Miscellaneous Information Con- 

 cerning Postage Stamps, Pos- 

 tal Cards and Stamped 

 Envelopes 



All postage stamps issued by the 

 United States since 1860 are good for 

 postage. 



Postage-due stamps are used by post- 

 masters to witness the collection of 

 postage on short-paid matter. These 

 stamps are not good for prepayment of 

 postage and are not sold to the public. 



Internal-revenue stamps are neither 

 good for postage nor redeemable by the 

 Post-Office Department. 



United States postage stamps are 

 good for postage in Guam, Hawaii, Porto 

 Rico, and Tutuila, but not in the Philip- 

 pine Islands or in the Panama "Canal 

 Zone." Postage stamps overprinted 

 "Philippines" or "Canal Zone, Panama," 

 are not good for postage or redeemable 

 in the United States. 



Postage Stamps. — The Department is- 

 sues postage stamps of the following de- 

 nominations: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 13, 15, 

 and 50 cent, 1, 2, and 5 dollar, and 10-cent 

 special delivery. 



Postage stamps that are mutilated, or 

 defaced in any way, can not be accepted 

 for postage. 



Stamps cut or otherwise severed from 

 postal cards, embossed United States 

 stamped envelopes, or newspaper wrap- 

 pers are not redeemable or good for 

 postage. 



Postage stamps are neither redeemable 

 from purchasers nor exchangeable for 

 those of other denominations or any 

 other stamped paper. 



Postage stamps should not be used for 

 making remittances. They may be lost 

 or may adhere in transit, and such use 

 tends to disorganize the proper equaliza- 

 tion of postmasters' compensation under 

 the law. Ample registry and money-or- 

 der facilities are provided for the safe 

 transmission of funds by mail. 



No postage-stamped paper is sold by 

 the Department direct; it must be bought 

 of postmasters. 



Postal cards are furnished at the post- 

 age value represented by the stamp im- 

 pressed thereon. 



Single postal cards for domestic and 

 foreign correspondence are furnished at 



1 cent and 2 cents each, and double (re- 

 ply) postal cards at 2 and 4 cents each, 

 respectively. 



Domestic single cards are furnished 

 in sheets of 40 each, when so desired, for 

 printing purposes. 



United States stamped envelopes. — 

 The Department issues thirteen different 

 sizes of stamped envelopes, the smallest 



2 7-8 by 5 1-4, the largest 4 3-8 by 10 1-8 

 inches, in three qualities and five colors 

 of paper, as follows: First quality, white 

 and amber; second quality, buff and blue; 

 third quality, manila. The denomina- 

 tions are 1, 2, 4, and 5 cent. A diagram 

 of sizes and schedule of prices may be 

 consulted at any post-office. 



Stamped newspaper wrappers are is- 

 sued in 1-cent, 2-cent, and 4-cent denom- 

 inations, and in three sizes. 



Unused stamped envelopes and news- 

 paper wrappers, when presented in a 

 substantially whole condition, will be re- 

 deemed by postmasters at their face 

 value either in postage stamps, stamped 

 envelopes, or postal cards, but stamped 

 envelopes bearing a printed return card 

 will be redeemed only from original 

 purchasers. 



SPECIAL DELIVERY 



A special-delivery stamp, in addition 

 to the lawful postage, secures the im- 

 mediate delivery of any piece of mail 

 matter at any United States post-office 

 within the letter-carrier limits of free- 

 delivery offices and within a 1-mile limit 

 of any other post-office. 



Special delivery can be effected only 

 by the use of the special delivery stamp. 



Hours of delivery: From 7 a. m. to 11 

 p. m. at all free-delivery offices, and from 

 7 a. m. to 7 p. m. at all other offices, or 

 until after the arrival of the last mail at 

 night, provided that be not later than 9 

 p. m. Special-delivery mail must be de- 

 livered on Sundays as well as on other 

 days, if post-office is open on Sundays. 



If special-delivery matter fails of deliv- 



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