When was it published?

January 15, 1868 in Gold Hill Daily News

Domestic News January 15, 1868

Gold Hill Daily News

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Postage Stamp, Size Reduction, Cost Savings, Post Office Department, Stamp Design

Gold Hill, Storey County, Nevada

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The Washington Star suggests reducing postage stamp size by half to save government costs on weight, paper, ink, mucilage, storage, and transportation. The Post-office Department is considering this for a new stamp issue and replacing vignettes with prominent value figures.

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The Washington Star thinks the present postage stamp is too large. It says that if the stamp is cut in two the Government saves one-half the weight in the mails of four hundred millions of stamps. It saves, also, one-half the paper; the ink, the mucilage, the stowage, the general bulk, and the cost of transportation. It adds that the Post-office Department is considering this matter in connection with a new issue of stamps, and is also considering whether it will not be better to abolish the vignettes on the stamps, and in their place substitute what is valuable, the value of the stamp in large and prominent figures.

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Economic

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Postage Stamp Size Reduction Cost Savings Post Office Department Stamp Design

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Washington

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Washington

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The Washington Star opines that current postage stamps are too large and proposes cutting them in half to save half the weight, paper, ink, mucilage, stowage, bulk, and transportation costs for 400 million stamps. The Post-office Department is evaluating this idea alongside a new stamp issue and contemplating removing vignettes in favor of large, prominent value figures.