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Show Whs re Stamp Come From. "Where do stamps come from?" "The dealers are the original collectors, collect-ors, if that ia what you mean. There are at present about one thousand stamp merchants in the United State doing business on a capital of all the way from $100 to 1100,000. The dealer gets most of the stamps from the countries issuing them by sending directly to postmasters in those countries with orders and drafts for money. If my stock of Shanghai tamps is low I send a draft for (100 to the postof&ce in that city and receive in return f 100 worth of whatever sort of Shanghai stamps I may have requested. In this way I keep myself supplied with new stamps of all sorts from every part of the world," Interview in Washington Washing-ton Star. |