Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 18 : Section 1721


   
U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 1721. Sale or pledge of stamps

      Whoever, being a Postal Service officer or employee, knowingly
    and willfully: uses or disposes of postage stamps, stamped
    envelopes, or postal cards entrusted to his care or custody in the
    payment of debts, or in the purchase of merchandise or other
    salable articles, or pledges or hypothecates the same or sells or
    disposes of them except for cash; or sells or disposes of postage
    stamps or postal cards for any larger or less sum than the values
    indicated on their faces; or sells or disposes of stamped envelopes
    for a larger or less sum than is charged therefor by the Postal
    Service for like quantities; or sells or disposes of postage
    stamps, stamped envelopes, or postal cards at any point or place
    outside of the delivery of the office where such officer or
    employee is employed; or for the purpose of increasing the
    emoluments, or compensation of any such officer or employee,
    inflates or induces the inflation of the receipts of any post
    office or any station or branch thereof; or sells or disposes of
    postage stamps, stamped envelopes, or postal cards, otherwise than
    as provided by law or the regulations of the Postal Service; shall
    be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or
    both.



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