In affixing the stamp to the letter wet slightly the corner of the envelope and the gummed side of the stamp, and gently press the stamp till it is firmly fixed. Stamps should be placed on the front or address side of the letter, and on the right hand upper corner.
Partial payment in.
Letters cannot be pre-paid partly in stamps and partly in money; the pay-postage must be pre-paid either wholly in stamps, or wholly in money.
Insufficient pre-payment.
If the stamps affixed to a letter addressed to any place in British North America be not adequate to the proper postage, the letter is rated with an amount equal to the deficiency.
Do. United States.
Letters addressed to the United States, on which stamps are affixed representing less than the amount of postage to which the letters are liable, are rated with full unpaid postage.
Stamps received for postage.
Postage stamps are received at all post offices in payment of postage on unpaid letters delivered therefrom.