BUSY POST OFFICE
TONS OF MAIL HANDLED BIG SALE OF STAMPS From Wednesday to Saturday the Auckland Post Office received 4,306 bags of mail and 1.801 receptacles of parcels, and dispatched 3,816 bags of mail and 3,049 receptacles of parcels. In addition to these 25S bags of mail and 88 parcels receptacles wera transmitted. For the four days prior to Chr*;. mas the Post Office sold stamps to the value of £4,702 11s. The following table shows the amount of mail which was handled}— Dispatched. Received. Transit. M. Pci. M. Pci. XL Pel Bags. Reps. Bags. Reps. Bg. Kc. Dec. 21 . 1,115 $79 1,502 527 135 21 Dec 22 . 94-3 $55 1,059 366 46 26 Dec. 23 . 1,011 511 1,069 566 63 27 Dec. 24 . 747 804 676 342 14 It Totals 3,816 3,049 4,306 1,801 258 S$ The stamps sales were: December 21, £1,239 Ss Sd; December 22, £1,57S JAa 4d; December 23, £1,416 7s; December Si, £468 ss; total, £4,702 11s.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 237, 27 December 1927, Page 10
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163BUSY POST OFFICE Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 237, 27 December 1927, Page 10
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