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Show New Postal Regulations July 15th establsihcd to allow the Postal Service to process mail more efficiently and this will mean better service for customers." July 15 is the deadline mailers have to use up small and undersized envelopes and cards. Cedar City Postmaster Frank Petty reminds customers. Starting that date, the Postal Service makes its new size standards effective. Cards and envelopes measuring less than 3'2 inches high or 5 inches long no longer will be mailable and will be returned to sender. Extra large First-class envelopes -- more than 6'h by ll1 L. inches -- will incur a 7-cent surcharge if they weigh one ounce or less. Postmaster Petty advises these oversized pieces will be returned to the sender if they do not carry the 7-cent surcharge but can be remailed if the surcharge postage then is affixed. However, delays for these pieces can be avoided if mailers make sure that sufficient postage has been applied. The new regulation also will prohibit thin or flimsy cards. After July 15, the cards must be at least seven thousandths (.007) of an inch thick. "Small envelopes and flimsy cards tend to jam mail processing equipment and cause damage to other mail as well," explained Postmater Petty. "The sure harge on oversized or odd-shaped odd-shaped pieces is intended to cover the added cost of handling such pieces which must be processed manually," he said. "These s ta ndards have been |