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18 USC 1720 - Canceled stamps and envelopesLegal Research Home > US Code > Crimes and Criminal Procedure > 18 USC 1720 - Canceled stamps and envelopes Sec. 1720. Canceled stamps and envelopesWhoever uses or attempts to use in payment of postage, any canceled postage stamp, whether the same has been used or not, or removes, attempts to remove, or assists in removing, the canceling or defacing marks from any postage stamp, or the superscription from any stamped envelope, or postal card, that has once been used in payment of postage, with the intent to use the same for a like purpose, or to sell or offer to sell the same, or knowingly possesses any such postage stamp, stamped envelope, or postal card, with intent to use the same or knowingly sells or offers to sell any such postage stamp, stamped envelope, or postal card, or uses or attempts to use the same in payment of postage; orWhoever unlawfully and willfully removes from any mail matter any stamp attached thereto in payment of postage; or Whoever knowingly uses in payment of postage, any postage stamp, postal card, or stamped envelope, issued in pursuance of law, which has already been used for a like purpose— Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; but if he is a person employed in the Postal Service, he shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both. Sections: Previous 1716 1716A 1716B 1716C 1716D 1717 1719 1720 1721 1722 1723 1724 1725 1726 1728 Next Last modified: July 21, 2011 |
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