The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-24
NEW POSTAL RULES.
What May Be Written On the Wrap
pers Besides the Address.


Postmaster Lamar has received from the
! Postmaster General a new circular in re
| gard TO third and fourth class mail matter,
about which there has been so much com
plant Of late The circular makes it quite
clear what can and can not be written on
wrappers Of newspapers and other matter
Referring 10 third-class matter the circu-
lar reads: son matter of this class or on its
wrapper or envelope, or on a tag or label
attached, the sender may either write or
print his own name, occupation and resi-,
| dence or business address, preceded
by the word from. and may
make marks Other than by writ
ten or printed words to call attention
TO any word or passage in the text, and may
correct any Typographical errors. There
may also be placed upon the blank leaves or
cover Of any book or other matter OF TINS
class a simple manuscript dedication on IN
scriptlon not in the nature OF personal
correspondence There may also be placed
upon the envelope, wrapper, tag or label OF
matter Of this class any printing that Is not
in its character unavailable as thIrd-class
matter, provided there be kept sufficient
space for a le2ible superscription and the
necessary postage stamps
in regard to urth-claSs matter it states
as follows: "With matter of this class,
properly prepaid as such, the sender may
enclose third-class matter; and he may
write or print upon the cover, wrapper, or
label thereof his name, occupation, RES
dence or businence address, preceded by
the word from, and any marks, numbers.
names or letters for purpose Of description.
lie may also print upon the same anything
that is not unavailable as printed matter and
that is not III the nature OF personal cor
respondenCe, provided there is left sufti-
Gent space for legibe subscription and
necessary postage stamps"
From the above it will be seen that the
restrictions as to writing upon matter OF
the third and fourth classes are substan-
TALLY the same as under the old law; but
that in general all restriction as TO printing
on these two classes are removed except as
to the reservation of space necessary for
addressing the matter and the placing
thereon Of postage stamps.
The new rules in regard to second class
matter are as follows: Matter of this class
shall contain no writing, print, or sign
thereon or therein, in addition to the origi-
nal print, except the name and address of
the person to whom the matter shall be sent,
index figures of subscription book, either
printed or written, (Which figures may in
dicate the number of copies sent, the
printed title of the publication and the
place where it is published, the printed or
written name and address of the publisher
or sender or both without the
addition of any ADVERTISEMENT, and
written or printed words or figures, or both,
indicating the date on which the subscrip-
ton to the matter will end. the correction
of any typographical error, mark except
by written or printed words to designate "A
word or passage to which it is desired to
call attention, the words Sample copy'
when the matter is sent as such, and the
words Marked copy" when the matter CON
tains marked item or article. And pub
fishers or news agents may inclose in their
publications. bills, receipts, or orders for
subscription thereto but the same shall be
in such form as to convey no other infOrma-
ton than the name, place, and subscription
price of the publication to which they re-
fer, and the subscription due thereon.