The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-06-30
NEW POSTAL RULES
VIII Take Effect on July the
First.
SOMETHING OF P0STALS
CoIors TO Be Used and the
Size Stipulated.

A copy OF the latest general order,
Seventh division, railway mail service.
issued from the department al Washing
ton, D. C, has just been received by
Postmaster George P. Locke.
The first section relates TO the use of
mails. embodying a circular issued from
the Office of the postmaster general.
Charles Emory Smith. Section explains
that second. third and fourth class ma Ger
is not hereafter TO be remaiIed or re-
turned without prepayment Of postage
therefor.
These two notices, both emanating from
the office Of the postmaster general and
both being Of direct interest to the gen
eral public, are herewith quoted in full
as follows:
The following act of congress. approved
May 70, 1898, authorizing the transmits
sion in the domestic mails of private cards
bearing written messages. at the postage
charge of cent apiece, is published for
the information of the public:
THAT from and after the first day Of
Jily, 1898, it shall be lawful to transmit
by mail, at the postage rate of cent
a piece, payable by stamps to be affixed
by the sender, and under such regulations
as the postmaster general may prescribe.
written messages on private mailing
cards, such cards to be sent openly in
the mails, to be on larger than the size
fixed by the Universal Postal union, and 10
be approximately of the same form, quail
ity and weight as the stamped postal
cards in general use in the United States"
To be entitled to the privilege given by
this act-which applies only to the domes-
tic rnails-users Of mailing cards must
conform to these rules:
l. Cards must not exceed the size Of
what is now known as the HI postal
card, which is 81 by az inches in dinen-
sions.
2. The quality of the cards must be
substantially that of the government pos
tai cards, and weigh about six pounds
and three ounces to the 1000
3. The color of the cards may be white,
cream, light gray, or the shade of the
government card, which is light buff
4. The cards must bear these words in
print on the address side: Private Mail
iIlS CdTu-duu4iOIAZtQ ny dCL VI COilSItSS u
May 10, 1898" When prepared by print
ers or stationers for sale, they should
also bear in the upper right hand corner
of the address sside an oblong diagram
with the words: place a 1-cent stamp
here; and in the lower left hand corner
the following words should be printed:
"This side is exclusively for the address"
Nothing else than the superscription,
which may be either in writing or print
but which must be limited to the name
and address, and, if desired, the occupa-
ton or business of the addressee, briefly
stated, will be allowable on the address
side.
). The message on the cards may be
either in writing or print, and there may
also appear on the message side adver-
tisement, illustration, or other matter
printed either in black or in colors.
There must be attached to every card
mailed 1-cent adhesive postage stamp
Z. The privilege given by the act is not
intended to work a discontinuance of the
government postal cards. These will be
issued and sold the same as heretofore.
s. Private mailing cards, with written
messages. cannot be mailed to foreign
countries except at the letter rate Of post
age.
On and after July 1, 1898, the following
provision Of law-being section 4 of the
act of congress making appropriations
for the postal service of the next fiscal
year, approved on the 18th instant-win
go into effect:
THAT second. third and fourth class
mail matter shall not be returned to
sender or remailed until the postage has
been fully prepaid on the same; provided,
that in all cases where undelivered mat
ter Of these classes is of obvious value,
the sender. if known, shall lbe notified of
the fact of noE-delivery. and be given
the opportunity of preparing the return