§ 84. Mr. Peter Freemanasked the Postmaster-General whether he will publish the text of his hand-out issued to the Press on or about 1st July inviting the public to purchase books of stamps rather than individual ones.
§ Mr. Ness EdwardsA notice on this subject was issued to the Press and B.B.C. on Thursday, 28th June. The text of the notice is as follows:
Buy Postage Stamps in Books
The Post Office points out that much of the congestion at post office counters is due to the habit of buying the odd stamp as it is needed, which in addition to multiplying the number of transactions, courts the risk that a stamp may be urgently required when it is not possible to obtain one.
The public can help the Post Office and help themselves by buying stamps in bulk. One convenient way of doing this is to buy a book of postage stamps. Books of stamps, price 2s. 6d. and 5s. are compact and contain three denominations 2½d., 2d. and ½d. Besides the stamps these books contain useful information about the postal services.