The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-12-04
PARCEL POST STAMPS
SAID 10 BE THE FINEST EVER
ISSUED ANYWHERE.
They Are Being Sent Out to the Sin
ty Thousand Postoffices in the
United States.

The Washington Star says the par
els post stamps now being distribut-
d among the sixty-thousand post
.ffices of the United States is the
nest series of postage stamps, en-
craving and printing, ever issued BY
my government Of the world. Thai
the expressed opinion, also, not
My of Director Ralph OF the bureau
II engraving and printing, but OF
very engraver, printer and division
.hief who has had anything to &C
With the issue Of parcels post postage
lamps now being distributed for use
and after January l, 1918, when
he law authorizing their use for for
yarding packages In bulk Is effective.
,ne hundred millions Of stamps prob
,bly will have been distributed a.
that time.
There are twelve different designs
!. stamps Of as many different values
-one, two, three, four, FIVE, ten, nj
cen, twenty, twenty-five, fifty, sev-
ntv-fve cents and one dollar-all
,rinted in red ink. There are post
ge due stamps printed in one, two.
we, ten and twenty-five cent values.
II green ink.
The stamps at the line of perfora-
ion are one inch by one and one-half
rches In dimensions. All but the
postage due stamps are ornamented
With exquisitely delicate engravings
representative Of the varied activi-
les OF the postal service or OF the In
iustries whose productions will be
,enefted by the privileges OF the par
els post.
The post Office clerk is the subject
f the tiny engraving that ornaments
he one-cent stamp. The clerk is
shown distributing mail in the many
bags OF mail rack Illustrating the
ystem in vogue in all big post offlces.
IN the two-cent stamp is shown the
'ity letter carrier at work. He Is at
he front door Of city residence.
waiting for response to his ring to de-
iver the mali.
The railway mail clerk is the sub
ect OF the three-cent stamp. On the
'our-cent stamp is shown the rural
.arrier and his wagon and horse.
The mail train Is pictured on the
1ve-cent stamp. A nne piece Of en-
.raving is the steamship and mail
ender, the subject Of the ten-cent
:tamp.
The automobile service illustrates
he fifteen-cent stamp, showing the
.uick way OF collecting mail in the
titles. An aeroplane carrying mail
depicted on the twenty-cent stamp, is
forecast OF what is certain to be a
,reat factor in future mail service
The other stamps are devoted to
Illustrating big industries, Manufac'
nring the titles Of the twenty-five
.ent stamp shows a steel plant. Dai.
wing is the occupation exhibited on
e flfty-cent stamp. Harvesting Is
l.. AGRICULTURAL scene on the seven.
v-dve-cent stamp. Fruit growing
he ornament for the dollar stamp. is
mother OF the engravings notewor'
hy for the perfection Of the mlnia'
IRE figures.
Each Of these engravings is crowd
I'd into the tiny space provided on
% small a piece Of paper as post
'ge stamp, leaving space for margin
md engraved border. The first de-
sign was approved in October. Since
hen all the stamp plates have been
ngraved and many deliveries made
the Post Office department for cir
nlation among the post Offices.
The preoaration OF an issue o1
lamps for the Post Office denartmen'
an interesting procedure. The
oost O@ce department. in compl1
nee with law. declares its needs
rhe designers are put to work bv the
,ureau Of engraving and printing
md prepare drawings Of subjects SUM-
,osed to be pertinent to the occasion
+ the Issue. These drawings are
themselves miniature. contained IN a
*nace OF four by six inches. approx
rately.
These are pho+ogra nhed down to
stamp size. and submitted as designs
% the Postmaster-General. His ap-
.ro7al is given, when the work OF
engraving is taken uu. The printing
'ollows: the delivery Of the stamps
o the postal authorities is the next
step, when that department Of the
government does the rest.
These stamps. which are 70 be u.s.
ID exclusively for sending merr1an'
iise through the maN under the
:erms Of the new parcels post law
nave not as yet been received at the
Orangeburg Postoff1ce, but they may
'ome in at any time.