United States
                  Securities and Exchange Commission
                         Washington, DC 20549
                                   
                              FORM 10-K/A
(Mark One)
x ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
  ACT OF 1934  (Fee Required) For the fiscal year ended December 31, 1995
                                  or
  TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE 
  ACT OF 1934  (No Fee Required)  For the transition period from __________ 
  to  ____________
                                   
          Commission file numbers  United Stationers Inc.:  0-10653
                                   United Stationers Supply Co.:  33-59811
                                   
                        UNITED STATIONERS INC.
                     UNITED STATIONERS SUPPLY CO.
        (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
                                   
United Stationers Inc.: Delaware       United Stationers Inc.:  36-3141189
United Stationers Supply Co.: Illinois United Stationers Supply Co.:  36-2431718
     (State or Other Jurisdiction of    (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
     Incorporation or Organization)

                          2200 East Golf Road
                   Des Plaines, Illinois  60016-1267
                            (847)  699-5000
   (Address, Including Zip Code and Telephone Number, Including Area
                         Code, of Registrants'
                     Principal Executive Offices)
                                   
      Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
                                                   Name of Each Exchange
        Title of Each Class                        on Which Registered
              NONE                                         N/A
                                   
      Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
         United Stationers Inc.:  Common Stock $0.10 par value
                           (Title of Class)
                                   
Indicate  by  check  mark whether each registrant: (1)  has  filed  all
reports  required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the  Securities
Exchange  Act  of  1934 during the preceding 12  months  (or  for  such
shorter  period that the registrant was required to file such reports),
and  (2)  has been subject to such filing requirements for the past  90 days.
United Stationers Inc.:           Yes  ( x )     No  (   )
United Stationers Supply Co.:     Yes  (   )     No  ( x )

Indicate  by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant  to
Item  405  of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will  not  be
contained,  to the best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive  proxy
or  information statement incorporated by reference in Part III of this
Form 10-K/A or any amendment to this Form 10-K/A.     ( x )

Aggregate  market value of the voting stock (which consists  solely  of
shares  of  Common  Stock) held by non-affiliates of United  Stationers
Inc.  as  of  February 27, 1996, based on the last sale  price  of  the
Common  Stock  as quoted by the Nasdaq National Market  on  such  date:
$65,173,766.   United  Stationers Supply Co. has no  shares  of  voting
stock outstanding held by non-affiliates.

On February 27, 1996, United Stationers Inc. had outstanding 11,446,306
shares  of Common Stock, par value $0.10 per share, and 758,944  shares
of  Nonvoting Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share.  On February 27,
1996,  United Stationers Supply Co. had 880,000 shares of Common Stock,
$1.00 par value per share outstanding.