✨ Stamp Regulations
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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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293. The issue of stamp licenses to telephonists as such is permitted.
294. Chief Postmasters will purchase any necessary supplies of impressed paper from the nearest Deputy Commissioner of Stamps. Government officers are expected to purchase stamps, &c., at post-offices whenever practicable, and not from licensed vendors; and Postmasters should report to Chief Postmasters when they are observed not to do so.
295. Stamps may be supplied to Receivers of Gold Revenue or to Clerks of Courts to cover the cost of Court fees.
296. In connection with the repurchase of stamps (see Guide) Postmasters and officers will observe the following directions:—
(1.) Stamps may not be purchased from any officer or other person employed by the Department, except by the special permission of the head of the office at which such stamps are presented.
(2.) A record must be kept in the Stamp-commission Book, under a separate heading, “Repurchase of Stamps,” showing the names of the persons from whom stamps have been purchased, the value of such stamps, and the amount charged as commission. These particulars must, at the end of each period, be accounted for on Form Acct. 190 as “Miscellaneous Receipts.”
(3.) No charge is to be made for commission on the repurchase of stamps received by Government officers in their official capacity.
297. The stamps on newly-posted letters, &c., should be frequently examined for the purpose of ascertaining that they have not been previously used and are not forged or joined.
298. Officers are warned against accepting any stamp, whether undefaced or not, which, through being removed from any document or material prior to being affixed to a letter or telegram, would be held to have been “previously used” within the meaning of “The Stamp Act, 1882.” Stamps cut from letter-cards, post-cards, newspaper-wrappers, registered-letter envelopes, or embossed envelopes may be used for postage, but not for any purpose under “The Stamp Act, 1882.” (See Guide.)
299. If a letter is observed bearing either a used postage-stamp or one joined—that is, in separate pieces placed to look like one—the Postmaster should report the circumstance to
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Postal Service Stamp Management Regulations
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🚂 Transport & CommunicationsPostage stamps, Revenue stamps, Postmasters, Stamp vendors, Stock management, Telegraph services
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Regulations Regarding Supply and Sale of Postage Stamps
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🚂 Transport & CommunicationsPostage stamps, Revenue stamps, Postal officers, Licensed vendors, Poundage, Requisitions, Remittances, Stamp licenses, Chief Postmasters, Stamp-commission Book, Form Acct. 190, Miscellaneous Receipts, Government officers, Stamp Act 1882, Forged stamps, Joined stamps, Letter-cards, Post-cards, Newspaper-wrappers, Registered-letter envelopes, Embossed envelopes