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PUBLIC LIBRARY BOOKS, otherwise mail- able as parcel-post matter, may bear any printed or written mark constituting a necessary inscrip- tion for the purpose of a permanent library record.
COMMUNICATIONS ATTACHED TO PAR- CELS .- When it is desired to send a communica- tion with a parcel on which postage at the fourth- class rate has been fully prepaid, the communica- tion may be placed in an envelope fully prepaid at the first-class rate and addressed to correspond with the address on the parcel and then be tied to or otherwise securely attached to the outside of the parcel in such manner as to prevent its separa- tion therefrom and not to interfere with the address on the parcel. The stamps to cover the postage on the parcel must be affixed to the wrap- per of the parcel, and those to pay the postage on the communication must be affixed to the envel- ope of the communication. Parcels to which such communications are attached are treated as fourth-class matter. Only one special delivery fee is required on such parcels sent as special- delivery matter. Letters may also be attached to third-class matter under the foregoing conditions.
PROPRIETARY ARTICLES OF MERCHAN- DISE, such as harmless medicinal preparations, soaps, tobacco, food products, etc., put up in fixed quantities, in original sealed packages by the manufacturer so as to allow examination of the packages in their simplest mercantile form and labeled in printing so as to show the nature of contents, quantity, and name of the manufacturer, are mailable at the fourth-class rates of postage. If such sealed packages are inclosed in an outer wrapper, the latter must not be sealed unless it is also labeled in printing in the manner indicated.
MEATS AND MEAT-FOOD PRODUCTS- Before meat or meat-food products of cattle, sheep, swine, goats, or horses may be accepted for mailing from one State or Territory to another State or Territory, the certificate of inspection or exemption required by section 477, Postal Laws and Regulations, must be filed with the post- master. Such certificates must be prepared and furnished by the sender.
GAME .- The dead bodies of any wild animals or birds, or parts thereof, including furs, skins, plumage, etc., lawfully killed and offered for shipment, may be accepted for mailing only when the parcels are plainly marked to show the actual nature of the contents and the name and address of the sender. The dead bodies, or parts thereof, of any wild animals or birds which have been killed or offered for shipment in violation of the laws of a State, Territory, or District are un- mailable, persons sending such articles and the addressees knowingly receiving them in violation of law being liable to a fine of not more than $200.
PLANTS AND PLANT PRODUCTS, including all field-grown florists' stock, trees, shrubs, vines, cuttings, grass, scions, buds, fruit pits and otlier seeds of fruit and ornamental trees or shrubs, and other plants and plant products for propagation, except field, vegetable, and flower seeds, bedding -
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plants, and other herbaceous plants, bulbs, and roots, may be admitted to the mails only when accompanied with a certificate from a State or Government inspector to the effect that the nursery or premises from which such stock is shipped has been inspected within a year and found free from injurious insects, and the parcel containing such stock is plainly marked to show the nature of the contents and the name and address of the sender.
Plants and plant products addressed to places in the States of Arizona, Arkansas, California, Florida, Montana, and Washington are subject to terminal inspection before delivery to ad- dressee; and all parcels containing plants or plant products, when sent to these States, must be plainly marked on the outside to show the nature of contents, failure to do so being an offense punishable by a fine of not more than $100.
PLACE OF MAILING .- Parcels of books, seeds, and plants, weighing more than 8 ounces, and parcels of other fourth-class matter weighing more than 4 ounces, must be mailed at a post office, branch post office, classified or contract station, or delivered to a rural or other carrier duly authorized to receive such matter. Smaller parcels may be deposited in street letter or pack- age boxes. Fourth-class matter can not be mailed at railway post office cars.
SENDER'S RECEIPT FOR ORDINARY PARCEL .- When desired, a receipt is furnished the sender of an ordinary fourth-class parcel by the mailing office upon payment of 1 cent. This fee does not insure the parcel against loss, and no receipt is obtained from the addressee on delivery. If either of the latter facilities is desired, the insurance service should be patronized.
INSURANCE OF FOURTH-CLASS MAIL.
FEES AND CONDITIONS .- Fourth-class or domestic parcel post mail (but no other) may be insured against loss, rifling, or damage equiv- alent to its actual value or the cost of repairs, but not to exceed $5 upon payment of a fee of 3 cents; $25 upon payment of 5 cents; $50 upon payment of 10 cents; or $100 upon payment of 25 cents, in addition to the postage; but indemnity will not be allowed for the loss of such mail addressed to the Philippine Islands, unless the loss occurred in the postal service of the United States. Parcels can not be insured to Canada, Cuba, Mexico, or the Republic of Panama.
Such mail may be insured at any post office or station thereof, or by rural carriers. The sender will be given a receipt for each parcel insured, which must be retained and presented later if claim for indemnity is made.
RETURN RECEIPTS FOR INSURED PAR- CELS, may be obtained by indorsing the parcels "Return receipt desired."
INDEMNITY FOR LOST OR DAMAGED INSURED PARCELS is paid for their actual value or repairs within the limit of insurance. Indemnity for damage is paid only when the article involved was prepared to enable it to with- stand all handling to which it would be custom- arily subjected, and when information as to the nature of its contents was furnished, upon request, to the postal employee accepting it. Indemnity is not paid on account of the loss or damage of first and third class mail erroneously insured instead of being registered.
DELIVERY of insured mail is effected under the regulations and instructions governing the delivery of registered mail except that receipts are not taken from addressees to serve as records for offices of address.
COLLECT-ON-DELIVERY SERVICE.
FEES AND CONDITIONS .- Parcels of fourth- class or parcel post matter (but no other) may be sent C. O. D. from one domestic money order bost office to another, including those in the
Canal Zone (but not the Philippine Islands), on payment of a fee of 10 cents in addition to the postage, both to be prepaid with stamps affixed when the amount to be remitted to the sender does not exceed $50; and on payment of a fee of 25 cents when the amount to be remitted does not exceed $100. The remittance is made by post office money order, the fee therefor being included in the amount collected from the addressee. A C. O. D. tag furnished by the postmaster must be filled in by the sender and attached to the parcel. The C. O. D. fees automatically insure parcels against loss, damage, or nonremittance for their actual value up to $50 for a 10-cent fee and up to $100 for a 25-cent fee.
A RECEIPT is given the sender of a C. O. D. parcel at the time of mailing, but no return receipt is furnished, as the remittance shows that delivery has been made.
EXAMINATION OF CONTENTS OF A C. O. D. PARCEL is not permitted until it has been receipted for and all charges paid.
DELIVERY of C. O. D. mail is effected under the regulations and instructions governing the delivery of registered mail.
PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO THE SEV- ERAL CLASSES OF MAIL MATTER.
COLLECTION OF POSTAGE DUE AT OFFICE OF ADDRESS .- When a piece of mail reaches the office of address without postage having been fully prepaid, the required amount of postage due will be collected of the addressee on delivery.
A fee of 1 cent will be collected as postage due on all advertised matter.
Postmasters can not lawfully accept postage stamps in payment of postage remaining due on mail matter. The amount due must be paid in cash.
UNMAILABLE MATTER.
DEFINITION .- Unmailable domestic matter -that is, matter which is not admissible to the United States mails for dispatch or delivery in the United States, or in any of its possessions- includes:
ADDRESS DEFECTIVE .- All matter illegibly, incorrectly, or insufficiently addressed.
POSTAGE NOT PREPAID .- First-class mat- ter not prepaid one cent rate and all other matter not fully prepaid.
OVERWEIGHT AND OVERSIZE .- All mat- ter exceeding the limit of weight or size prescribed by law.
GAME killed or offered for mailing in violation of law.
MEAT AND MEAT FOOD PRODUCTS of cattle, sheep, swine, goats, and horses, presented without the required certificate of inspection or · exemption.
PLANTS AND PLANT PRODUCTS not ac- companied with certificate of inspection.
POISONS, LIQUORS, LIVE ANIMALS, FOWLS, ETC .- All matter harmful in its nature, as poisons; explosive or corrosive articles; matches, live animals, fowls, insects, and reptiles (except day-old chicks, bees, etc., and except domestic animals and fowls to be handled exclusively on rural motor truck routes); any article exhaling a bad odor; and vinous, spirituous, or malt liquors. The postal laws provide a severe penalty for the mailing of poisons, explosives, or harmful articles, and intoxicating liquors.
TINSEL, GLASS .- Post cards and postal cards, bearing particles of glass, metal, mica, sand, tinsel, or other similar substances, are unmailable, except when inclosed in envelopes
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tightly sealed to prevent the escape of such particles, or when treated in such manner as will prevent the objectionable substance from being rubbed off.
OBSCENE AND INDECENT .- All obscene, lewd, or lascivious matter, and every article or thing intended, designed, or adapted for any indecent or immoral purpose, or for the prevention of conception or procuring abortion, or matter of a character tending to incite arson, murder, or assassination.
DEFAMATORY, DUNNING, ETC .- Postal, post, or other cards, mailed without wrappers, and all matter bearing upon the outside cover or wrap- per any delineation, epithets, terms, or language of an indecent, lewd, lascivious, obscene, libelous, scurrilous, defamatory, threatening, or dunning character, or calculated by the terms or manner or style of display, and obviously intended to reflect injuriously upon the character or conduct of another.
LOTTERY AND FRAUD .- All matter con- cerning any lottery, so-called gift concert, or other enterprise of chance or concerning schemes devised for the purpose of obtaining money or property under false pretenses.
LIQUOR ADVERTISEMENTS, when ad- dressed to any place in any State or Territory of the United States at which such advertising is forbidden by the law in force in the State or Ter- ritory.
PREPARATION AND WRAPPING OF MAIL MATTER.
ENVELOPES OR WRAPPERS of weak or unsubstantial paper should not be used. Mail is handled often and subjected to pressure and friction in the mail bags, and frequently is deliv- ered from moving trains; hence, if not inclosed in strong envelopes or wrappers it may be damaged. It is recommended that stamped envelopes, on sale at all post offices, be used.
EXAMINATION .- Second, third, and fourth class matter must be so wrapped or enveloped that the contents may be examined easily by postal officials. When not so wrapped, or when bearing or containing writing not authorized by law, the matter will be treated as of the first class.
Nailed boxes .- Parcel-post mail may be in- closed in boxes to which the lids are nailed or screwed, provided the lids can be readily removed with a chisel or screwdriver for examination of contents.
WRAPPING .- All matter should be securely wrapped so as to bear transmission without breaking, or injuring mail bags, their contents or persons handling them. Many articles are damaged in the mails for the reason that they are not properly wrapped to withstand the necessary handling.
Parcels weighing 20 pounds or under are gener- ally carried inside mail bags with other mail; those weighing over 20 pounds are usually carried outside mail bags. They should be wrapped with that understanding.
Parcels improperly or insufficiently wrapped will not be accepted for transmission in the mails.
Umbrellas, canes, golf sticks, and similar articles must be reinforced by strips of wood or otherwise sufficiently wrapped to withstand handling and transportation.
Hats must be packed in strong boxes; if in ordinary pastboard hat boxes, they must be properly crated.
Cut flowers, candies, etc., should be inclosed in strong and suitable boxes.
Stove castings and pieces of machinery should be protected with excelsior or similar material and wrapped in cloth or strong paper or be properly boxed or crated.
Mailable hides and pelts must be thoroughly wrapped to prevent the escape of grease.
HARMFUL ARTICLES not absolutely ex- cluded from the mails, but which, from their form or nature, might, unless properly secured, destroy, deface or otherwise damage the contents of the mail bag or harm the person of any one engaged in the postal service, may be transmitted in the mails only when packed in accordance with the postal regulations.
Sharp-pointed or sharp-edged instruments or tools must have their points and edges protected so that they can not cut through their covering, and be thoroughly wrapped.
Powders and all pulverized dry substances must be so wrapped that none of the contents of the package will sift out.
Pastes, salves, etc., not easily liquefiable, must be inclosed in watertight containers and placed in strong boxes and securely wrapped.
Motion-picture films are mailable only when packed in strong, spark-proof, metal cases.
LIQUIDS .- Admissible liquids in packages not exceeding the limit of weight of fourth-class matter wiil be accepted for mailing when intended or delivery at the office of mailing or on a rural route starting therefrom when inclosed in a glass or metal container securely enclosed and heavily wrapped, provided it is not necessary to trans- port them over steam or electric railways.
Admissible liquids and oils, pastes, salves, or other articles easily liquefiable, will be accepted for mailing, regardless of distance, when they conform to the following conditions:
(a) When in strong glass bottles holding 4 ounces or less, the total quantity sent in one parcel shall not exceed 24 ounces, liquid measure. Each bottle shall be wrapped in paper or other absorb- ent substance and then all placed in a box made of cardboard or other suitable material and packed in a container made of double-faced corrugated pasteboard of good quality. The corners of the container must fit tightly and be reinforced with tape so as to prevent the escape of any liquid if the contents should be broken, and the whoie parcel shall be securely wrapped with strong paper and tied with twine. Single bottles of liquid holding 4 ounces or less may also be packed as prescribed in the following paragraphs, (b) and (c):
(b) When in glass bottles holding more than 4 ounces, the total quantity sent in one parcel shall not exceed 16 ounces. The bottle must be very strong and must be inclosed in a block or tube of metal, wood, papier-mache or similar material; and there must be provided between the bottle and the block or tube a cushion of cotton, felt, or other absorbent. The block or tube, if of wood or papier-mache, must be at least one- eighth of an inch thick for bottles holding 8 ounces or less, and at least three-sixteenths of an inch thick for bottles holding more than 8 ounces. The block or tube must be rendered water-tight by an application on the inside of paraffin or other suit- able substance, and must be closed by a screw- top cover with sufficient screw threads to require at least one and one-half complete turns before it will come off. The cover must be provided with a washer, so that no liquid could escape if the bottle should be broken. Such bottles may also be packed in strong and tight receptacles of wood, metal or waterproof corrugated pasteboard if sur- rounded with bran, sawdust, or other absorbent material in sufficient quantity to absorb all the liquid if the bottle should be broken.
(c) Mailable liquids, in quantities of more than 16 ounces, when in securely sealed glass bottles, will be accepted for mailing when packed in strong boxes and surrounded with sawdust or other suitable substance to protect the contents from breakage. All such packages must be marked "FRAGILE-THIS SIDE UP," or with similar inscription, and will be transported out- side of mail bags.
(d) Liquid in securely closed metal containers may be mailed when suitably boxes or crated; but, when in extra strong metal containers, such as heavy milk cans, the boxes or crates may be omitted.
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(e) All packages containing liquid must be marked "FRAGILE."
FRAGILE ARTICLES .- Articles easily broken must be very securely wrapped for safe transmis- sion. ·
Glass, crockery, fragile toys, etc., must be so pakced as to prevent the escape of particles or pieces from the packages if broken in transit.
Cigars should be packed in a manner to prevent damage by shock or jar.
Maps, drawings, painting, etc., must be suit- ably protected with stout material to prevent damage. When not flat, they should be rolled around a stout stick and carefully wrapped or inclosed in a strong pasteboard tube.
All such articles should be marked "FRAG- ILE."
Eggs will be accepted for mailing when packed in crates, boxes, baskets, or other suitable con- tainers, so constructed as properly to protect the contents. Such packages will be transported outside of mail bags. All parcels containing eggs must be plainly marked "EGGS." When neces- sary they should be marked "THIS SIDE UP."
Eggs for hatching will be accepted for mailing when each egg is wrapped separately and sur- rounded with excelsior, wood wool, or other suit- able material, and packed in a basket, preferably with a handle, or other suitable container, lined with paper, fiber board, or corrugated pasteboard, . in such a way that nothing can escape from the package. Such parcels must be labeled "EGGS FOR HATCHING," "KEEP FROM HEAT AND COLD," "PLEASE HANDLE WITH CARE," or other suitable words, and will be handled outside of mail sacks.
PERISHABLE ARTICLES .- Parcels contain- ing perishable articles shall be marked "PERISH- ABLE." Articles likely to spoil within the time reasonably required for transportation and deliv- ery will not be accepted for mailing.
Butter, lard, and perishable articles, such as fish, fresh meats, dressed fowls, vegetables, fruits, berries, and articles of a similar nature, which decay quickly, will be accepted for mailing to any office which in the ordinary course of mail they can reach without spoiling, when inclosed in crates, boxes, baskets, or other suitable con- tainers, so constructed as properly to protect the contents and prevent the escape of anything there from. If necessary for safe shipment, such par- cels will be transported outside of mail bags. Berries, fruits, and vegetables will not be accepted for mailing unless they are in good dry shipping condition.
COUNTRIES .- Packages of mailable mer- chandise may be sent in unsealed packages, by "Parcel Post," to the following-named countries. Parcels for Argentina, Egypt, Italy, and Panama must be accepted for mailing, even though sealed and closed against inspection, provided they con- form to other conditions prescribed. Parceis for foreign countries can not be insured or sent C. O. D.
*Algeria.
* Alsace and Lorraine. * Argentina.
*Australia, including Tasmania, Norfolk Island, and Papua (British New Gui- nea).
Azores.
Bahamas. *Barbados.
*Basutoland.
Belgium. *Benadir. Bermuda. Bolivia. Brazil. *British East and Uganda.
British Guiana. *British India. *Carpathos. Chile.
China, including Man- churia but not the Province of Mongo- lia.
Colombia. *Cook Islands.
*Corsica.
Costa Rica.
*Crete.
*Curacao (including Aruba, Bonaire, Sa- ba, St. Eustatius, and the Dutch part of St. Martins).
Denmark (including the Faroe Islands and Iceland.)
Dominican Republic. *Dutch Guiana. Ecuador.
*Egypt (including the Sudan).
*Erithrea.
Faroe Islands.
*France (including Al- sace and Lorraine). *French Guiana.
(See
*French India. British India.) Germany.
*Gibraltar.
*Great Britain and Ire- land.
*Greece.
*Guadeloupe (includ- ing Marie Galante, Deseade, Les Saints,
St. Bartholomew, and the French por- tion of St. Martins).
Guatemala.
Haiti.
Honduras (British). Honduras (Republic
of). .
Hongkong.
Iceland. (See also Den- mark.)
*Italy (including the Republic of San Ma- rino, the Italian col- onies of Benadir and Erithea, the Italian post offices of Ben- gazi, Libya, and Tri- poli-in-Barbary, and the Islands of Car- pathos and Rhodes in the Ægean Sea).
Jamaica (including the Turks, Caicos, and Cayman Islands).
Japan (including For- mosa, Karafuto, Japanese Saghalin) and Korea.
Labrador.
Leeward Islands (An- tigua with Barbuda and Redonda, St. Kitts, Nevis with Anguilla, Dominica, Montserrat, and the
Virgin Islands (Brit-
ish). Liberia.
Luxembourg.
Madeira Islands.
* Malta.
*Martinique.
*Mesopotamia.
Mexico.
*Netherlands.
*Netherlands East In- dies.
Newfoundland.
New Zealand (includ- ing Cook and Fan- ning Islands).
Nicaragua.
*Norfolk Island.
Norway. *Palestine.
Panama.
*Papua (British New Guinea).
*Paraguay.
Peru.
Portugal (including the Azores and Madeira Islands).
*Rhodes.
*Roumania.
Salvadore (El).
*Samoa (British).
*Siam.
*Society Islands.
*Spain. *Swaziland.
Sweden. *Syria.
Trinidad (includingTo- bago).
*Tunis.
*Union of South Africa (Cape, Natal Orange and Transvaal) Swaziland, and Bas- utoland.
*Uruguay.
Venezuela.
Windward Islands (Grenada, St. Vin- cent, the Grenadines and St. Lucia).
*Parcels can not be registered. (See sec. 178 on p. 174 of the Postai Guide for July, 1919).
ALLOWABLE DIMENSIONS. - Greatest length, 3} feet; greatest length and girth com- bined, 6 feet, except to Colombia, to which the greatest length of parcels is limited to 2 feet, with the greatest girth at 4 feet.
WEIGHT .- Limit of weight for a single parcel 11 pounds, except to Argentina, Ecuador, Mexico, Republic of Panama, and El Salvador, to which the weight limit is 20 pounds, and except to Brazil, British Honduras, Colombia, Guatemala, Nicara- gua, Peru, the Republic of Honduras, and Rou- mania, to which the weight limit is 22 pounds. In the case of parcels for and from nonsteam served places in China, while they may weigh 11 pounds, they must not exceed 1 cubic foot in volume.
POSTAGE .- For all countries the postage rate is 12 cents a pound or fraction of a pound, except to Algeria, British East Africa and Uganda, British India, Corsica, Egypt, Malta, Mesopo- tamia, Palestine, Paraguay, Roumania, Syria, and Tunis; but in addition, each parcel for these countries, according to its weight, must be pre- paid by postage stamps affixed, a "transit charge" for service through an intermediary country, and as these charges vary, application for information regarding postage rate and transit charges on parcels for each of these countries should be made at the post office at the time of mailing.
REGISTRATION .- The sender of a parcel addressed to any of the countries named in the table at the head of this section with the excep- tions indicated therein, may have the same regis- tered by paying a registry fee of 10 cents, and will
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receive the "return receipt" without special charge therefor, when envelope or wrapper is marked "Return receipt demanded."
INDEMNITY .- Under the conventions with Chile, Mexico, and El Salvador the sender of a registered parcel-post package is entitled, in case of loss, damage, or rifling, to an indemnity equal to the amount of the actual loss incurred, but not exceeding the equivalent of 50 francs; that is, approximately, $9.65.
PLACE OF MAILING .- Matter intended for parcel post must be taken to the postoffice for inspection and there deposited in the mails. It must not be deposited in a letter box.
PROHIBITED ARTICLES .- For prohibitions and observations applicable to the service for each country, see list commencing on page 163 of the Postal Guide for July, 1919; and for general in- formation and instructions see pages 174 to 177 of the same guide.
LETTERS PROHIBITED .- A letter of com- munication of the nature of personal correspon- dence must not accompany, be written on, or in- closed with any parcel. If such be found, the letter will be placed in the mails, if separable, and if the communication be inseparably attached to it, the whole parcel will be rejected.
EXCEPTIONS .- A single letter for the ad- dressee may accompany a parcel for British East Africa and Uganda, British India and Malta.
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