Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1893-02-03
UNCLE SANS TRICK.
He Is Playing a Neat Little Game
on the People.
How the Goyernment Will Profit by the
Isspe OF the Columbian Postage
Stamps OF tho Higher De-
nominations.

uDtpluhttOnbs
Uncle Sam is working confidence
game on his dear, aontiding ncphcws
and nieces with some Of those CO.
lumbian stamps of his; = regular gold
brick, green-gooGs, shcll-gamc--u sort
of "comc down TO the lake front and
see the people killed by that big cxplo.
sion" business.
According to the Chicago Tribune,
there is no practical use to which those
big stamps Of higher denomination
can be put The g., s3. 81, and e.
stamps showing Columbus in the vari.
GUS stirring scenes OF his life will look
nice in stamp album. The 81 stamp
with Columbus in Chains, the SO stamp
with Columbus describing his third
voyage, the 81 stamp with portraits OF
Isabella and Columbus, and the e
stamp with tho terra Gotta portrait OF
Columbus (thc same as used on the
souvenir half dollar) will show up well
on white background and hidden be-
tween red leather covers, but people
who buy them can never use them for
sending matter through the United
States mail and get the worth OF their
money. True the post office will re.
ccivc mail with these stamps affixed and
the clerks will mar the classic features
of the discovcrer OF America will,
c,ulnimity and marking pad, but
whenever they are used the government
will be gamer in sums ranging from
$500 down to smaller amounts.
Under the postal laws no package in
excess Of four pounds can he sent
through the mails except books, one OF
which may be mailed whatever the
weight may lc. Take as an example OF
what man may spend for the trans
| portatiop Of mail matten Q letter of
| huge dimensions which rrurhrs tha full
| limit of weight allowcd--four pounds.
| Fhc rate for first-cluss matter is tive,
cents an ounce: -Four pounds would
equal siXty-four ounces; at two cents
an lHnca this would equal sl.2s. Then
add eight cents for registering and that
would amount to sl.3e. A special dc.
livery stamp could be added, but it
would require the special stamp, 50
that no figuring could bring tho sum to
n grt:,{cc figure than s1.30 which could
be covefed by the stamps in the new
series.
Books arc thira-class matter, and the
rate Of postage is two ounces for one
cent 4 book weighing twenty pounds
you'd rcquina only 81 GO in stamps, and
there arc few books weighing that
amount, To pso Il 81 stamp Il book
weighing sixty:two pounds and eight
OUNCES would ba needed to get @ full
return for the money, and there are
not many Of those books printed.
4hs sen der of mail cannot double W
and make sixty=two pounds Of third
class matter by punching Dickens
works or any otheF set of works, Wher
the package exceeds four pounds Il
must consist of but one publication.
Heretofore the largest denomination
represented in stamps sold the public
has been 80 cents. These will not be
printed during the year 1909 and 1t is
doubtful if they will be put on sale
again as the demand for them is next t.
nothing.
| Periodical or newspaper stamps fol
sums as high as $50 are in constant ,,e,
in post Offices but they are not for sale
Newspaper publishers make deposit.
| WIN CIG Sii?lliCE w pay 1oT ctCIl lSsut
sent through the mails: Receipts ar.
given for the amount of tho postage an,
stamps aggregas,ng tho amount ar,
pasted on tho stub of the receipt, can
celed by punching holes through them
and these stubs arc sent to tho post of
fee department in Washington. Til,
department is very particular not to lc
these stamps ;rct nut Of its possession
and stamp collectors have been know
to resort 10 all sorts of tricks to sccrr,
possession Of them.
The Columbian stamps, or "jubilee'
stamps, Rs Postmaster General Wana
maker denominates them, cannot b,
used for seconti=ciass matter, which il
sent through the mails for one cent
pound. The denominations of tho news
paper stamps are /, 9, 3, 4, 5. 6, 8, 10, la
"a, 90, "A, 60, 70, 81 apd Q6 cents, ani
sl,93, %, s6, 50. sl2, 81, s3@, s4s md 500
Columbian stamps OF the donomina
tians named, 81, So, 81 and SIS, can b.
used only for stamp collections. or /
purchaser may have them exchanged
for stamps Of smaller denomination
providing the stamp clerls will max,
the exchange.