CO129-270 - Public Offices & Others - 1895 — Page 467

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From

Messrs De La Rue & Co.

462

TO

Red 27 SEPU

Grown Agents

14th. Aurust 1895.

We enclose a design for a double dated over-embossing die, which will enable the Colonial Authorities to impress with the date, part of the stamp and the document on which

This it is placed. The cost of the die would be £10. being a double dated die, two sets of date plugs would be

and required, each set consisting of 30 days, 12 months,

3 year plugs, at a cost of £18. 8. 0. for the two sets. As the stamps are to be embossed in colour, we should re- commend that one of our cameo embossing presses should be supplied at a cost of £90. 19. 5. plus 30/- for packing

as per Table 40 of the Schedule.

From

Crown Agents

ΤΟ

N. G. Mitchell-Innes Esq.

16th. August 1895.

We enclose for your information a report that we have

received from Messrs De La Rue & Co. relative to the cost

of a double dated die, plugs, and embossing press required

with a design for the over-embossing die.

Please return

the original papers which are forwarded herewith to facil-

itate reference.

From

N. G. Mitchell-Innes

To

Crown Agents

30th. August 1895.

It appears to me that if the over-embossment is of the

size proposed by Messrs De La Rue, it will, when added to

the large adhesive revenue stamp, take up too much space on documents tendered for stamping, in many of which the space left for stamping is small, and on some of which more

than one stamp will be required. The over-embossment at

the/