Inter-Mountain Republican | 1907-01-27 | Page 8 | United States Stamps.

Untied United Malm From Prom Page In Januar January St. St Nicholas The gO government n m t of or the Stats States has hOH decided to give 1 0 up printing its postage stamps Th The Tue bu bu- reau rou of r engraving tin nIl printing In Washington has baa done t the 11 work since I S nt at a t L loss Ions which tins has amounted con considerable to each year and anti has haC been hen made up by br deficiency nc appropriations by congress Th Tb American Bank tank Note company has ban now secured the thc contract and Its work will b hi b. done dona in the same name manner as nil that this company turned ou out before befort I It t The main tea fen ture tune pf Or f the lie new printing will vIII be the engraving upon the stamps stamp themselves cl 0 of or the names of or twenty six In the tho United States Stales do the he burgest larg burg est business There are six smaller offices and tind the lit stamps of ot thee Iii m 1 lye ov the flU n names name printed upon them This is done In order to lo prevent post post- ont a iU 45 It will l t Bible sible to dispose of or any large number of stamps with the name of or the lip office printed 1 upon them after a Q robbery ho ha ho b bern been rn committed An Interesting field for tor collection in is opened by this action notion on the the- part of our government gO The Tue aU attempt to gather a collection of stamps stamp issued from froni every e different postoffice la itt a state stale or orn n the United States may be made mude and In man many cases will Ili undoubtedly be successfully acI ac ac- ac- ac This form torm of or stamp tamp collecting col col- I will naturally take tho time place of ot post mark collecting and find in man many ways WAy is I. likely to be more interesting and instructive as a. It will 1 lu the step ping pinK tone to the thA general l collections of the stamps stamp or orthe of ot the world I