V,,r,>
hey have cl=vvrs .5.., ~: ;''r !i.s.: kind
mIlcaGo. ;>..G :V',;.' Is, 'H>,! re IL. ~; TO
ave coVr:l.: pr'4s',>>,..' ",'r touching Mp II
'afis"d black eye o. !: Washington settled
AeeE. What Ok, l,.ry do Wi "a ao"Nr,t
Nerstanps: They do NO, SEA- lj1":n. Il,
any suppose, and that t,ct vtu,!er> de-
scion more difficult: When a n.an he
'"'s Successful il working over cancelled
fWnp5 ilt al?NcayAsrs to yet ::ltu some bust.
ts> which will require the sending am.
etcia. ot nEa.iS Registered letters AMI
70 into the cheap jewclry and fancy trick
'snrss., The operator lays ina stock of
he cheapest kind OF jewclry and ;,dver-
.%s thoroughly through the country,
Specially III rural districts. \ gold watch
,''l' chain and charm for s4.in is !, bait
MT catches Il great many green >}cc,,la-
''rs. ana us they are instructed to send re-
'A''ahces b.: registered letter. the opera
w receives Il unn.ler of ) and ~ cent
NaME. These stamps he operates on,
~" when he returns the jewclry he pays
l' postage in whole or in part with cam
'"'" stamps. lie makes lW or :NM per
rht "n tile jrwelry, and does Il thriving
"'>''e>> IN illegal stamps ut the same
me
An, yes. there are il great many in the
H,s'hess and thrir success, is wonderful.
Az That we can Il" is to keep on the look
": W. ana catch one of Them when we can.
w Se' an. idea that Il man is doing
rocked work. and then we watch him.
men we once get an idea it does not take
"'S +" ascertain Ia" truth. Whenever
Nv person presents Il package for registra-
~" we nave 1t hci, Tor inspection. and II
,"''e ave cancclesl stamps upon it we are
'TtH sure to find them. Oftci, the bad
,m"p> III" detected before they reacl, the
~, clerks. When they are being
"N'n from III" receiving hasHe:S They are
''''e'l''cs detected. There. is NOW AWAIT
w., !he action Of the grand jury man
W." Is he'll for doing Il rushing business in
s"'lct!ea stnMlps from his stOrr on i,r.Nll-