Stamp Act, 1853

Persons authorized by Postmaster General may sell Postage Stamps, or carry same about for sale, without being subject to Penalty.

XV. ‘And whereas it is desirable to facilitate the Purchase of stamped Paper, Covers, or Envelopes, and of other Stamps for expressing or denoting the Rates or Duties of Postage (all of which are herein-after designated as Postage Stamps, and for that Purpose to enable certain Persons in the Service of the Post Office to sell Postage Stamps without having any such Licence as the Laws now in force require in that Behalf, and without being subject or liable to any Penalty for carrying about Postage Stamps for Sale:’

It shall be lawful for the Postmaster General by Writing under his Hand to authorize and appoint any Person in the Service or Employment of the Post Office to sell Postage Stamps at any particular House or Place to be specified for that Purpose, and also any Messenger or other Person employed in the Delivery of Letters sent by Post to carry about for Sale and to sell at any Place Postage Stamps, and all such Persons shall, during the Period that such Authority and Appointment shall remain in force and unrevoked, without any Licence or any Authority other than last aforesaid, be at liberty to sell at any House or Place to be specified as aforesaid, or if so authorized, to carry about for Sale and sell at any Place, any Postage Stamps, and such Persons respectively shall not be subject or liable to any Penalty or Forfeiture for so doing, anything in any Act or Acts to the contrary notwithstanding.