Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 130, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 June 1914 — New 12-Cent Stamp. [ARTICLE]

New 12-Cent Stamp.

A new twelve-cent postage stamp la to be provided by the Post Office Department to meet the changed conditions resulting from the increase of the fee for registering letters and parcels from 8 to 10 cents. Acting Postmaster General Stewart has requested the Secretary of the Treasury to authorize the preparation of such. The new stamp will ultimately result in the discontinuance of the thirteen cent stamp. The latter was calculated to cover the cost of the eight? cent registry fee and the 5 cents internatlonal postage rate. The fifteen cent stamp will serve this purpose for the registry fee has been increased from 8 to 10 cents. The proposed twelve-cent registry fee and the two-cent postage rate In this country and for England and Germany. The twelve-cent stamp was discontinued some years ago. It bore the head of Washington.