s-stamp

Updated: May 14, 2025

He give me a pound, but that don't come in the reckonin'. Hay was £3, wood fifteen shillin', men's time £1, beer two shillin', odds and ends five shillin', nails four-pence, twine a ha'penny, makin' £5, 2s. 4-1/2d. I've a-took off £1, leavin' £4 2s. 4-1/2d." "Very well. Here's a s-stamp." The farmer receipted the bill. "Thank'ee, sir."

Herbert Strang - Round the World in Seven Days