Show Carter Gives Hints on Vacation Mailing for Prospective Tourists Postmaster Eo E Ea R R. Carter calls our attention to the fact that most of the highways highways' across the country will soon be full of f vacationers vacationers va going in all directions directions' lie He reminds us also that the malls will soon be filled fitted with all aU kinds of messages to folks and friends who were left behind There will be matter fact reports done in conventional style There will be unglamorous but effective postal cards beautiful beautiful beautiful beau beau- and expensive picture cards and tags to which souvenirs and gadgets are affixed There willbe will willbe be various rates of postage varIous various vars var var- ious sous types of messages and varying varying varying vary vary- ing degrees of success in the communications effort It can be taken for tor granted that some of the cards will be improperly addressed some will carry inadequate postage and some will be devoid of both postage postage post post- age and address Experience indicates indi cates that this will happen thousands of times sometimes when the message doesn't seem to matter much and the attachment attachment at at- is of small intrinsic worth sometimes when both the message and the attachment are obviously of considerable tance The most persistently troublesome troublesome troublesome trouble trouble- some tourist item for Postmaster Carter and his associates is the post card with an attachment but without sufficient postage Occasionally the mailer will wilt not know that his attachment gives I the card first status sometimes the printer will complicate the situation by indicating that a two-cent two stamp is sufficient The printer was right before some other merchant affixed to the card a trinket advertising a national national national na na- na- na park or a bag of ore or ora ora ora a spoonful of sacred earth or orsome orsome orsome some other geographically re red red- gadget Postmaster Carter says that the rule for avoiding trouble with tourists' tourists mall is simple If post cards with appendages contain con con- contain tain a handwritten or typewritten ten messages they require postage postage postage post post- age at the first class letter rate rate of three cents per ounce If they do not contain a typewritten or handwritten message they require require require re re- quire the third class postage of two wo cents for the first two ounces and one cent for each additional ounce or fraction of an ounce When insufficient postage is used more happens than the delay delay de de- de lay of the Item In question A Alot Alot Alot lot of people get their feelings hurt And all who are offended Join forces eventually in getting mad at the postal service So when you are far away and want to remember friends and folks at home dont don't forget that post cards with attachments require first-class first postage If you have any questions about this or any other postal matter call at the post office window before you leave or inquire at any post office Information window along your route |