The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-06-27
PARCEL POST PACKAGES
MAY NOW BE SENTC COD.
New Order will be in Effect July 1St-
Fee of ten Cents Will be Charged
for Making Collection

One more step in the improvement
Of the parcel post system has been
made, by the addition of the c. o. D.
Features which will be effective next
Tuesday. Postmaster ]. c. DAVIS re-
ceived instructions this week in regard
to the amendment of the parcel post
regulations. Following are some of
the more important rules which should
become familiar with those sending c.
o. D. packages.
The sender Of mailable parcel on
which the postage is fully prepaid
may have the price Of the article and
the charges thereon collected from the
addressee on payment of fee of 10
cents in parcel post stamps affixed,
provided the amount to be collected
does not exceed $500. Such parcels
will be insured against loss, without
additional charge, in an amount equiv
alent TO its actual value, but not to ex-
coed $50.
THE sender OF collect on delivery
&c. o. d. parcel will be given re-
ceipt showing the Office and date Of
mailing, the number OF the parcel,
and the amount due him.
"A c. o. D. parcel will be accepted
for mailing only at a money order Of
fee and when addressed to a money
order office.
The c. o. D. tag must show the
amount due the sender, the money or
der fee necessary to make the remit
lance, and the total amount to be col
lected. 1t should be securely at
tached to the parcel, which should be
numbered to correspond with the tag,
stamped c. o. D., and the charges to
be collected plainly written thereon.
The parcel will be treated as ordinary
mail'until it reaches the Office Of ad-
dress, where, on payment OF all the
charges, it will be delivered to the adj
dressee or, unless otherwise directed
by the addressee, to the person, firm
or corporation in whose care it is adj
dressed, or to any responsible person
to whom the addresses ordinary mail
is customarily delivered. A receipt
for the parcel must be obtained on the
tag attached thereto.
A receipt signed by person other
than the addressee must show the
name Of the addressee as we'll as that
Of the person signing it. A signature
made by mark (X) must be attested
by a reputable witness.
When a c. O. D. parcel is received
without the tag attached, the charges
shown on the parcel must be collected
and the prescribed receipt obtained
from the addressee.
An employee must receipt for the
total number of parcels given him for
delivery. This receipt will be sur
rendered to him either on the return
of the parcels or the receipted tags
and the total amount to be collected.
The. receipted tag will be consid-
cred as the addressee's application for
a money order for the amount due the
sender. A money order will then be
issued, stamped c. o. D. and mailed
to the sender in a penalty envelope by
the postmaster, who will enter on the
tag the number OF the money order,
the amount and date of issue, and file
it with other money order applications.
No return receipt will be furnished the
sender as the money order serves that
purpose.
The addressee will not be per-
mitted to examine the contents of a
c. o. D. parcel until it has been re-
ceipted for and all charges paid. A
parcel may be refused when it is ten
dered for delivery, but after delivery
has been effected it cannot be returned
on account of dissatisfaction with the
contents or the amount collected.
A parcel may be forwarded without
the payment of an additional c. o. D.
fee. When so forwarded duplicate
receipt tag should be filed showing the
Office to which it is forwarded.
The records Of c. o. D. parcels
must be preserved at the mailing Of
fee for one year and at the delivery
office for three wears