Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-13

pasted there. on the back OF the card a
picture on very thin paper may be pasted.
With the exception OF postage stamps, the
labels and the pictures on very thin paper
mentioned above nothing may be attached tc
a postal card. Each half of a (double) reply
postal card must conform to the foregoing
conditions. The two halves must be folded
one on the other, and must not be closed
| In any manner II the reply half of foreign
double postal card Is not addressed to the
country which Issued the card, II must be
| treated as an unpaid postal card unless II
| bears United States postage stamps; 1t can
not be registered by the original sender OF
the card.
Postal cards which do not conform to the
conditions prescribed for them as stated
above, must be treated as letters.
8. Commercial papers consist Of articles
written or drawn wholly or partly by hand
which have not the nature Of personal cor
respondence; such deeds. invoices. insur-
ance papers. etc.-including manuscript for
publication, manuscript music. original ana
corrected tasks of pupils excluding all com
ments on the work
.. Samples OF merchandise must conform
to the following conditions, viz:
First. (a) They must be placed in bags
boxes or removable envelopes, in such man
ner as to permit Of easy inspection
OBJ They must not have any salabe value,
nor bear any manuscript other than the
name and social position Of the sender the
address Of the person for whom they are In
tended a manufacturer trade mark, num-
bers of order prices and indications relating
to weight, size and quantity TO be disposed
of, or those necessary to precisely indicate
the origin and nature Of the merchandise
Second. Articles OF glass, liquids oils, fatty
substances, dry powders as well as live
bees are admitted to the mails sam
ples' provided they are packed In the fol-
lowing manner:
(a) Articles of glass must be packed solidiy
in boxes of metal or wood in a way to pre-
vent all damage to other articles or the
employees.
uehable must be enclosed in glass bottles her
metically sealed. Each bottle must be placed
in wooden box filled with spongy material
sufficient to absorb the liquid in case the
bottle should be broken Finally the box
itself must be enclosed in a case of metal
or wood with screw top, or of strong and
thick leather.
If perforated wooden blocks are used, meas
uring at least one-tenth of an inch in the
thinnest part, filed with sufficient absorbing
material and furnished with lid, the blocks
need not be enclosed in a second case
(c) Fatty substances, such as ointments.
soft soaps, resins, ETC., must be enclosed in
an inner cover (box, linen bag, parchment,
etc.) which must be placed in a second box
Of wood metal or strong, thick leather.
Id Dry powders must be placed-if color
ing-in bags of leather, gummed cloth or
strong oiled paper; and If not coloring, IN
boxes of metal, wood cardboard; which
bags boxes must be enclosed in cloth
parchment bag.
(e) Live bees must be enclosed in boxes
which avoid all danger and permit examina-
ton of the contents.
Third Single keys, fresh cut flowers, tubes
of serum and pathological objects rendered
inoffensive by their mode of preparation and
packing; specimens of natural history, such
as dried or preserved animals and plants geo.
logical specimens, ETC., are admitted to the
malls at the postage rate and under the
conditions applicable to samples provided
they are not sent for a commercial purpose
and that their packing conforms to the gen.
eral conditions prescribed for samples.
TO- Prints of all kinds are subject to the
following conditions:
(a) Stamps and other forms of prepayment,
whether Cancelled or not prints constituting
the sign of monetary value, articles the text
of which has been altered after printing ex-
cept as indicated below, are not mailable at
the postage rate applicable to prints"
(b) Facsimile copies of manuscript or type
writing-if sen. prints-must be mailed at
postoffce windows in not less than twenty (20)
perfectly identical copies.
(c) Additions (by hand or other means) may
be made to prints" as follows:
On the outside of the package or on the print
itself. the business and residence Of the sender,
and date of dispatch; to correct errors, cross
out certain pal Is, and make prominent by
means of MARKS certain parts of the text; to
add the copy" to the proof" and to make
changes in and additions to the proof on sepa-
rate sheets If necessary; to add to visiting
cards well to Christmas and New Year
cards the titla and address of the sender, as
well as congratulations, thanks or other forms
of courtesy not to exceed five (5) words; to
add to cards of invitation and notices of meet
ings the name Of the person invited. the date,
object and place of meeting; to add to books,
sheet music, periodicals, photographs and en-
cravings a dedication. we'll to attach
the bill or invoice; to add to clippings from
periodicals the title. date number and address
of the periodical; to Insert figures in price
lists, offers for advertisements, stock quota
tions, trade circulars and prospectuses, as we'll
as the name of the traveller, the date, the name
of he 1ONa fhTfI 1p1 xxhfo hQ n
pass, no notices of that kind; TO indicate on
booksellers order bulletins the works desired
or offered, and to cross out or underscore the
whole or any part; to add on notices relating
to the movements of vessels the dates of call
ings and arrivals, well as the names of the
vessels; to add to notices of shipment the date
OF the shipment: and to paint fashion plates,
maps, etc.
indicated above are allowed upon prints.
(e) Prints must be wrapped that the con-
tents may be easily examined without damag-
ing the cover. But cards need not be enclosed
unless they emhenished by means of mica,
ground glass similar substance.
% Cards bearing the title postal card or
its equivalent admissible TO the mails at
the postage rate applicable to prints" pro-
vided they conform to the general conditions
prescribed herein for prints" If they do not
conform to those conditions. they must be rated
as postal cards.
II. The following articles are prohibited cir
culation in international mails, viz:
Articles which dc not conform to the condi-
lions prescribed for them.
Articles which may be dangerous or likely
to soil or damage other articles. Pieces Of
money (coin), articles liable to customs duty,
gold. silver precious stones, jewelry and
other precious articles but only to those coun-
tries the legislation of which does not permit
their admission to the mails. Any article the
introduction of CT, culation of which is prohib-
tied by the laws OF the country of destination.
| r. Postage stamps are required to be printed
| in colors as follows:
| Stamps of the value Of five go cents, in deer
blue; of the value of two () cents, in red
stamps of the value of one o. cent, in green
| 49, Every article addressed for delivery in q
foreign country must show upon its cover an
| impression Of the date-stamp of the mailing
postoffce; and al. valid postage stamps must
be cancelled.
! H. A postoffice receiving letters and cards
from foreign countries must impress its date
stamp upon the back of the letters and the
| front of postal cards; and may impress its
date-stamp upon the front of the reply half OF
double postal card received from abroad.
To- Articles Of every kind addressed to per