New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-26
STAMP DAYS CLOSE AT HAND.
THE MANY THINGS THAT MUST CON
TRIBUTE TO THE INTERNAL
REVENUE
.vrrp NEXT FRIDAY STAMPS MIST BE AFIlNEp
TO THE ARTICLES rHtS'hlHE" N
THE LAW.

The Bureau OF Engraving and Printing al
Washngton has fifteen prntinr-prcS no"
runring day and night on the ne" revenue
stamps which should br placed IN the hdnHS "'
the people Oh July /
As soon a. the stamps are printed ana I"r''-
rated they will De forwarded 10y the treasury
Department to the collectors of internal revenue
throughout the country, and through 'h'S' "'
ocors IN. tiny a,unIned pieces Of paper Will reach
IN. general public and Will help defray the wal
expenses
The Stands are printed in sheets ~ two nun
dr.d from plates which have been Hade "i'h'"
a few DAYS Many OF 'hes- plates, particularly
such as bear Trademarks and the business I'M
print Of the concerns for which the! are IN
tended are still In the hands or the ehsfa'''S
The presses work rapidly. and when IN s""u
condition can turn out four hundred shoe's u
stamps every hour
Tn, frs, stamps to bo issued will be the docu-
mentary and the proprietary series u Inv
former there win be fifteen denominations
namely half-cent. one cent. two, three i"u'
FIVE ten. Twenty-Five and fifty cents, 81. s.
81 81 SO and so The proprietary stamps VIII
he one-eirhth two-eighths. hvc-eighths and one
cent one and one-fourth. two, two ana nan
and four cents These stamps will all be printed
TO 81 will be obong and a tribe smaller than the
Columbian stamps; above 81 they will be up
right the height about One-third greater than
the width. There will be lettering on the sizes
ana to, Of the stamps to indicate the purpose
and amount Of the stamp. and cach one VIII
hcar IN. words: United States internal RcVe-
nue.. scrics of 1865" and the word Docu-
,nentaf," or "Proprictary" The body OF the
STAMPS bo,ou. the value Of 81 Will have an en-
erayir., Of A battle-ship goinS At fun speed ana
., rh. higher priced stamps thcr" VIII be Il
,ici,,rc r.urcs,nting a female heur" bearing III
ono hand a miniature ship and in the other d
sccu,Ic
OF the rroprictary stamps the greatest num-
her used viii probably be Of the one-cighth -cent
denomination These will bc Light green, and
the tvo-cent documentary stamps will be dun
red IL color.
The Government has not yet accepted any OF
the DESIGNS for imprinted bank checks and VIII
probably have 40 checks of that kind ready on
Jul, ! and until such checks are issued a
two-ccul stamp viii have to be used Oh each
rhcck Onc-cont stamps will also have to be
attach q to al express and freight receipts until
imprinted receipts may BE- issued.
Thor, b.. muoh about the new war tax which
reminds thc middle aged and older population Of
tf, Gay, g The CiYn War. and ono merchant
said ii.t hc would fall into the way Of stamp
ing choc..s and otncr documents without much
effort But tho FAX on every hello VIII be a
uc,, experience. cy.n to III who iclong TO the
yct,.an reserve" H. referred t. the az Of
cent on each telephone message for which tn"
tclcl hone company may receive L. cents OF more
r,Icsraphic dispatches will also have to be
stamped with l-ccnt stamp. Life Insurance.