The Sidney herald., 1958-01-09

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ter 1t runs into money"
Use Air Letter Sheets Cant
you use air letter sheets?" we
asked. He'd never heard of these
l~etter-sized sheets of thin paper
with printed postage and air mail
markings. You write on the blank
side, 1t was explained, fold 1t to
make an envelope and airmail ii
anywhere in the world for 10
cents. (For short notes to Canada
and Mexico you can get Accent
air mail postal cards.)
Certified mail is another money
saver. Here is how it works: A
man wants to mail an insurance
policy, bank book or legal paper
which has no intrinsic value for
which 1t is advisable for him TO
have proof of mailing. Previous
ly he used registered mail at SO
cents plus postage. Now, by GER
titled mail for 20 cents plus pos
tage, a serial number is put on
the letter and he gets a receipt
bearing the same serial number.
The recipient must sign another
receipt, again showing the num-
Der, which is kept on file in
the Post Office. Of the sender
wants a personal receipt mailed
back to him, that costs another 10
cents.)
The 30 cent saving comes from
eliminating multiple handling
a registered letter must be per-
sonally receipted by everyone who
handles it along the way.
While this advise was being as
sembled, a girl brought a note
from her mother requesting that
a letter with a 20-dollar bill en-
closed be sent by registered mail.
The fee for this was rs cents. Had
her mother come in I would have
suggested sending a 20-dollar
money order by regular mail in
stead. 1t is just as safe, for as
cents less.
Do you send the Sidney Herald
on to a friend? Do that, but do
not try to save money by cutting
out a lot of clippings and stuffing
them into an envelope. At s.
cents an ounce letter rate, those
clippings may cost more than roll
ling up the whole paper and send
ing it at the transit second-class
rate of 2 cents for the first two
ounces and l cent for each addi-
tional two ounces.
. Maybe all this does not interest
you because your ideas of thrift
don't reach down to the penny
and nickel level but, of course,
100 pennies saved puts l dollar
in your pocket. You may also
want to know that the standard
sized 3-cent stamped envelope costs
4 cents singly, $1.82 in lots of so.
Special Rates for Films -
There are special rates for nom
profit and educational institutions
of such things as films, slides,
library books, sound recordings,
books in Braille, etc.
Stamped envelopes and post
cards accidentally spoiled before
mailing can be redeemed for
most of their face value. The
$4,000 post offices throughout the
United States are your post Of
fees. You pay for them to serve
you. Make the most of their ia
cilities.
Now - To Save Money For US
= YOUR POST OFFICE = This
Post Office has been vehemently
criticized by those higher up in
the postal service. We spend too
much in time, Git is costly to us)
trying to deliver letters and par
GELS that have no street, box
numbers or rural route addresses
on them. During the Christmas
rush many parcels yer delayed
because on them there was no
mailing address. The men deliv-
ering parcels during Christmas
were hired for the duration of the
rush and correct mailing addresses
on packages were essential in
making quick delivery.
Many of our patrons do not
seem to grasp the fact that Sid
ney is growing constantly and
that correct mailing addresses are
important to us. Our personnel
is changing too, and letters and
parcels with no mailing address
makes the distribution especially
difficult to them.
Therefore, please notify your
correspondents of your proper
MAILING ADDRESS and that
means your magazines and reli-
gious periodicals especially. Many
of our patrons are cooperative
but many are not. To those who
are cooperative we are sincerely
grateful and to those who are
not, undoubtedly, you will hear
from us again.
We have cards especially print
ed to send to your publisher for
your correct mailing address.