Year: 1875

STAMPS AND STAMP BUYERs-A SCENE AT THE


STAMP WINDOW.


1t is appropriate TO say that in the sale of national
postage stamps in this city, There's millions in it."
Not however, for the few obging storekeepers who
retail the stamps but for the National Uncle who alone
is in the wholesale business and who won't have any
profit made out Of him in this particular tem Ten
thousand dollars day received by the cashier of the
Post Office for stamps. This handsome includes
stamps for both newspapers and letters There five
windows for the sale of stamps for any under
dollar and the average receipts daily these windows
are 81 500. The sale OF three stamps is about
three times greater than that Of either two
cent stamps.


Like all other venerable institutions, landmarks of
past time. the old, dngy building the hill in Nassau
street had many familiar pecuiarities which New
Workers miss in the edhce So much has been said
of pie connection with the Post Office that It is better
here not to touch upon that whilom fruitful matter.
The loss of the pie has deprived the Office OF
one OF the oddities of the old brick rookery Without
the pie the boys could not congregate in the after
noon and hence there marks absent the new pile
which we're never to be missed in former times Again.
there lots Of room around the windows for any
ber of people on business bent and dozon might
wait around each of the five stamp windows with
out attracting any notice, everything surrounding
being of such immense proportions In the
old Nassau street pile IL really eXhilaratinp
stand in line waiting for your turn TO buy stamps 1t
democratic proceeding and red shirt thought no
Of elbowing you out OF his way and into your
position line than did the little urchin next you OF
treading your toes and begging your pardon with
wink at his depraved young comrade. ''sweln
made TO feel that his make up" could not carry him
through in that particular place copd fancy clerk
effect the imposition which "nice' clothes sometimes
succeed in accomplishing many ''locatons In life


Stand in line" the order and he who chose not TO
obey il had TO stand aside But there has been revo-
luton HERALD reporter yesterday asked Of the
hard worked clerks If the 'authorities meaning the
gentlemen with good salaries who therefore always
anxious to keep down other people)-if there was
any talk of lopping' off of the clerks monthly
income, and the young man seemed somewhat puzzled
AZ the question: put when u was explained to him that
there use in having such gorgeous desks and
splendid carpets and all that he said, ''Therc might
have been chance against us, but you see
the qua rirewe started the ventilation grievance But
all these grand and splendid appurtenances make the
Post Office entirely brandnew affair and things
are not as they used to be. Everything is eminently
nice and neat The 'young fellow, with the red shirt
and slouch hat the modest, retiring middlc-aged
clerk gray headed old man. the dozens of young
men out Of situations, the snguary habited foreign
looking biped who is surely Matching somo ''skn"
game; the nervous-lookng chap, whose eyes
dering around under the steady gaze of the magnh-
Gently attired and diamond pinned dctectve-all form
in line now with subdued air, as II each
conscious that 'old times 'were gone'
and that all were expected TO be very much their
good behavior The lines leading tho stamp windows
at the busy hours have quite funered aspect not
quite as bad as If they answering the invitation to
take farewell look at the face OF the Secretary the
stamp but something In that sort OF syle-nothng that
Is likely 70 be permanent but natural kind alloverlsh
ness, which Is felt by people when they put


tlen for the first time The young scapegraces who
have more brains than they are likely TO have
as men, have had their day Tho most impetuous of
these urchins dare not venture to do more than
make aces at Objectionable people Ihey behave them
selves with praseworthy amount OF patience in not
taking without ceremony other peoples places There
can bo nothing SAID of them except what rebounds TO
their credit In the new building They sufficiently
Impressed edlhCa