§ MR. HENNIKER HEATON (Canterbury)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster General. whether he will discontinue the demand for payment of double postage from the recipient of a letter when stamps are affixed which have been cut from spoiled envelopes and postcards, whether he is aware that in Victoria, Australia, such stamps are allowed to be used for postage; and will he state what objections there are to the use of these stamps on letters.
§ THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY TO THE TREASURY (Mr. AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN, Worcestershire, E.)The prepayment of postage by cut out 189 embossed or impressed stamps is prohibited by law in this country; and the Postmaster General is therefore obliged to treat as unpaid letters bearing such stamps only. Probably no such prohibition exists in the Colony of Victoria.