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Show POSTOFFICE CHRISTMAS PACKAGES' Durlnff tho holiday rush all patrons of the Ocden postolflcc receiving iacK-at:e5 iacK-at:e5 will receive notice nu a pat Unjo nllp, which must be presented at tb."1 delivery window jn order to receive I heir packages. Carriers will deliver packages or leave notice at residences to call at , the pcstufTlce for the same. Those sendinR packages should ob- I serve the following: sugRcstlons: To Insure saf? delivery, wrap nil packages with strong paper and tie I well with stout slrinc. Write addresses ad-dresses legibly and complete. Riving town and state, also street and number num-ber of house If known, and place the return address on the upper left hand of the package. Do nut place stamps over slrin?, or overlap edRp of wrapping paper. In doing so it becomes first class and double postage will be collected. In ; ; registering letters or packages, when J return receipt Is desired, bo sure you ! ! wrlu? on the same ('Return receipt requested." re-quested." Unless this is observed, you will not receive a return receipt. re-ceipt. Postmaster Shurtliff states that If the public will observe the above, it will expedite handling of mall and insure prompt and safe delivery. Many Inquiries have been addressed address-ed by postmasters to the postmaster general at Washington, D. C, as to the postage to be charged on third and fourth class packages bearing on the ! I wrapper, in addition to the address, the words: "Don t open till Christ- I mas." These packages are gifts sent I early In order to nvoid the usual hoi- I Iday rush. In many cases these words j arc printed upon the wrapper or on a sticker which Is pasted upon the wrapper In other cases the words are written. The postmaster general has sent out a communication' in- i forming postmasters that In cases where the words were printed on the wrapper or on stickers the classification classifica-tion world not be affected, but that if they were written, first class postage post-age would be collected. |