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Show BURLESON AUTHORIZES SALE OF PRE-CANCELED STAMPS Washington, Sept. 1 Postmnste; General llurleson today signed an order ord-er which provides thnt prccancele.l postago stamps may be sold to tho public on and after Sept. 10. Fro-canceled Fro-canceled stamps have printed upon them tho nnmo of tho postofflco be fore they are sold. Such stamps will bo valid for postago on second and third and fourth class mall-newspapers nnd magazines mnlled by the pub-1 pub-1 c; books ana other printed matter and merchandise or parcel mntter. Tho stamps will bo rocogulzed only nt tho off. co nnmed on them. ny tho uso of the precanceled stnmps not only will tho dollvery nnd distribution of mall be oxpedlted, but it is estimated that tho government will savo toi cancellation $2ii,000 a year. "I liavo weighed carefully" sa d Postmaster General llurleson today, "the question n to whether tho. extension ex-tension of tho uso of precancolid. stnmps would result In loss to tho postnl revenues through tho reuse of or fraudulent uso of such stamps.' Preeancolod stamps, however, cannot can-not bo used on letters or other sealed seal-ed mntter which, under law, must bear tho dato of mailing. |