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Show INCRCASE LIMIT ON PARCEL POST PACKAGCS New Ruling Will P.jrmlt Mailing of Standard Sized Fruit and Berry Crateo Washington, July 13. Postmastor Oonornl Huilcsnn today ordered that tho slzo limit ot raekages for parcol post shipment bo increased to a combined com-bined length nnd gith of 81 Inchon, which will permit tho mailing of stnndard sired fruit and berry crates Tho old limit was 72 Inches long nnd girth, nnd thcro has been n widespread wide-spread domand for Its Increase Tho postmastor general also authorized auth-orized tho establishment ot n roce'pt systom for parcel post packagos similar simi-lar to that employed by express companies. com-panies. ' "The now regulation," says a department de-partment statement, "protldcs that on pament of 1 cent tho postmnster at tho mailing offico mny filvo tho sender send-er of an ordinary parcel ot fourth class mall n rocelpt therefor. A post-ago post-ago stamp to cover tho charge for. tho recolpt will bo affixed to the parcel par-cel and tho namo and address of tho addrcsseo shall ho written In tho ro-co!pl ro-co!pl by tho sender." |