stamp-office

Bagwax had, in the meantime, been with his friend Smithers at the stamp-office, and was now fully prepared By the help of Smithers he had arrived at the fact that the postage-stamp had certainly been fabricated in 1874, some months after the date imprinted on the cover of the letter to which it was affixed.

John Caldigate 2004

The "sons of liberty," as they called themselves in reference to Barré's speech, were active in Boston, and in August, 1765, a mob plundered the house of a man who was nominated as a distributor of stamps, destroyed a building on his land which they believed was to be used as a stamp-office, hanged him in effigy, and forced him to renounce his appointment.

The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration William Hunt 1886

We do not respect a stamp-office clerk, or an exciseman's assistant.

The English Constitution Walter Bagehot 1851

Bagwax had, in the meantime, been with his friend Smithers at the stamp-office, and was now fully prepared.

John Caldigate Anthony Trollope 1848

I shall see Smithers at the stamp-office on Monday of course. '

John Caldigate Anthony Trollope 1848

'There was such a game with Fogg here, this mornin', 'said the man in the brown coat,' while Jack was upstairs sorting the papers, and you two were gone to the stamp-office.

Bardell v. Pickwick Charles Dickens 1841

'There was such a game with Fogg here, this mornin', 'said the man in the brown coat,' while Jack was upstairs sorting the papers, and you two were gone to the stamp-office.

The Pickwick Papers Charles Dickens 1841

'There was such a game with Fogg here, this mornin', 'said the man in the brown coat,' while Jack was upstairs sorting the papers, and you two were gone to the stamp-office.

The Pickwick papers 1836

[John Syme, of the stamp-office, was the companion as well as comrade in arms, of Burns: he was a well-informed gentleman, loved witty company, and sinned in rhyme now and then: his epigrams were often happy.]

The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham Robert Burns 1777

He was a commissioner of the stamp-office, and brother-in-law to Richard Brinsley

The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 Horace Walpole 1757