The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-20
POSTAGE STAMPS BY THE MILE.
The Issue for the Fiscal Year Just
Begun Exceeds Five billions


The Bureau Of Engraving and Printing
is engaged IN getting ready d lot Of post
age stamps. aggrezatiug 5.415 757. go. - for
use during the fiscal year beginning July
/. 1901. OF for sUCn time thereafter until
this enormous supply shall have been ex-
hausted. 1t is not al all impossible that
the supply viii be consumed before the
ending of the fiscal year, June 80 1902. IN
that event additional stamps will be print
ed for circulation on estimates furnished
by the Postoffice Department. which is al
ways so thoroughly in touch with condi-
tons throughout the country that def
cheney Of stamps is practically an impos-
sibiHty.
1t seems almost incredible but II every
one of the new issue Of stamps We're plac-
ed end to end. q chain would De formed
that would girdIe the globe more than
three and two-thirds times Allowing one
inch for the length Of each stamp. the
string would be = trife more than S5.247
miles in length. Ordinary postage stamps
Of denominations of from / cent TO s. are
about an inch long. The same max be
said Of the postage-dUe stamps that range
in denomination from l cent to 80 cents
in value.
The Decent special delivery stamp. how
used in comparison with the ordinary
postage and due stamp, consequently lit
tie difference would be caused in the av-
erage length OF the chain as given-S5,241
miles The length Of the ordinary stamps
from ! cent to s. denominations. alone
would form a string CT S0.74S miles long,
or more than three and onc-tfth times the
distance around the world
The new stamps viii represent IN actual
face value. 81. u57.51g- OF this new issue Of
stamps 2]g.5g9.giO are issued in commemO-
ration of the Pan-Americau Exposition.
now being held at Buffalo They are di-
vided as follows One-Cent stamps, a.,
Geo upU: 2-Ceut stamps. 900: 4-cent,
45,J. go; scent. G5J1.ug3, Scent. 4.Vr.e19;
I1-ceut. 4,5yu.00e The money value Of the
Pau-Americau issue OF stamps is <2,595, 0g0.
The issue Of ordinary stamps p-ilI
amount to oco. divided as follows:
One-cent. 100000 2-csut S.5S5.g 76, 600;
3-cent. fU0g0.01C: scent. 7UUJ9.050: scent.
lG- uUa 900. scent 2u.uDtt-u, IV-ceut. $4,000,
coo. l5-ctnt. 1000 tIu. 5r-CeHt. 10000 81. So.
900. s. 5.OJg- 5000. $500 and Decent spe-
ciaI. delivery. g.G1O.ocJ-
The now issue Of postage due stamps
Will amount to 5000 900. divided as fol-
lows. One-ceut 6.U0H,pyt, 2-Ctnt l5,ptt,V 900,
2-cent, 100000; scent, l,7oo,v"t, IV-cgnt'
$50. 0gu- 8u-Ceut- l--uJJ- Ju-cent- y-yJu Inc
total face value of these stamps amounts
To $500 .Llg-
According to the calculations made by
the Bureau Of Engraving and Printing
the cost of manufacture of the Pan
American stamps viii be 20 cents per
l. 600. as against cents per l.OJU for or
binary stamps. Therefore il viii cost the
Government for printing the -59.5ot,~J
Pan-American stamps the snug sum Of
sol 900 while the cost Of the ordinary and
postage stamps will amount to fraction
less than 500 81 80. making a grand total
of expense for the entire output Of the
). fu5. 55I 800 stamps Of $JU5.ZlZ-9J
1t is interesting TO note in connection
with the foregoing statements that the
last annual report of Hon Edwin =. Mad
den Third Assistant Postmaster General.
shows that the number Of ordinary
stamps issued during the year ended June
90 1850. was 1855, lf5. coo, special delivery.
O. g5J.6jH. puStage-due stamps. 20 :+g. 4IU
making a grand total of $3.50 t53. I3U
The Bureau of Engraving and Printing,
therefore is now printing for use. after
July l. 1901 just I,+lg.sof, $50 stamps in ,N-
cess Of the number issued during the year
1899 100 So rapid is the growth Of the
postal business that before the expiration
of The next fsCai wear IL may be Utcss-
Sary to order the printing OF more stamps