Show overseas xmas mailing period sept 15 oct 15 christmas mail christmas parcels for members of our armed forces overseas will have to be mailed again this year during the period between september 15 and october according to information given out by the post office department recently this regulation include parcels sent out through the APO or fleet Post offices at new york san francisco new orleans or seattle or an APA at miami florida presque isle maine or minneapolis the time of mailing is the same as in previous I 1 i ous years depte act ober 15 and during this period re quests are not needed from the addressees dres sees the senders should always mark such parcels as christmas parcels and then special efforts will be made to see that they are delivered in time parcels for the china burma india the middle east and the pacific islands should not be mailed later than october christmas cards for army personnel overseas may bl be mailed at any time but patrons must mail such cards prior to november 15 11 if the they Y are t to 0 have a reasonable certainty of be being ing delivered before christmas christmas parcels shall not exceen exceed 5 pounds in weight or 15 inches in length or 36 inches in length and girth combined the war and navy departments have pointed out that members of the armed forces are amply provided with food and clothing and these items should not be included included in the parcel boxes or containers for these overseas parcels should be stronger than necessary for sending to personnel in this coun try because of the dis di bancs traveled and the many times they must be handled these boxes should be ot of metal wood solid fiberboard or ex tra strong corrugated fiberboard fiber board boxes and they should be tied securely with strong cord or string and the edges of the wrapper stuck down with gummed paper and finally these packages should be addressed in good plain writing or by typewriter and never with a common lead pencil |