Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 180, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 August 1911 — No Adhesive Stamps Except Government Issue on Letters. [ARTICLE]

No Adhesive Stamps Except Government Issue on Letters.

The postoffice department has made a ruling which is of general interest, as it prohibits the use of Red Crosß stamps and all kinds of stickers on the address side of letters. The order is:

“No adhesive stamps, or imitations of stamps, of any form, or design whatever, other than lawful stamps, shall be affixed to the address side of domestic mail matter, but such adhesive stamps, provided they do not in form and design resemble lawful postage stamps, and do not bear numerals may be affixed to the reverse side of domestic mail matter.

“All domestic mail matter bearing on the address aide, adhesive stamps or imitation of stamps, other than lawful postage stamps, will be returned to the sender, if known; otherwise they will be forwarded to the division of dead letters.”

Imports into the United States for the fiscal year 1911 were less than In 1910 according to statistics made public Friday by the department of commerce and labor. The value of the year’s imports show a decrease of $19,000,000 or about 2 per cent below imports of 1910.

To establish a uniform system of natural history study in the common schools of Indiana and to use as a basis for this study some form of the biennial report of his office is advocated by George W. Miles, state commissioner of fisheries and game. Charles A. Greathouse, state superintendent of public instruction, expressed favor of such a move, should It ba indorsed by the State Board of