Customs Postal Package Office.
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There has arrived at this office by mail from the United States, addressed to you as over, the following dutiable package, which will be delivered or forwarded to you on the receipt of the duty payable and the return of this card.
| NO. OF MANIFEST. | NO. OF PACKAGE. | DESCRIPTION. | DUTY PAYABLE. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $ | cts. | |||
E. 14.
................Collector.
CHAPTER XXVI
PRECANCELLATIONS AND PERMITS
As a matter of record and without any attempt at lists of varieties, which would prove futile, we deem it interesting and important to give such information as is at hand concerning the precancellation of stamps for use on large quantities of identical mail matter, and of the more recent substitute for the precancelled stamp which is known as the "permit". Both ideas were of course borrowed from the United States, which was the originator of this form of labor saving expedient.