13 MAY 1871, Page 3

Orders have been issued by the Postmaster-General forbidding the repurchase

of postage-stamps. The postmen steal them, and they interfere with money orders. The object is wise, but the order has been a severe blow to the provincial newspapers, which receive much of their revenue in stamps, and they have remon- strated. As their proprietors are powerful in the House, the CAMS will have to give way, unless Mr. Monsell accepts the compromise we suggested some time ago. Let him issue money-orders to bearer, purchaseable at any post-office and payable at any other, up to say 22, the sender to write the receiver's name across them. They would then be as secure as cheques, and as convenient AB bank-notes.