A NEW POSTAL STAMP.

Dunstan Times, Issue 923, 26 December 1879, Page 3

A NEW POSTAL STAMP.

An old firm in Con lon, which has been ma-iuf icMiring postage "damps for the Post 11 Iliac since the institution of die penny p .st by the late Sir Rowland Hill, and which his always minuted the plan of ste-1 engraving, which gives security against counterfeit. stamps, will lose the contract n.-xt Christmas, wh n it will be transferee I to an eminent fl'iu of London Stationers.- In J nmary m-xt a postige stamp of entirely n-w design will bn issue 1, one been selectcl, after much c msidention, by the Post Oifioo tilth *ritii-3 The now st iliio will not be. like the present one, st-el engraved, but P'-inte I on 'lie 1-tter pr-ss system, which although sai l not to bn so pro if aga list fot-.g-ry. satisfies, it m stated, Hie r. ij dr... meutsof the Post Office department, The change in the contrac or who Ins done the work for so mi y years, has been cause I, it is alleged, by considerations of economy, as the sn'-'Stpii'iou of lett. r prcss printing hat of s' eel engraving will effect a considerable saving. The old firm, which l.as so long held the contract fir the in.annf.cnire of the postage stamps, will be obliged to discharge about 2110 bands by reason of its loss. At S mierset House the sheets of stamps are mere'v oerf<e-at'>d.