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PE 14 JAR 01
·General Post. Office, London.
21st. Decenber 1900.
The Postmaster General received in dae course your letter
of the 11th of October, Bo. 313, relative to: the sale of postage stamps
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by the French and Gernan Post. Offices at. Shanghai. at. prices. lower than
their face value.'
Although the cases reported in: your letter scarcely justified
the statenedt, originally nade, as tɔ the allowance of discount. of. 30 par.
cent. they certainly appear to indicate infringement. of the Postal Union regulations on the part of the French and German Post Offices at Shanghai. It is observed, however, that the oogpacison between the rate of exchange
and the rate at which postage stamps are sold is based on a single transac
~tion at each offics; and it would be advisable, in the Postmaster-General
opinion, to secure a broader basis before any representations on the
subject. are addressed to the French and German Postal Administrations. ·
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- In these circunstances the Postmaster Seneral rillebe obliged
if you rillebe so good as to faraish hia with particulars
on the following podatst→
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-(1) That rates are charged for single stamps by the Preach and· Bernar
-Post-Offices at. Shanghai?
(8) Are the numbers of stamps sold per dollar constant. at these. offices:
or do they vary with the fluctations of exchange?
́(8) Jbat rates are charged for single ataups, and bow, nany stamps‹ are
sold per dollar, at the other foraigo Post Offices at Shanghai?
The Aoting Postmaster · General,
Hongkong.
làn,
Sir,
Your abedient, servaat.
(Sga) 4. Suxtou: Fornad,