Sale of Stamps

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 380, 14 June 1928, Page 1

Sale of Stamps

No More Licenses to Private Vendors

HARDSHIP ON COUNTRY FOLK Although the Government has decided not to issue any more licences to private vendors of stamps, nothing has been said about cancelling the licences which are held at present. This means that as long as small storekeepers and shopowners continue to occupy their respective businesses they will be allowed to sell stamps. Some time ago the Commissioner of Taxes issued instructions that no further licences would be issued to private vendors, and that none of the present licences would be transferred or renewed . .if a business changed hands. The sale of stamps will be the prerogative of- the Post Office according to the regulations which were issued some time agd. It is contended by many people, especially those in country districts, that the new regulations will mean an unnecessary hardship.. Many vendors of stamps in Auckland and the suburbs would willingly sell stamps without the small commission of 2| per cent.' which they are allowed by the .Government. This commission is allowed on- all purchases of £2 and over on stamps up to and including the value of one shilling. Nothing is allowed On stamps above that value. In country districts, where post offices are often many miles apart, it is convenient-for residents to buy their stamps-from small storekeepers. Even in the - suburbs of Auckland many householders use the shops as the most convenient place for buying stamps. Several .storekeepers who have recently taken over businesses and who have been unable to get the previous stamp- licences transferred or renewed, have protested to the department. No reason foU the new regulations has been griven