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Show -j Postage Stamping. ' Washington, lec. 30. ThCj'flpltijon oftho solicitor of tlio treasury o (he effect that it is unlawful to hnvo in pooecsnon or to use plates for the pi luting of putrgo stamps in the similitude sim-ilitude of those used by foreign governments gov-ernments will bo acted upon at onccv No moro so-called stamp albums con- tulnlns Btamps of these kinds will bo allowed to bo printed. Tho cuts from which these are printed will bo vetoed. It is an astonishing fact that tho penalty imposed by law for the counterfeiting ot foreign stamps is muili more soieru than for counterfeiting United State ptampn. In tlio caso ot foreign stamps,, the penalty Is not lees thun two nor moro than ten years Imprisonment, while the counterfeiting ot United States stamps tho penalty l a line ol not moro than $500 or more than fh'c years' imprisonment, imprison-ment, or both. The United States court mli;ht Impose it lino ot $1 or ono day's imprisonment for viuUttion i of our law and como within tho hiw, while -the minimum penalty ni to t'ornigii utsmps is twoyearh' Imprisonment. |