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Show Why the Stamps Don't Stick. rostmaster-Generat Hitchcock Is receiving re-ceiving complaints from all sections of the country that the glue on stamp Is worthies and that they will not ttck. According to officials of the department, depart-ment, the glue Is damaged by water bugs that nibble It off the stamps. Thm Wsshlngton postoffice Is Infested with these Insects, and. as many stamp are kept ready for ale on dek and In drawer, the bugs have eaay access to them. Tbe department has no scheme for combating the bug. Insecticides, In-secticides, if placed In the glue, mast poison people who moisten tamps with tbelr tongue. |