28 MAY 1853, Page 16

POSTAGE STAMPS.

London, 23d Ifey1853. Sin—I hope it may not be too great a deviation from the maxim "De minimis non curet Prxtor," to ask you to give a hint, through the much- esteemed medium of your paper, as to the neglect of a convenient trifle which the public has been expecting for the last twelvemonth—I mean the postage stamps with perforated borders. The matter, trifling as it may seem; nevertheless engaged the investigation of a special Parliamentary Committee, which reported decidedly in its favour some ten months ago ; yet not a syllable of information has since been vouchsafed to the Public as to the adoption of the Committee's recommendations.

I am, Sir, your obedient servant,

A READER FOR THE LAST TWENTY YEARS.