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Show Post Office Asks Cooperation In Christmas Mail The handling of Christmas mails is a tremendous task, and there is every reason to believe that the volume this year will be as heavy or even heavier than in prior years. The public has always responded wholeheartedly to reasonable reas-onable appeals for cooperation. The following information is furnished furn-ished as a guide to mailers. THREE FIRST Prepay postage fully on all mail matter . Save time by buying stamps in- advance of the rush period. All mail matter must be plainly and completely addressed. It is important that the sender's return card appear in the upper left hand corner of the address side. Address tags should not be used unless absolutely necessary, in which case a copy of the address add-ress and sender's return card should sh-ould be laced inside the parcel for purpose of identification if nec essary. PACKING AND WRAPPING Pack articles carefully and tight ly in strong durable containers. Wrap and tie packages securely with good quality paper and cord, but do not seal them unless name and address of sender are shown together with the printed inscription inscript-ion reading, "Contests, Merchandise Merchand-ise - - Postmaster: This parcel may be opened for postal inspection inspect-ion if necessary," as sealed parceled par-celed parcels NOT so labeled or endorsed are subject to the letter rate of postage. Parcels sent by air or as fourth-class fourth-class matter are limited to a maximum max-imum of 100 inches length and girth combined. The limit of weight of first and fourth-class matter, including air parcel post, is 70 lbs. SEALS Christmas seals and stickers are permitted on the outside of mail during the month of December, but it is preferable that they be placed pla-ced on other than the address side. To encourage early mailing, sen ders are permitted to mark parcels "Pleas Do Not Open Until Christmas." Christ-mas." In addition, written salutations, salutat-ions, such as "Merry Christmas", "Happy New Year" and "With Best Wishes" may be enclosed with 3rd or 4th-class parcel post mail. ABOUT MESSAGES DO NOT enclose letters or messages, mes-sages, no matter how brief, in parcels, par-cels, as doing so would subject the entire parcel to the letter rate. Communications enclosed in envelopes envel-opes prepaid at the letter rate may be sucurely fastened to the outside out-side of parcels sent at the third- or fourth-class rate. Articles likely to spoil within the time reasonably required for transportation trans-portation and delivery are not acceptable ac-ceptable for mailing, SPECIAL FEATURES For those mailers who may wish to expedite handling and delivery of their cards or gifts, there are the air mail, special delivery and special handling services. Upon payment of the properly Special De livery fee, in addition to postage, mail matter of any class is entitled en-titled to the most expeditious handling han-dling and transportation practicable. practic-able. The special delivery fee runs from 15 to 45 cents, according to size and class of the mail. Special handling on fourth-class is 15 to 25 cents. Christmas gifts should be regist ered or insured. The fee ranges from 25 cents to $1.50 according to the valuation of the package. Return Re-turn receipts for registered or insured in-sured mail are 5 cents extra. GREETING CARDS Send holiday greetings as first-class first-class mail to obtain the many advantages ad-vantages which this service af -fords. Such greetings prepaid at the first-class rate may be sealed and contain written messages ; they are dispatched and delivered first; forwarded, if necessary, with out additional charge, and, if un-deliverable, un-deliverable, returned at no further expense to the mailer provided the sender's return address is placed pla-ced on the envelope. Unsealed Christmas greetings "sent as third-class mail without un authorized writing enclosed are now chargeable with 2 cents postage. pos-tage. Patrons having a number of greetings to deposit are urged to tie them in bundles with addresses addres-ses all faced one way before mailing mail-ing so as to facilitate their handling hand-ling in the post office. Greeting cards bearing particles of glass, metal, mica, tinsel and other similar substances for de-coratie de-coratie purposes which are likely to rub off and injure postal employees em-ployees or damage cancelling machines ma-chines must be enclosed in tight- ly sealed envelopes with postage prepaid at the first-class rate in order that such cards may be accepted ac-cepted for mailing. |