Show POSTAL HIOl4ATION Extracts from the Postal Laws Regarding Regard-ing Mnilablo Matter Foreign Postage Table To most of Ihe countries of the civilized world the rates of postage except Canada and Mexico arc as follows LETTERS Cents For 25 grams H ounce u I Postal cards eaeh S Newspapers and other printed matter per two ounces 1 COMMEHCIAIi PAVEK Packets not in excess of ten ounces 5 Packets in excess of ten ounces for each two ounces or fraction thereof 1 Registration feo on letters or other articles 10 That the working class particularly those of foreign birth are not aware of the fact that merchandise cannot be sent through the mails unless prepaid at 5 cents per onehalf ounce or fraction thereof to countries outside of Canada and Mexico is particularly noticeable Pairs of articles two or more articles of exact counterpart handkerchiefs scarfs needlework articles of wearing apparel perfectly whole and complete in themselves them-selves whether sent in execution of an order or as a gifts can not be considered in any sense as samples and can not be sent through the mails to foreign countries coun-tries unleass prepaid at 5 cents per hal ounce or fraction Christmas and New Years cards and photographs with frames or articles bearing bear-ing Christmas or New Years greetings so elaborate in their design as to have in in trinsicvalue outside of tho sentiment attached at-tached to them such as satin pin cushions cush-ions celluloid calendars plaques greetings greet-ings i frames cannot be sent through the mails to countries other than Canada and Mexico outside of the United States unless prepaid at5 cents per half ounce or fraction I WrappingThe use of a poor quality of wrapping paper for sending packages through the mails should be avoided Packages should be wrapped in strong wrapping paper and tied with strong twine It is not necessary to leave any part of the package exposed it should be BO wrapped that it can be untied and examined ex-amined without breaking a cord The address should be written plainly and legibly upon the package with ink Tags and address labels should not be used a they frequently become torn and detached from the packages The senders name and address should always appear on every article sent through the mails preceded by the word J from I the above rules were observed i ob-served few packages would go astray in j the mails Packages of merchandise having a salable I sala-ble value whother sent as presents ot not can not be sent through the mails to foreign countries except Canada and Mexico Articles of any kind otherwise mailable which contain any writing and are not paid in full at the letter rate of postage can not be sent through the mails to foreign countries other than Canada and Mexico Articles of jewelery and coins cannot been be-en t through the mails to foreign coun aries Sealed packages not letters addressed ad-dressed to Canada and Mexico can not be sent through the mail Photographs pictures and printed matter can not be closed against inspection and sent at th3 cheaper rate of postage to foreign countries coun-tries |