University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-12-13
THE WAYS OF POSTAGE STAMPS
What Special Delivery Will Do-New Kinds
for Parcels-Put Christmas Seals Only
on Backs of Letters.

They are only small pieces of paper
Some are almost square and some are
rectangular but there is not much diff
ference in the size of any of them
J Some are red, some green, some vel
low, and so on. The color has lot
to do with what one of these little
pieces of paper can accomplish.
If one is green and marked one cent
it will only carry a letter that is moi
; sealed or a paper that is not written
on. But if it is red and marked two
cents it will take a sealed letter to
any part of the United States. But
that's the way with stamps. 1t is
the guarantee OF service which a per.
son buys rather than the piece of
paper.
The special delivery stamp shows
that perhaps better than any other
You pay 10 cents for a little blue
piece of paper but it means that the
letter which it is placed upon will
reach its destination as soon as the
swiftest service will permit.
Many Come on Sunday.
Especially is that true on Sunday
When other letters lay undelivered in
the mail racks on Sunday the special
deliveries are sorted out and sent to
their destination. That is what one
little stamp will do.
| The increase in the use of special
delivery stamps since the Sunday
postoftice regulation went into effect
/ is noticeable in Columbia. From fifty
to seventy-five special delivery let
ters are delivered in the city every
Sunday. This is two to three times
as many as were formerly received
| according to E. A. Remley, the post
master
Most of these letters come to the
students. The University section of
town gets the biggest share but the
girls at the two colleges are not fan
! behind.
The business men send out more
special delivery letters than they re-
ceive. The heaviest sale of special de-
livery stamps here is on Saturday,
when many of the business men send
in hurry-up orders for goods. Twen-
ty-five is about the number sold on
Saturday. But some persons just
place 10 cents worth of regular
postage stampc on the letter and it
receives the same service. even if it
is not marked special delivery.
Other Mail Stop in Office.
In towns of this size it is absolut-
| 1y prohibited to hand out other mail.
But in cities where there are large
Sunday newspapers and hotels where
many visitors spend Sunday, it is pro-
vided that the mail for those places
be distributed separately by the
clerks bringing the mail into the city
and that it will be put in the boxes
so the people can get it.
Few people have seen the new
stamps to be used for the parcels post
service New sets of these stamps
are expected her between now and
January 1 when the service goes into
effect.
The regular stamps for the parcels
post will be red. one inch by one and
one-half inches. In a curved panel
across the top. supported by a pan
eled perpendicular column at each
end. appear the words "U. S. Parcel
Post in Roman capital letters. Trian-
gular ornaments occupy both upper
corners. The denomination in large
numerals appears in each lower cor
ner
These stamps come in twelve de-
nominations. The l cent stamp has
a postoffice clerk on it, on the 2-cent
stamp is a city carrier. on the Scent
stamp a railway postal clerk, on the
4-cent stamp a rural carrier, on the
scent stamp mail train. on the 10
cent stamp a steamboat and mail
tender, on the 15-cent stamp an auto
mobile service, on the 2O-cent stamp
an aeroplane carrying mail. on the
2-cent stamp manufacturing, on the
! 5O-cent stamp dairying, on the 10
cent stamp harvesting and on the 81
stamp fruit growing.
New POstage.Due Stamps
The postage-due parcel post stamps
are green. In a horizontal panel
across the top are the words "U. s.