White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-12-02
CHRISTMAS MAILING
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per cent. It.is physical impossiblilty
to handle this great mass of mail mat
ter efficiently and promptly within a
few days. therefore to insure delivery
of their Christmas presents, cards and
letters by Christmas Day the pubic
should SHOP AND MAIL EARLY.
Do your Christmas shopping so that
you can mail your gifts, greetings, and
letters to relatives, friends, and loved
ones at least a week or 10 days before
Christmas, according to the distance.
This will not only make it certain that
they are received on or before Christ
mas Day, but will be great aid to
your postal service and to postal en-
p-byees and enable them to spend
Christmas Day with their families.
Patrons sending quantity Of
Christmas cards, say III or more,
sncmd prepare and mail them two or
tnree weeks III advance, as millions
are na1led ana they can not possibly
De handled and delivered it r1allea only
Awo or three or four days before
Christmas. 10 avoid this, patrons may
mail tte1r cards two or three weeks
before Christmas, if delivered to the
post-oftice or postal station in person,
or tied together in bundle, labeled to
show that they are Christmas cards,
and deposited in street letter or
package box. They will then be segre-
gated, stamped with the date on which
to be delivered and delivery effected
enc or two days before Christmas.
Christmas cards and gifts address
sed to points within one days travel
should be mailed in no event later than
December 20; within two days travel,
not later than December 10; within
three days travel, not later than Dec
enber 16; for more distant points,
not later than December ID. Parcels
and cards for local delivery should be
mailed not later than December 81.
PARCELS AND ENVELOPES
MAY BE ENDORSED, PLEASE
DO NOT OPEN UNTIL CHRIST
MAS"
The use of SPECIAL-DELIV-
cry stamp will insure delivery on
Christmas Day, or on Monday, Deem
Der 26, if mailed at the. proper time.
SPECIAL-DELIVERY SERVICE
means immediate delivery at office of
address. 1t is obtained by ahixing a
SPEClAL-DELIVERY stamp of the
proper denomination, or its equivalent
in ordinary stamps, in addition to the
regular postage. When ordinary
stamps are used, the words, "SPECI-
AL DELIVERY" must be written Or
printed directly below, BUT NOT
ON THE STAMPS. 1t is urged that
all mailers desiring immediate deliv-
cry Of any matter mailed by them
affix SPECIAL-DELIVERY stamps
thereto. SPECIAL DELIVERY is
for speed and not for safety. Valuable
mail should be registered or insured.
To expedite parcels in handling and
transporting. as we'll as delivery, a
SPECIAL-HANDLING STAMP. in
addition to SPECIAL-DELIVERY
stamp and regular postage, should be
used. This will insure the maximum
/ possible service. (See next paragraph
for explanation of SPECIAL HAND
Lingo
SPECIAL HANDLING means the
handling of parcels in the same man
ner and with the same expedition as
hrst-class letter mail. To obtain this
purchase IAL-HANDLING
stamp for rs cents and affix it to
your parcel in addition to the regular
postage required. This will assure
the same dispatch, handling and de-
livery of your parcel as is given to let
ter mail.
Written matter in the nature of per-
sonal correspondence can not be in
closed in parcels.
Communications attached to parcels:
A letter placed in an envelope, adj
dressed to correspond with the address
on the parcel and fully prepaid at the
frst-class rate, may be tied or other
wise securely attached to the outside
of the parcel in such manner as to
prevent separation therefrom and no,
obscure the address on the parcel.
All valuable, domestic parcel-post
mail should be insured.
Insurance fees: Value not exceeding
SIS, cents; not exceeding SIS, cents
not exceeding $50, 10 cents; not exceed
ing S10O, Is cents.
Coin, currency, jewelry, and articles
of similar value should be sent as
SEALED FIRST-CLASS REGIS
TERED MAIL.
Parcel-post, also third-class, matter
may be sent c. o. D. from one money.
, order post office to another.
Fees Tin addition to- regular post
age): Value not exceeding $40, l.
cents; not exceeding $780, IS cents; no
exceeding $500, rs cents, to be pre-
( paid with stamps affixed. The c. o
D. fee also covers insurance agains
loss or damage up to $40 for fee o
!, IL cents; up to $50 for a fee of J.
cents; and up to S100 for fee of 2
cents, actual value.
Parcels of mailable merchandise ma.
be sent (subject to certain limitation
and conditions) by international parce
post to all foreign countries excep
Spanish Guinea and Tristan Da Cunha
Foreign parcel-post packages shoult
be mailed at the main Office or lar2
classified stations.
Owing to the long sea travel i,vol
we'd as rule and to customs inspectioi
abroad fcreien parcels should BE- ver
carefully racked and should be MALE
in November.