Show dead letter office the lead dead letter office Is a division ot of tho the post office department under the control of tile the fourth assistant postmaster general to which unclaimed letters parcels etc are sent from local post offices ollices it receives about dead letters and parcels a year and post cards and portals po the loss to the general public through the careless directing of oc such matter Is about annually no letters or packages are sent to the dead letter until they have been given a directory service at the post to which they are addressed and all available methods to locate the addressee have been exhausted |