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Show Preparation For " Christmas Mail Shop Now And Mail Early' For Karly DcllvcBy. fo The Poat Oflicea will make every , j effort to handle the Christmas mails lt.hout congestion and delay, but iwing to- the enormous vo-Huimo this ran be done only with the toopera-ion toopera-ion of the public. Compliance with he following suggestions will greatly great-ly aid the Post Office and insure the prompt handling of your niaill. Jllil Wraping And Piickiiig r Alll parcels must -he securely wrap- ' ' ed or packed. Use strong paper xnd heavy twine. , ,. ton' Special Packing Umberellati, oanes, ,olf sticks, ftiouid be reinforced t'hei-r full length jy alng strips of wood tightly warp ped and tied to withstand transportation. transport-ation. Hats: Packed in strong corrugated it fiber boxes. Ordinary pasteboard i. -hoj-ld e malrlked "FRAGILE." r Shoes Pack iln strong boxes, cor-'ugated cor-'ugated oaTdboard. Wrap with -trong paper securly tied with heavy U1 i itwine. I Cut flowers: Place in stlroaiig suit-blie suit-blie boxes of wqiod, tlin, or heavy cor-ugated cor-ugated cardboard. Wrap with tissue ni . to retain moiisitiuire. . ; . Candies: Incflose In strong ontside boxes Oir contains. s. 01' H Drawings, paintings, uninoantel map, etc: Pack or wrap in strong maiterial to avoid damp;e. When not flat, roll airou.nd a wooden core jjjj and fhen wrap and tie cairefully or j. place in strong pasteboard -tnbe. Sharp-poOnited or sharp-edged in-tru-rn'Oints o-r tools mu-st have points mil edges fully guarded to prevent njuiry to dlerks in hiandlling or damge fC11 o oit'her mail. Crate suitably or thoroughly wrap o -thalt they oan not , iut through the wirappimg. J'OU Fragile Objects Articles easily broken or crushed must toe crated or securely wrappel Use libelriail q'uanitiitiies of excelsior, or like material, in, around, and between be-tween the art'iales and the outside container. Galsaware, fragile toys, crockery musjt be packed so as to prevent the '-scape of particles oir pieces if 'broken 'n transit. Cigars: Ordinary boxes of cigars ! wrapped in paper onily w( 11 niot be ac--epted. Pack in a manner to prevent damage by shock oir jar. Wrap in corrugated paat-eboard or similar K maiterial. i All articles easily brokeii or dam- 0f lged must -be plalnlly. imarke-d "FRA-' "FRA-' 11-K." TS. . Perishable Matter E- : ME Articles ilikely to spoil within the time reasonably required for trans- jg portation and delivery wiH not be ac- , fpted foir ma I ng. Wrap or. pack t arel'ully, according to colatents, and d ila'inly mak all' Ondh parcels "PER- t111' Die 1SHA BLE" c '' " Addresses p- Addresses .s'hould be complete j00 .vith hou-e number -and name ct -reet pos.t-6f fiice box or ruiral route esti number, and typed or p'.aiinly w;rittp'n San in ink A return card should 'be plac- ed in the lupper left'cci.-'ner of every -iece of ma-i'l. . If a tag is used, the 'addiress -and return caTd should also ski be written on the wrapper for use If Lai tag is-lost, and' copy of the address JO -should be inolosed inside the parcel. Postage ' t Postage .must be careful'ly prepaid on all mat I. ., Affix the required a- lnou-'it or. postage in the upper. -right ffi0 I corner. Full information concern- rig tug postage rates, can he, btained at tof i! the parcel post or stamp window. - JJniit. Of ' Weight And Size j . No paircel may be more than 84 J1 '.nehes In.Wniejtli. an-d girth combined Foi.delivery locally and in thejirst, ! second, and third. zones, 7 0 pounds is : he -maximum we'iiht; n all utner th F . Ho t '.ones, 50 pounds. J; .. Where . To Mail Parcels ( Ea Unlivaured. parcel . 8 ounce-3 or Ie?3 j n weight rmay- be mailed .in street 1 ! letter ar package iboxes, at all ola.33- ified stations, and branches, and at, j; inch 'ninvb'ere'd.-st.al ions as are do- ' Miated . to Treceive' parcels. Parcels ft ,j j weighing over S ounces can ntut he I . niailed in street boxes, '1-Jiit mu's' 1)8 j, j ' Ii;kiri to (he main post otlice Vlas- u ! 1 " -.riiVm, nr branch. PnrcpW con" t I ' truining meat food products, cut flow- jl I : ers. or ' othor porisha-hle matter hou Id, be maib'd only at the, main post olhce or one of the large. class- j, il icd -,:iatj:on!. . ' ' Wh'M) To MaiJ Christinas , ' ' Cards Ami rued t Chiristjmaa cirts ndf.cards address- (Continued on next page.) ' t 0 Preparation For : Christmas Mail, (Continued from previous page.) ed to points within one day's travel should be mailed not latter than December Dec-ember 20; within two days travel, not later than December 18, within three days travel, not later thai December li; far more Bistant points not later than December 14. Paresis and cardis for local delivery should be mai-jled not later than December 2 2. PAROLES AND HNVELOPFS MAY BE INDORSED "PLEASE DO NOT OPEN UNTIL CHRISTMAS." Christmas Cards The eanly mailin,;; of Christmas cards is just as important as parcels Millions of these card3, separate and in envelopes, are ma l:d each Christmas. Christ-mas. Consequently, .gueat congestion conges-tion arid delay occurs in large pov tfices when they arc all mailed within with-in a day or two of Christmas. Therefore, There-fore, if you want your Christmas greetings to ireach youir relatives and friends on oo- before Christmas Day, follow die instruction's in the proceed . Ing paragraph -r-eilative to mailing early and be certain ,of delivery be fore Christmas. Ainttcir Not Mailable At Parcel Post naros Written niariter in tfhe natuie oT personil correi'pondence can not be inclosed in-closed in parcels. Communications attached to pay-eels: pay-eels: A letter placed in an envelope, addressed to correspond with the Dddres3 on the parcel, and fufly prepaid pre-paid at the -first elss? rate, may be 'led Or otherwise -securely attached to ohe outside of the parcel in such mail ner as to prevent separation there-: there-: on: nd not obi-cure t'he address on the parcel. Special Delivery Service Special, deii.very tiurvice is obtained by affixing a special delivery stamp A the proper deuominat'ioiii, pr its equivalent in Oidiiiainy stamps in ad-ition ad-ition to tihe regular postage. When ordinary stamps are used, ithe woris SPECIAL DELIVERY" must be written writ-ten or stamped dlrec-lly below, BF'i N'OT ON THE STAMPS. Special delivery 'is feir speed and not for jafety. Valuable mai". shouild be registered re-gistered or insured. If mailed in lime t'he use of apecial delivery stamp v i'l 1 insure del very on Christmas. Insure Or Register Valuable Mall All valuable domestic iparcel-yos! mail should be insured. Insurance fees: Value not exceeding $5, 5 cent-; r.ot exceeding $25, Scents; not exceed ing $50, 10 cemts; not exceeding $100, 25 cents. Coin currency, jewe'lery, and articles art-icles of similar value 3'hojid be seni as SEALED FIRST CLASS REGISTERED REGIS-TERED MAIL. Collect On Delivery Service Parcel-post, also t'hi'rd-class, may be sent C. O. D. from one money-..rder money-..rder po.t office to another . Fee (in addition to regular postage): post-age): Value not exceeding $10, 12 cemts; not exceeding $50, 15 cents not exceeding $100, 25 cents to be prepaid -with stamps affixed. The C. O. D. fee also covctre insurance again-rt again-rt loss or damage up to $10 for a fee of 12 cents up to $50 for a fee of 15 cents; aJid up to $100 for a fee of 25 cenits, acuta! valine. Parcels For Foreign Countries Parcels of mailable merchandise may be sent (subject to certain limitations lim-itations and conditions) by international inter-national parcel post to aili foreign countries except AK'abia. Spanish Guinea and Tristan, Da Cunna. ra--I ,?els weighing 4 'pounds 6 ounces or leas may be sent to Cuba subject n i the domestic parcel pns.t rates and 1 ron-ditlions. Foreign parcel-post parities parit-ies shonlrl be mailed at the raa'n f office or large classified stations. Owirr ' ,hP -" SPa t1rav(''1 '" |