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Show I Wedding Missives 'Require I Postal Precautions Everybody knows that "April showers bring May flowers." And everybody knows that May showers show-ers bring June brides. But not everybody knows that Invitations and announcements bring consternation con-sternation to the postal service. Postmaster Rulon Wood says that this Is not because the postal pos-tal service dislikes weddings, or showers, or receptions, or any of the other functions which have to do with getting married. But sometimes those most interested In getting people happily started In life make helping very difficult diffi-cult for the postal service. Take shower invitations for Instance. In-stance. When the date, the hour, the place the shower Is to be held, the name of the prospective bride, and other pertinent information infor-mation Is shown In handprinting, handprint-ing, handwriting, or typewriting, the first-class rat of postage must be applied, regardless of whether the Invitations are In sealed or unsealed envelopes. If shower invitations are wholly printed, mimeographed, duplicated, dupli-cated, or otherwise wholly reproduced repro-duced by machine process, they may be mailed In unsealed envelopes en-velopes at the third- class rate of 2 cents each. Printed announcements an-nouncements which are of odd size or shape, or which are exceptionally ex-ceptionally large or unusually small, must bear the minimum first-class rate of postage regardless regard-less of whether they are done by machine or by hand. |