Unreported Postage Audit

A crumpled envelope lay abandoned near a desk lamp, completely devoid of proper filing. I stood over it, planting my boots firmly on the wooden table, and inspected the colorful postage stamp adhering to its corner. Uncanceled government scrip left idle in private hands constitutes a gross regulatory violation. Gripping my briefcase securely in one hand, I used my free knuckles to press down hard on the adhesive border, formally impounding the envelope as taxable physical paper stock. Ignorance of postal revenue codes excuses no one.