Improvements in and relating to Stamps and similar Marks of Value.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Feb., 1897-Accepted, 13th Mar., 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Stamps and similar Marks
of Value.
I, PAUL KRAUSE, of No. 80 Gitschiner Strasse, in the City of Berlin, Kingdom
of Prussia, German Empire, Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
The object of the present invention is to prevent stamps and similar marks of value
from being used again after they have been cancelled. I attain that object chiefly by
a special mode of application of the stamp or other mark, but I prefer to combine
that mode with stamps of a special kind, such as described hereinafter. I wish it,
however, to be understood that I do not limit myself to employing my novel mode
only with the special kind of stamps mentioned, but I reserve to myself the right of
employing said mode also with stamps of any of the kinds known.
My novel mode of application consists in first folding the stamp, preferably into two
parts of equal size, then shoving the folded stamp over the edge of the document
which the stamp is to be affixed to, and finally gluing one of said parts or halves to
the border or rim of one side of the respective sheet of paper, and the other part or
half to the border or rim of the other side of that sheet.
The black or coloured ink used for the printing of stamps and other marks of value
is generally soluble in water, so that inscriptions made upon the stamp for the purpose
of cancelling the same cannot be removed without destroying the stamp. If, there-
fore, a stamp is glued to a document in the manner afore described, it cannot possibly
be removed from that document without getting destroyed, as there is no possibility
of applying water or steam to the back-side of that stamp. The places where the
water or steam ought to be applied to the sheet of paper bearing the stamp are
covered by the two halves of this latter.
A stamp of a kind preferred by me when carrying my invention into practice is
represented in Figure 1 of the annexed drawing. The stamp has double the size of
an ordinary one, and consists, as it were, of two stamps having either the same
appearance or different ones. To facilitate folding that stamp into two parts of equal
size prefer to perforate it at the line where the fold is to be made. After being
folded, and glued to the respective sheet of paper, there is, of course, but one half of
the stamp to be seen on one side of that paper, as shown in Figure 2.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The method of securing stamps and other marks of value to documents and the
like, and preventing re-use of said stamps, consisting in folding the latter, shoving it
over the edge of the respective sheet, and gluing or pasting one part of the stamp to
one side of that sheet, and the other part to the other side of said sheet, substantially
as described.
2. A stamp or other mark of value, consisting of two distinct parts integrally
connected with each other, substantially as shown and described.
Dated this 8th day of February 1807
PAUL
KRAUSE,
By Geo. H. Rayner.
Agent for the Applicant.