E. P. STANTON, Superintendent.
THE POSTMASTER.
For disingenuousness, for pathetic regard for the public and the postmaster, and yet withal a keen eye for the "interests" of the department, this circular is a model which should be preserved for posterity—and "businesslike" post office departments.
Mr. King continues:—
The demand for the small sets was so great that the supply was exhausted almost all at once, and in reply to repeated requests for more sets the department issued the following circular:—
POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT, CANADA.
(Office of the Superintendent of the Postage Stamp Branch).
Ottawa,... 1897.
SIR,—The partial sets of Jubilee stamps already issued to your office constituted its share of these sets, having regard to their limited number and the area of their distribution, which comprised all the money order offices in the Dominion.
Except a reserve for complete sets (from ½c. to $5.00 inclusive, cost $16.20½) there is not a Jubilee stamp left in the department—all having been issued to postmasters. The plates, I may add, were destroyed on the 10th September instant.
I am, Sir, your obedient Servant,
E. P. STANTON, Superintendent.
THE POSTMASTER.