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Show WHY NOT MAKE Move to Com pel Departments, Senators and Representatives Representa-tives to Use Stamps. OF COURSE THERE ARK OBJECTIONS TO SCHEME Third of a Century Ao All Departmental De-partmental Mail Required Postage Stamps. Bpeelsl to Th Tribune. WASHINGTON, .Inn 7.-The roemmrnda-tlon roemmrnda-tlon of Third Assistant IVMmaater-Genernl Madden, thai the frsnkinn privilege be shot-ihM shot-ihM nnd that Fenaior Representatives ni drpartriiental otflelols be required to use poet-age poet-age stamps on all rlaH-'ex of mail -funds for the purchase of 1 uunps to be appoiprlafd by Congress la being (Urn very careful consideration consid-eration by Senators and Representatives. Various Objections Made. Various objections to the recommendation of Mr. Madden have been raised, chief anions which Is the dlfliculty that would I" experienced experi-enced In adjusting appropriations ho as to meet the official needs of 'ongTessmrn. A uniform allowance would ho neressury. of CI Um . nnd what WttUld be ample for on.i member m mid not be a drop in the bucket tot an jther. Might Overcome Difficulty. An old stamp collector BUglSStS that tills difficulty might be overcome by liilg IW0 nlstlnOtlve series of p.-)Stage stamp, one for Benstors sod Representauvet aivi the other tor u 1 of tho ofiiciais of the depsrtmenta The prorxisaJ of the mmp collector Ih believed to possess considerable merit and w 111 b Riven sttentlon. Departments Paid Postage. A third of a century ago. from 173 to l7'. to be exact, all ("epartmental mull required iMistago stamps, nllhouich iniill sent by 'on-nr. 'on-nr. iNinen and Senator was franked by the signing of tho ruune. as u pr r, r Kach of the departments, however hivl Its own distinctive dis-tinctive OHtllge tamPS Whlcll Wer- Hllpl 1 without coot, except for manufacture. Postofflce Department Stamp. Theso stArnps were printed from the same plates UN the CUlTent pOKty xtcinps, except those Ue,J by lb.' PoMoUH e ib-pa rt II i. II t . the letter being labels with the denonqlnatl n in large figures printed within on ovaj. with an appropriate border and thr Inscription: "Tost-office "Tost-office Department, official Stamp V S." Colors for DiiTurent Burenus. The stamps for the Department of Agriculture Agricul-ture were All printed In corn color, a rich orange-yellow, and were of the denominations of 1, 2, 3, 6. 10. 12, If, 24 and 30 cents Tho ICxecutlvn stamp for franking; the President's mall, were n rich rjirmlnf color and of the denominations of 1 2. 3. 6 and in cents The Interior department stamps were printed In ermlllon and of the values of 1, 2. s. S. 10. IB, 15, 24. 30 ami y cents The stamps for the DvjMirtmenl of Justice were of the some de-romlnallons de-romlnallons ns Interior, but printed in rojal purple, and the Postofllcr deportment stamps were In black Seven-Cent Stamp A 7-cent stamp was added to tho Nnvy. War and Tr.-UHUry for foreign postage, the rale at that time being 7 cents. Instead of r rents as at present The Navy was printed In a brilliant bril-liant ultra-innrlne, the nr In rose nnd tho Treasury In brown Stamps for the Department Depart-ment of State were of a dark r?reen color and. In addition to the 7-cent. there were also denominations de-nominations of $2, $5, flu nnd $20 The four last-named stamps were twice as large as thosv of any other department and bore the likeness of William H. Seward The $:o State department stamp Is the stamp of highest de-nomlnstlon de-nomlnstlon for postal us-s ever Issuej by the l.'nlte-d States Collections Come High. Some of lhe" department stamps are extremely ex-tremely cheap and others are very expensive. A complete set of the Interior department may be obtained. In unustied condition, for 13, or but a mall ndvanee over the face value, a similar S't of tho State department costs $200 nnd the Justice department about li One of the rarest of Knlted States etamrs Is the $R State department It WOUld naturally be supposed tho. the $20 would be more valuable, but the f.'. In catalogued at llgfi, while th- $10 Is listed at $50. the $10 at $7'i. snl the $2 at SO. For some reason a lees number of sheets of the $5 denomination were primed than of the J 10 and $20. Cornered the Market. An intoreitlnu story Is told of how n collector col-lector cornered the market on flO-cent Justice stamps. This philatelist discovered that only a comparatively small number of the f0-cent denomination was ever printed, and flKuied tbot yoiri. duv It would mnnd ! high price Aceordlnjrly. ho set about buying at auc:lon end at private sale every copy e,f this stamp that was offered for sale. At that time lh current jirlce for the M-cenl Justice was sboul $0. After a time collectors and dealers noticed no-ticed that the were never able to eei this slump at auction; that some strange person Kobbied them up no mailer whul anybody else bid. The price advanced, nnd yet the stranger got every copy offered. Then, ufter this party had gathered In many copies of the stamp and dealers ond collectors had ow-aJtened to the fuel that he proposed to take all offering regradlens of price, there was a tremendous scramble for the 9n-ient Justice, and the price advanced by leap to ISS TodSJ wh. n one mentions l-cent Justice : the collector thinks of peaches aid cream. |