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Old 07-20-2010, 09:09 PM   #12
xoxoxoBruce
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Originally Posted by monster View Post
In the Old Country (i.e. when i was a kid in England) The Post Office was government owned and operated, so stampos could be used as legal tender. Often mail-in things would request sending small payments in stamps or a money order rather than cash. Kid obviously didn't have checkbooks. I think companies could cash them in at the post office.
Same here, Monster.
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