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Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.our New postal arrangements — a Suggestion to postmasters. Mossing Ford, Charlotte, May 27. It is understood that the Post-Office Department of the Confederate States does not expect to be able to furnish stamps for the prepayment of postage, immediately on the assumption by that Department, on the first of June, of the full control of our postal affairs. And not a little inconvenience, to both postmasters and the people, may result from having to pre-pay in money every letter mailed.--I beg leave to suggest a method by which that inconvenience may be obviated. Let each postmaster write his name, or some other mark, on small slips of paper, (or in the case of offices having a large custom, something of the kind might be printed,) and issue these, at the rate of five cents each, to the known customers at his office, twenty-five cents worth, or a dollar's worth at a time.--These slips could then be attached to letters mailed as stam
January, 6 AD (search for this): article 5
Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.our New postal arrangements — a Suggestion to postmasters. Mossing Ford, Charlotte, May 27. It is understood that the Post-Office Department of the Confederate States does not expect to be able to furnish stamps for the prepayment of postage, immediately on the assumption by that Department, on the first of June, of the full control of our postal affairs. And not a little inconvenience, to both postmasters and the people, may result from having to pre-pay in money every letter mailed.--I beg leave to suggest a method by which that inconvenience may be obviated. Let each postmaster write his name, or some other mark, on small slips of paper, (or in the case of offices having a large custom, something of the kind might be printed,) and issue these, at the rate of five cents each, to the known customers at his office, twenty-five cents worth, or a dollar's worth at a time.--These slips could then be attached to letters mailed as stam
May 27th (search for this): article 5
Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.our New postal arrangements — a Suggestion to postmasters. Mossing Ford, Charlotte, May 27. It is understood that the Post-Office Department of the Confederate States does not expect to be able to furnish stamps for the prepayment of postage, immediately on the assumption by that Department, on the first of June, of the full control of our postal affairs. And not a little inconvenience, to both postmasters and the people, may result from having to pre-pay in money every letter mailed.--I beg leave to suggest a method by which that inconvenience may be obviated. Let each postmaster write his name, or some other mark, on small slips of paper, (or in the case of offices having a large custom, something of the kind might be printed,) and issue these, at the rate of five cents each, to the known customers at his office, twenty-five cents worth, or a dollar's worth at a time.--These slips could then be attached to letters mailed as sta