The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-26
UNCLE SANS TRICK.
He Is Playing q Neat Little Game
On the People.
how the Government VIII PROFIT br the
Essne of the Columbian Postage
Stamps of the higher De-
nominations.

nominations.
Uncle Sam IS working q confidence
! game on his dear, confdir,Q nephev s
/ and nieces with some e those Co
lumbar stamps of his; a regular gold
! brick, green-goods, shell-Ca -ae-a sort
OF come down 10 the lax front and
see the people killed By tha, big explo-
! sion business.
According to the Chicago Tribune.
there is no practical use U which those
big stamps of a higher denomination
can be put The 8, s.. 81, and s.
stamps showing Columbus in the vari-
Gus stirring scenes Of his life viii look
nice in stamp album. The 81 STAMP
with Columbus in chains, the IS STAN,
with Columbus describing his third
voyage, the s. stamp with portraits o.
Isabella and Columbus. and the g.
stamp with the terra Gotta portrait OF
Columbus the same as used on the
souvenir half dollarl viii 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 viii re-
ceive mail with these stamps affixed and
the clerks viii mar the classic features
OF the discoverer of America with
equanimity and a marking pad. but
whenever they are used the government
will be gamer in SUMS ranging from
s4.99 down to smaller amounts.
Under the postal laws no package IN
excess of four pounds can be sent
through the mails except books, one of
which may be mailed whatever the
weight may be. Take as an example of
THAT man may spend for the trans
rOrtatiou of mail matter q letter Of
huge dimensions which reaches the full
HLait of weight allowed-four pounds.
The rate for frst-class matter is two
cents an ounce. -Four pounds would
equal sixty-four ounces; ct two cents
an ounce this would equal 81 IS Then
add eight cents for registering and that |
would amount to s1.36. A special de- /
livery stamp could be added. but 1t I
would require the special stamp, so I
that no figuring could bring the sum to /
q greater figure than s1.36 which coul6 F..
be covered by the stamps in the new
series.
Books are third-class matter, and the /
rate of postage is two ounces for one
cent. A book weighing twenty pounds
would require only 100 in stamps, and
there are few books weighing that
amount. To use a Is stamp book
weighing sixty-two pounds and eight
ounces would be needed to get a full
return for the money, and there arc
not many of those books printed.
The sen der Of mail cannot double MP
and make sixty-two pounds OF third
class matter by punching Dickens
works or any other set of works. When
the package exceeds four pounds it
must consist of but one publication.
Heretofore the largest denomination
in stamps sold the public
has been 90 cents. These viii not be
printed during the year 1898 and II Is
doubtful If they will be put on sale
again as the demand for them is next 70
lothing.
Periodical or newspaper stamps for
sums as high as $50 are in constant use
n post Offices but they are not for sale.
Newspaper publishers make deposits
With the cashier or pay for each issue
,ent through the mails Receipts are
yiven for the amount of the postage and
tamps sggregating the amount are
,astcd on the stub Of the receipt, can
eled by punching holes through them.
md these stubs are sent TO the post Of
Ice department in Washington. The
department. is very particular not 70 let
hese stamps get out Of its possession.
nd stamp collectors haze been known
o resort to all sorts Of tricks 10 secure
possession Of them.
The Columbian stamps or Jubilee" {
lamps, as Postmaster General Wana-
maker denominates them, cannot be
sed for second-class matter, which Is {;
ent through the mails for one cent q !
ound The denominations Of the news I
aper stamps are /, ., 3, 4, s, c. s 10, II, (
: SO, IS, co, 70, "a and % cents. and 7
I %, Sc, Sc, 80, s12, S2s, see, as and $50. {
Colum bian stamps Of the denoniBa- a
ons named, g., &c, "a and g.. can be :
sed only for stamp collections, or {
urchsser may have them exchanged
)r stamps of smaller denomination,
roviding the stamp clerk giu make
40 exchange 81