The E-Sylum:  Volume 6, Number 27, July 6, 2003, Article 11

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE COUPONS

  Inspired by last week's item about the U.S. Government Printing
  Office, Tom DeLorey writes: "When I worked for Coin World
  back in the 70s, fellow staffer Ed Fleischmann showed me his
  collection of GPO refund coupons which you received back in
  lieu of a check when you ordered two or more publications
  from the GPO and one or more of them was unavailable. Back
  then publication prices were very cheap, often under a dollar,
  and if an eighty cent publication was out of print you would
  receive a 50 cent coupon, a 25 cent coupon and a 5 cent
  coupon along with your order. These could be used when
  sending in future orders. I don't know if anybody other than
  Ed cared about them and/or collected them, but they could
  be considered an obscure form of United States "money."
  Also while at Coin World, I once saw an item, in print, that
  referred to the "Government Painting Office." As they say,
  "Typos Fugit."

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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