Chapter 102. Authorizing the use of special canceling stamps in certain post offices
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CHAP. 102.— An Act Authorizing the use of special canceling stamps in certain post offices. March 13, 1922.[[H. R. 10161](/us/bill/67/hr/10161).][[Public, No. 170](/us/pl/67/170).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Postal service.Special canceling stamps permitted for designated post offices. That the Postmaster General be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed, under rules and regulations to be prescribed by him, to permit the use of special canceling stamps as follows:
In the Richmond, Virginia, post office, dies bearing the words and figures “Virginia Historical Pageant, Richmond, Virginia, May 22 to 28, 1922.” In the Phoenix, Arizona, post office, dies bearing the words and figures “Visit Phoenix, Arizona, April 24–29, United States Good Roads Week.” In the Fayetteville, Arkansas,. post office, dies bearing the words and figures “Semicentennial, University of Arkansas, June 10–14, 1922 (fifty years of service).” In the Hutchinson, Kansas, post office, dies bearing the words and figures “Fiftieth Anniversary, Hutchinson and Reno County, Kansas State Fair, September 16–22, 1922.
” In the422 Pasadena, California, post office, dies bearing the words and figures *Proviso*.Temporary use.“Fiftieth Anniversary, Pasadena, All the Year 1924”: *Provided*, That no permit shall be granted for a longer period than six months. Sec. 2. No expenditure for dies, etc. That nothing in this Act shall be construed to authorize the expenditure of any postal funds or appropriations either for the purchase of special dies or for furnishing or adapting canceling machines for the use of special dies.
Approved, March 13, 1922.