The Post existed BEFORE the government and that is the point and reason for the construction of the sentence.
In continuation of the spirit of the article, FOREVER stamps ARE de facto and will kill the Post Office leaving only the Postal Service. The Forever stamps have the same value as FRNs. Stamps that are indicated with a DOLLAR VALUE are lawful currency in a specific jurisdiction.
Printed copy · Anthology Volume 4, page 1131Printed copy from The Tender For Law Anthology, Volume 4, page 1131 (printed 13 June 2014). Added by this site; not part of the Facebook export.