Postage Stamp Production: Private Sector Can Be a Lower Cost Optional Source
GGD-93-18
Published: Oct 30, 1992. Publicly Released: Nov 02, 1992.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the United States Postal Service's initiative to procure postage stamps from the private sector, focusing on the: (1) private sector's production capacity; (2) comparative price of Bureau of Engraving and Printing and private-sector stamps; and (3) relationship between the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the Postal Service.
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