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will happen thousands of times when the message doesn’t seem to matter much and the attachment is bi small intrinsic worth, sometimes when both the message and the attachment are obviously of considerable importance. *
The most persistently troublesome tourist item for Postmasters is the post card with an attachment but without sufficient postage. Occasionally, the mailer will not know that his attachment gives the card first class status; sometimes the printer will complicate the situation by indicating that a 24 stamp is sufficient. The printer was right before some other merchant affixed to the card a trinket advertising a national park, or a bag of ore, or a spoonful of sacred earth, or some other geographically representative gadget.
Postmasters say that the rule for avoiding trouble with tourists mail is simple. If post cards with appendages contain a handwritten or typewritten message, they require postage at the first-class letter rate of 34 per ounce. If they do not contain a typewritten or handwritten message, they require r the third-class postage rate of 24 •for the first two ounces and 1^ for each additional ounce or fraction of an ounce. !' When insufficient postage is used, more happens than the delay of the item in question. A lot of people get their feeings hurt. And all who are offended join forces eventually in getting mad at the postal service, So when you a^e far away and want to remember friends and folks at home, don’t forget that
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