Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-09-29
there are offices of like names in different
States, the name of the county should be

added
AS the immense quantity of matter sent
through the mails Is necessarily required
to be handled rapidly by the railway mail
clerks and at the postofices in the cities,
too much care cannot be exercised in ad-
dressing mail matter Clearly, plainly and
correctly.
Where mail matter is addressed to cities
or free-delivery Offices the street and house
number, or postoffice box number of the
person addressed are important and should
always be given when it is possible to do
50.
Where this cannot be done, the business
or employment of the person addressed, II
stated, will often secure delivery.
The free-deliyery offices, being in the
cities and larger townsville trade centers
of the country-hsye large. varying, tran
sient population, which cannot be known
to the postotfice officials in the same degree
as in the smaller places, and delivery is,
therefore, made the more difficult; and
where recourse must be had to city d.
rectories they are often found imperfect
and incomplete, so that the means of ascer-
tanning the location of the addressee fire.
ouently is found wanting, and delivery fails
because the person is not known or cannot
be found.
A small proportion only Of the mail re-
ceived at the free-delievery offices is called
for at the general delivery of the Postofice,
the public expecting delivery by The car
riers; and hence the importance of giving
street and number, or some other designa-
ton whereby the person addressed may be
found.
Matter mailed to cities and free-deliyery
offices, addressed without street and num-
Der, or some other designation enabling de-
livery, goes into the general delivery, subject
to be called for; and of such matter, the
statistics of the Postoffices of some of the
larger cities show that not more than %
per cent is called for.
Letters addressed to persons temporarily
sojourning in city where the letter carrier
system is in operation should be marked
Transient" or General Delivery" if not
addressed to street and number, or some
other designated place of delivery.
The name and address of the sender,
either printed or written, should be placed
upon the upper left-hand corner of the en-
yelope or wrapper of all matter mailed.
This will secure its immediate return to
the sender from the mailing Office for cor
rection if improperly addressed, INSULT
GENTLY paid, or otherwise defective; thus
affording opportunity to comply with the
postal regulations and requirements and
place the matter ii proper condition to en-
title it to all the privileges OF the mails,
and is especially useful in the case of pack
ages and other matter mailable at less than
letter rate of postage, which is restricted TO
certain conditions and requirements as to
weight, size, manner of Enclosure, etc.
Letters and all other matter mailed, so
marked with the name and address of the
sender that should fail to be called for or
delivered to the person addressed, and
upon which full letter rates Of postage has
been paid are not sent to the Dead Letter
Office, bat are returnable to the sender d.
rectly- without additional charge, and
with the reason of non delivery Endorsed
thereon.
The above suggestions in respect to the
return of unclaimed and undelivered mail
matter directly to the sender from the post
Office addressed, refers only to letters and
other mail matter upon which full letter
postage has been paid.
Packages and all matter mailed at less
than letter rates of postage, should, in adj
dition to the name and address of the
sender upon the envelope or wrapper, bear
in connection Herewith request for its re-
turn in the event of non-delivery, in which
case it is also returnable directly to the
sender from the postoffice addressed,
charged with return postage at the rate re-
quired for the class of matter TO which it
belongs.
The distinction, under the postal regula-
tons, as regards the return of unclaimed
and undelivered matter is, that letters and
other matter prepaid at full letter rates are
returnable free, whereas matter mailable at
less than letter postage requires the pay
ment of return postage.
If it be borne in mind that only such IN
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matter prepaid at full letter rates Of postage
as do not bear the name and address of the
sender, and such other matter mailed at
less than letter rates Of postage as does not
bear request for its return, is required to
be sent to the Dead Letter Office, the i'm
portance of the suggestions in respect to
placing the name and address of the sender,
etc, on all matter mailed, is apparent.
All matter mailable at less than letter
rates of postage must be so wrapped or IN
closed that it can be readily examined at
the office of delivery as well as at the mail
ing Office, without destroying the wrapper;
otherwise it is subject to letter postage.
Much of the package and parcel matter
received at the Dead Letter Office is that
which has been deposited for mailing
sealed and closed against inspection and
prepaid at less than letter rate; being IN
udlidDle III suCQ anu llS
and address of the sender not appearing
upon the cover, whereby it might be re.
turned for correction and proper compli-
ance with postal conditions, it necessarily
is sent to the Dead Letter Office.
A large proportion of the packages sent
to the Dead Letter Office are addressed to
foreign countries.
In addition to being sealed or closed
against inspection and deficient in postage,
many of them contain articles that are I'M
maiable through the post because of GUS
toms regulations and conditions OF the
countries to which they are addressed, or
exceed the limit of size and weight.
In such cases, if the name and address
of the sender does not appear, the parties
are notified that the package will be for
warded by express at their expense, or re-
turned to the sender if they will furnish
the proper address in this country.
With no knowledge of the value Of the
package or by whom mailed, the addressee
often declines to direct it to be forwarded
and pay the charges; and the sender being
unknown to the Dead Letter Office, it
eventually takes the course provided for
other unclaimed matter of its class.
In mailing packages addressed to foreign
countries, care should be taken to ascertain
whether they are prohibited from trans
mission TO the country of destination, or
can only be forwarded when the postage
is fully prepaid at foreign letter rates-fye
cents per half ounce.
Only bona fide trade samples are trans
missible at reduced rates of postage.
Persons desiring to mail matter other
than letters to foreign countries should
consult their Postmasters, who, being pro-
vided with the postal laws and regulations,
are enabled to give proper information re.
specting conditions, etc., etc., of mailing to
foreign countries.
All valuable matter TO be sent by mail
should be registered. 1t will thus receive
such protection as il is not always possible
to give 10 matter sent in ordinary mails.
Money should be sent by money order or
registered letter.
Proprietors of hotels should omit the re-
turn request from envelopes supplied gratu
iously to their guests; and guests using en-
velopes furnished by hotels should be
careful TO designate what disposal should
be made OF letters sent by them in case of
non-delivery.
On mail matter to foreign countries, es-
pecially Canada and England, in which
many postoffices have the same name as
Offices in the United States, thensme OF the
postoffice as well as the country, should be
given in full.
In sending packages and parcels-books,
pamphlets and other articles-by mail, the