Show restrictions on overseas mail to be maintained with the volume of mail going to so soldiers idlers overseas steadily increasing and now averaging between 15 and 20 million letters a week army amy postal officials said recently there is as little chance that any of the restrictions placed on a overseas mail 11 0 on january 15 can be lifted for some tune time although the use of V mall mail has increased and accounts for about 10 per tent cent of the letters going overseas the army amy postal authorities said overseas mail still is z requiring far too much shipping space trill cally needed for the transport transportation atlon of lood land and munitions the mauling mailing restrictions that became effective last month prohibit I 1 the mailing of any packages to men overseas unless they con tain items requested specifically by the e soldier through his has commanding officers j 2 the ina mailing fling of any package weighing more a than ive five pounds pound more than 15 inch inches in length or more than 36 1 inches in an length and girth combined combine d 3 the mailing mailin g of f any newspaper or in magazine gaime unless the soldier was a all subscriber briber prior to the effective late or of the mailing g restrictions or um has requested that t his ble name be put on the subscription ha lists ta the postal service also announced that no airmail air am mail mall letters would be taken overseas by plane except V mail 1 letters the V mail letter is one written on the special vj V mail forms obtainable at ait post past offices or stores store after the V mall mad has gone along with all other overseas mall mail through the hands of the censors it is photographed onto a roll of micro film A small roll of the m fum filim holds as many as 1500 let letters teral bemuse because of its small mall size a the film filan roll of letters is a put on the first plane going overseas the letters are reproduced on special paper and distributed to the soldiers through the regular postal service only one Gua guarantee guariano th the army men an say the V mail ni is the only type of overs overseas estal mall mail on which they can guarantee delivery they report that it lain usually sailly wm reach the soldier in eight to ten tan days after mailing while regular nual mail generally takes from one to two months |