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Show Steps Suggested by PO To Cut Down Xmas Mailing Losses Noting that Christmas season Is already at hand, Postmaster Rulon S. Wood today urged thc( public to begin Christmas mail-, ings now. Mr. Wood coupled this plea with a warning that the Post Office Of-fice Department is unable each year to deliver or return about a half million parcels, including! many lost at Christmas time because be-cause of poor packaging or addressing. ad-dressing. Ie suggested several steps that can be taken by mailers to protect themselves against loss 1. Check and revise mailing, lists. 2. Type or hand print gummed, mailing labels. I 3. Use coirmlete address. Don't abbreviate. Include delivery zone, number. 4. Make a list of your mailing , needs and start buying good quality mailing material:! now, strong cord, heavy wrtpplng paper, and so forth. 5. Get as many as possible of your Christmas parcels In the! malls now with a notation that they are not to be opened until Christmas. This will minimize mailing problems during the Christmas rush. 6. Plan to use Insurance on all parcels. (Neither Insurance fees nor parcel post rates were affected by recent postal rate changes. Incidentally). |