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Stock in hand<lb/> | Stock in hand<lb/> | ||
Agents Pay</note> | Agents Pay</note> | ||
<p>In the case of the <del>Post</del><add>local<add>Retail</add></add><add>Stamp Office</add> Penny Post Office the<lb/> | |||
business of each transaction is <add>notwithstanding less</add> much more <gap/><lb/> | |||
than in that of the <add>local<add><del>Retail</del> Post</add></add> Stamp Office. In the<lb/> | |||
case of the Stamp-Office it consists merely<lb/> | |||
in the delivery of the Stamp to the customer<lb/> | |||
with one hand, and receiving the price of it<lb/> | |||
with the other: in the case of the Penny Post<lb/> | |||
Office <del>it <gap/></del> besides receiving <add>taking in the letter and</add> the money and<lb/> | |||
taking in the letter, an observation is to be made<lb/> | |||
whether it be paid for or no - and in the case<lb/> | |||
of a twopenny letter whether a penny only<lb/> | |||
or the whole twopence - and the two stamps,<lb/> | |||
one of them the result of the above observation,<lb/> | |||
<del>the other</del> are to be impressed: the two taken together<lb/> | |||
being expression of the <hi rend="underline">place</hi>, as also of<lb/> | |||
the time, by the designation of the Month, day of<lb/> | |||
the month, and Hour of the Day.</p> | |||
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34 Annuity Notes
Plan Ann
II. Sale
Stock in hand
Agents Pay
In the case of the Postlocal<add>Retail</add>Stamp Office Penny Post Office the
business of each transaction is notwithstanding less much more
than in that of the local<add>Retail Post</add> Stamp Office. In the
case of the Stamp-Office it consists merely
in the delivery of the Stamp to the customer
with one hand, and receiving the price of it
with the other: in the case of the Penny Post
Office it besides receiving taking in the letter and the money and
taking in the letter, an observation is to be made
whether it be paid for or no - and in the case
of a twopenny letter whether a penny only
or the whole twopence - and the two stamps,
one of them the result of the above observation,
the other are to be impressed: the two taken together
being expression of the place, as also of
the time, by the designation of the Month, day of
the month, and Hour of the Day.
