Show Mailing for Christmas Last year one and a half million undeliverable pieces of mail ended up in the Claims Inquiry and Undeliverable Undeliverable Undeliverable Un Un- deliverable section in the Postal Services Service's office in Chicago otherwise known as the dead letter off office ice This year Wilbur Holmes manager of the office expects the volume to grow by 15 percent Manager Holmes says the increase will be due to those who think they can get their mail delivered if they dont don't bother to put postage on itIn itIn itIn it In a couple of months Holmes says the unpaid mail problem should virtually disappear as people discover that this petty rip-off rip wont won't work So when you start sending out your Christmas cards and packages the first thing you had better do is see that sufficient postage is attached Another simple rule to get your seasons season's greetings delivered is to put your full return address on your mail Its a great mistake not to says Mr Holmes because it is the letter families send once a year that is most likely not to be delivered If the sender doesn't know his friends have moved to another house more than a year ago his letter wont won't reach them If there is no return address the sender might wonder why his friends didn't respond to his card not knowing that his greeting ended up in the dead letter unit Mr Holmes also warns senders not to address their mail merely to a name and a building such as William Jones John Hancock Building Chicago And last but not least poorly wrapped packages are sure candidates for the dead letter office So if you want your Christmas greetings to get to their destination take a tip from the man who knows and take a little extra time to see that they are carefully addressed have the right postage and are packaged properly Merry Christmas |