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Show Postmaster Gives Tips on Address Change j Postmaster Rulon S. Wood tells us that those who change their mailing address must do more than notify their local post office of-fice if they expect to receive delivery de-livery of letters, magazines, and newspapers without delay or interruption. in-terruption. They should also give prompt notification to correspondents corres-pondents and publishers involved. involv-ed. "Our experience has bren," says Postmaster Wood, "that people peo-ple who move seldom overlook notifying the post office of their new address. This is not the case, however, when it comes to notifying no-tifying correspondents and publishers. pub-lishers. Failure to advise correspondents corres-pondents results in delayed delivery de-livery of important air mail and first-class letters. Failure to advise ad-vise publishers of magazines and newspapers to which one subscribes sub-scribes causes delayed delivery, eventual non-delivery, and unnecessary un-necessary forwarding charges." Second class matter, which Includes In-cludes most newspapers and magazines, is forwarded for a period of three months without charge from one local address to another. According to Postmaster Postmas-ter Wood, the Postal Service ha.s tried to make it is easy as possible pos-sible for patrons to advise correspondents cor-respondents and publishers of address ad-dress changes by having carriers leave with each new family on their route forms created especially espec-ially for the purpose. Prompt notification no-tification on these forms contributes contri-butes materially to better service and eliminates considerable unnecessary un-necessary handling in the post office. Persons who move to another City may have their magazines and newspaper forwarded for a period of three months if they file a written change of address with the post offlre and guarantee guaran-tee forwarding postage. Air and first-class mail Is forwarded without additional charge, but magazines and newspapers are forwarded under the second-class transient rate of 2 cents for the first 2 ounces and 1 cent for each additional ounce or fraction of an ounce. Second-class matter which does not show a new address ad-dress is consigned to waste after three months or is returned to the publisher if return postage is guaranteed. |