✨ Postal Regulations
1650
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 47
103
(1.) The stamp must be kept perfectly clean, which may be done most effectually by brushing it with a weak solution of potash or soda, or with printers’ lye, using for the purpose a small brush. Type which has been used must be cleaned before it is replaced in the box.
(2.) The cushion on which the letters are placed to be stamped should be quite even and very slightly elastic.
(3.) The stamp should be held firmly in the hand, and struck upon the letter with a light sharp blow, care being taken not to let the stamp fall upon the impression made at another office. Letters received from a sub-office should be placed on the stamping-table with the point of the flap turned away from the stamper, and those received from a chief office for delivery with the point of the flap turned towards the stamper.
(4.) Strict attention should be paid to keeping the ink-pad constantly fit for use by moistening it with stamping-ink. Too much ink is not to be put on the stamping-pad, and the ink put on is to be well rubbed in so as to prevent the clogging of the pad. If the pad is allowed to become saturated or the stamp dirty the stamping will be smeared and indistinct.
(5.) It is not necessary to date-stamp post-cards, newspapers, or books except at offices where posted.
(6.) Letters or packets which appear to contain photographs, cards, or other fragile articles are to be lightly stamped.
(7.) A moderately soft pad should be used to place under the letters when being stamped. Any soft book, such as an old Post and Telegraph Guide, would answer this purpose in small offices where rubber pads are not provided.
As bad date-stamping exposes the revenue to much risk of fraud, careful supervision must be exercised by Chief Postmasters and Postmasters over the manner in which the duty is performed.
487. Rubber-stamp ink is on no account to be used in obliterating stamps on letters or any documents. The preparation of oil and lamp-black known as obliterating-ink, used for metal stamps, is to be invariably applied for that purpose.
488. The impression of the date-stamp on letters, books, parcels, and newspapers should be as follows :—
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Stamp Impression Quality Standards
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Instructions for Rubber-Stamp Ink and Date-Stamping Postal Items
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