It's easier to fool people than to convince people they've been fooled. ~ Mark Twain
I've seen different info about stamps as consideration. One is, if you sign thru the stamp, it makes you the postmaster of that document the stamp is on, and the court has no jurisdiction over that document. Backed by the UPU.
Then I've heard -- any stamp is fine on the back of a document.
Then I've heard -- don't sign thru the stamp on the back, the court will cancel those with their court stamper.
Then I've heard - -the 2 cent stamp is the original dejure stamp, so use that.
I can't get no satisfaction!
Yes, standing on your paperwork is key.
It's easier to fool people than to convince people they've been fooled. ~ Mark Twain
It's easier to fool people than to convince people they've been fooled. ~ Mark Twain
I remember the Postmaster of the Document was cited in the Universal Postal Union constitution. I did a word search and found nothing though.
Those of you who redeem lawful money might understand that you have no power or authority to "deface" the private credit of the Fed. So the cancellation of the stamp - lawful money - is an expression of authority; like the postmaster has to cancel value in the same stamps. So it makes sense the citation. I have just never seen anything on it in the DMM (Domestic Mail Manual) or in the UPU docs.
http://www.upu.int/uploads/tx_sbdown...onManualEn.pdf
Last edited by David Merrill; 04-23-17 at 06:17 AM.