Overseas Christmas Mailing Iftptes Qivsn by Post Office
Dates and conditions of mailing
for. Christmas packages and cards
to Armed forces overseas were
announced today by William H.
Lamme, Acting Postmaster.
Packages to armed forces per
sonnel, families and authorized
civilian personnel to APO New
York, San Francisco, New Orleans,
or Seattle; or to FPO New York
and San Francisco; or Navy Post
office, care of Postmaster, Seattle,
should be mailed as follows:
Surface—Nov. 1 to 20
Airmail—Dec. 1 to Dec. 10
The limitation of 70 pounds and
100 inches applies to most such
addresses, but certain ones have
smaller limitations and these
should be checked at the local
post office before mailing is at
temped.
Boxes for overseas will be re
quired to be metal, wood, solid
fiberboard or strong double-faced
corrugated fiberboard and the
latter should have additional wrap
ping with strong paper and strong
cord. There should be cushioned
material if necessary to prevent
crashing.
The post office should also be
checked to see what articles, such
as lighter fluid and matches, and
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in some eases cigarettes or other
tobacco products, cannot be mail
ed:1.'
The return address must be on
each parcel and addresses should
be prepared in ink or typewritten.
Greeting cards for Armed
Forces overseas should be mailed
within the periods designated for
parcels if they are to have a
reasonable expectation of delivery
prior to Christmas.
These regulations, Postmaster
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Lamme * pointed oot, apply to
Attned fojres personnel overset}
otdy. Christmas mailings to the
states, of surface parcels and
greeting cards* should be dispatch
ed by December 1. Parcels mv
be marked “Do not open until
Christmas”.
Airmail cards and airmail par
cels should be mailed not later
than December 10 because of the
congestion of mail that develop*
at Christmas in Seattle.
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