The Archive · 1935

STAMP COLLECTING

'A Complaint To the Editor of the "Nowen-Cuina Dany News"

Sm—In spite of protests to Post Office authorities, there seems to be a very energetic stamp collector somewhere in the Post Oflice, who, Ging advantage of hit unique poste lon, seems to be determined to add to tis collection by stealing stamps from off letters, newspapers ete. Whether he is @ foreigner or Chinese matters little, but we know what would happen' if @ case of this kind was reported to the British Postal Authorities. Some time ago, the stamps from Australian mail ' were taken off, they being rather pleturesque, now Jubilee stamps ure: being tched, deliberately cut off 2 copy of the "War Cry."

Shanghai, June 10, How ix It possible 10 ascertain that the Shanghat Post Office neces= sarily harbours the delinquent?

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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