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Show Postmaster Defines Envelope Handling Procedures 'The rugged Individualism of Americans is clearly evident In the sizes, shapes and colors of the envelopes they deposit in the mails," says Postmaster Rulon S. Wood. In most instances the variations var-iations are reasonable and cause no difficulty, but quite often extremely ex-tremely small or odd-shaped envelopes en-velopes and brightly colored ones or those of paper with an overall over-all design contribute to mishandling mishand-ling or loss In the mails. If the most prompt and accurate accur-ate postal service is to be given, these recommendations of the Post Office Department with regard re-gard to envelopes should be followed: fol-lowed: 1. Use any light color that does not Interfere with legible address ad-dress and postmark. Brilliant colors should not be used. 2. Use paper strong enough tOj withstand normal handling in the malls. Highly glazed paper or that with an over-all design Is not satisfactory for showing the address and necessary postal post-al endorsements legibly. 3. Use standard sizes. Envelopes Envel-opes smaller than 2 by 4 inches inch-es or larger than 9 by 12 Inches are not recommended. When window envelopes are used, they are subject to the following fol-lowing conditions: 1. The address window must be parallel with the length and in the lower portion of the envelope. en-velope. 2. Nothing but the name, address, ad-dress, and any key number used by. the mailer may appear through the address window. 3. The return address should appear in the upper left corner. Though recommended for all envelopes, en-velopes, this Is especially Important Import-ant for the window type since the enclosure sometimes Is inserted in-serted or slips in such manner that the address is not visible. In such case3 envelopes without return re-turn address must be treated as dead mail. 4. The address disclosed thru the window must be on white or light-colored paper. By following the recommendations recommenda-tions of the Postal Service with respect to envelopes, business firms and individuals can assure themselves of better mail service serv-ice and make a real contribution contribu-tion to the efficient, economical operation of post offices in handling hand-ling over 60 billions of pieces of mail yearly. |