Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 December 1902 — New Stamped Envelopes. [ARTICLE]

New Stamped Envelopes.

Within a few months the postoffioe department will have ready for delivery a new issue of stkmped envelopes radically differing in form from the present envelopes. Four styles are to be made, to sell for one, two, four and five cents. At present the stamp on the stamped envelope is elliptical in shape. It is intended to make one of the new stamps rectangular, another* will be elliptical and the other will probably be square. The full details have not yet been settled, nor have the designs been submitted. It is determined, however, to have each of the new envelopes distinct in appearance from others, so that there will be no confusion among the different styles and shapes.