The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-09-04
Announcements for YuIe Mail
to Servicemen Completed
Instructions Given How TO Address
PoreeIs for Men Outside Continental v. S.

or causing damage 10 the cover
ing of the parcel. Christmas
boxes should be inclosed in sub
stantial containers. Candies in
thin paste board boxes should be
inclosed in wood. metal. or cor
rugatcd pasteboard. Sealed pack
ages of candy, cigars, tobacco
and toilet articles in simplest
mercantile form may be incloSed
within parcels without affecting
the porcel-post classification of
such packaG Sharp-pointed or
sharp-edged truments, such as
razors, knives etc, must have
their points or edges protected
so they cannot cut through their
coverings and damage other
mail or injure postal employees.
Perishable Matter.-No per-
ishable matter should be includ-
ed in any parcels.
Prohibited Articles. - Intoxi-
cants, inflammable materials
(including matches of all kinds
and lighter fluids) and poisons,
or compositions which may kill
or injure anott II, or damage
the mails, are unavailable.
How to Address Parcels.-Ad-
dresses must ,e legible. Parcels
addressed to overseas Army per-
sonnet should show. in addition
to the name and address of the
sender, the name, rank, Army
serial number, branch of serv-
Ice, organization, APO. number
of the addressee and the post Of
flee through which the parcels
are to be routed, as, for instance:
From: John r. Doe
205 West State Street
Boston, Mass.
To: Private William d. Roe Gar
my Serial MOI,
Co. F, 18TH Infantry,
APO $40 % Postmaster
New York, N. Y.
Parcels for naval personnel
should show, in addition to the
name and address of the sender,
the name, rank, or rating of the
addressee and the naval unit to
which he is assigned, or name of
ship, and post office through
which the parcels are to be rout-
ed.
Parcels for members of the u.
S. Marine Corps should show the
rank or rating, full name and
USING, us. Marine Corps
Unit No. - (insert appropri-
ate MOI; % Postmaster, New
York, NY. or San Francisco,
Calf. Gas instructed by CORES
pondent) for any Marine Corps
Unit located overseas.
Units located within the con-
tinental limits of the United
States may be addressed direct,
using name, rank, organizatic n
and location.
Postage.-Postage must be
fully prepaid, the rate on par
cells of fourth-class' matter Chat
is, parcels exceeding 8 ounces)
being the zone rate applicable
from the post office where mail
ed to the post Office in care of
which the parcels are addressed.
The third-class rate of / II cents
for each 2 ounces applies to
packages not exceeding 8 ounc-
es, except in the case of books,
on which the rate is l cent for
each 2 ounces. Parcels contain
ing only books conforming to
the requirements prescribed
therefor are acceptable at the
special rate of 3 cents a pound.
Stickers or labels resembling
postage stamps are not permits
sible on the outside of parcels.
Permissible Additions. - In
addition to the name and address
of the sender, which is required.
inscriptions such as Merry
Christmas" "Please do not open
until Christmas" Happy New
Year" With best wishes" and
the like, may be placed on the
covering of the parcel in such
manner as not to interfere with
the address, or on a card inclos-
ed Herewith. Books may bear
simple dedicatory inscriptions
not of a nature of personal cor
respondence.