| Description |
Blank post card. Manufacturer's text: Besides printing all the paper money, United States Government Bonds, etc., and making the engraved plates for them, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Washington, D.C., also makes all the United States Postage and Revenue Stamps. This view shows the perforating room which occupies 3600 sq. ft. Sheets containing 400 stamps each are fed into perforating machines and split in sheets of 100 each. These are banded in lots of 100 sheets and put up into packages containing 200,000 stamps and are shipped to postmasters throughout the country. Smaller packages are made to order to meet the requisitions from small post-offices. 32,000,000 stamps are made here daily. No. 61482, this series, shows an exterior view of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Pub. by W. B. Garrison, Washington, D.C. Handwritten 8 in top left. |
