Show STAMP SHARKS FOILED BY NEW POSTAL RULING it postmasters oat masiers ordered not lot to cash brokered Brok cred ered savings certificates speculators dealing in war savings stamps aro are hit by the following orders lust just issued by secretary ot of the treasury carter glass and by the office ot at the postmaster general the following is quoted fro from m IL a notice issued by the secretary of the treasury my attention has haa been directed to numerous offers made by unscrupulous persons through and in other ways to buy war savings certificate tift stamps and as a result of such of fonso fonse I 1 am informed that owners of such securities have suffered buffered material losses looses which could have been avoided by redemption of the war savings car stamps stampa at post offices provided by law in order that the Inte reate ot of onnora ore of war savings certificate or stamps stamis of either may ay be safeguarded I 1 hereby notify rl idl all 1 1 4 per r tons sons to retrain from offer to i b buy u y war javane jav I 1 lne 2 bamps tamps 61 rumpt ja trade w AA following to B the order ofa ot A M U dock ory ery third assistant postmaster oen gen eral in pursuance of tho foregoing postmasters aro are directed not to pay war var savings certificates on which the names of 0 f the owners have not been entered or haab been erased or changed since under tho the regulations they aro are not transferable and are payable only to th the original owners except in case of at death death orl or disability postmasters are further farther instructed not to pay any war say lugo certify certificates tift co tes presented by persons or firms known to be buying or publicly offering to buy war iwar savings stamps or certificates from the owners unless positive evidence Is B that the certificates were 0 originally rigi nally issued to the persons or firms presenting them fu payment when consulted by owners of var savings stamps in regard to offers to purchase such euch stamps at less than current value postmasters should invite their attention to the fact that war s savings a v ings certificates may be cashed at m money 0 ney order post offices after 10 days written notice and that this Is a privilege accorded by law at the same time it should be pointed out that the need of the government for or the proceeds of the war savings stamp clamp lesue itsue Is great and the he holders should b be urged to retain their stamps until mm maturity oa as a patri patriotic oUe act unless their necessities are urgent |