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Show STVMPLESS MAIIi. Putting on a postage stamp and generally being obligated to "lick" Uncle Sum's paste is not an exactly r pleasant performance. If the new In- I vention of a New Zealand man comes , Into geenarl use all we will have to do Is to put our letters under a machine ma-chine and turn a crank. Every one may have his own stamping machine just as easily as he has a gas meter or a cash erglster. Tn New Zealand where this device is already In actual use, the machine is rented from the postal authorities, and an authorised collector calls at Intervals and takes the pay for the amount registered on dials o. the machine. The machine now in use gives stamped impressions of a half penny, penny, three and six ponce and one shilling, us It Is for British currency, but it could just as easily be constructed con-structed for American money should our go eminent see fit to adopt the device. |