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2. Type or hw. print gummed mailing labels. Filling them out now and save ■time later^ ■ J. Use complete addresses. Don’t abbreviate. Include delivery zohe number. ►
4. Make a list of your mailing needs and start buying good quality mailing materials now—strong cord, heavy wrapping paper, and 80 forth. . ' . i
5_ Get at least some Christmas parcels in the mails soon with a notation that they are not to be openltd until Christmas. This will min-4; imize mailing problems during the Christmas rush. 6. Plan to use insurance on all parcels. (Neither insurance fees nor parcel post rates were affected by rkent postal rate changes, ina» w4;auy.) Mr. Summcrfield also, discussed what happens when parcels become lost, and" some interesting stories that have grown up over the years concerning dead: parcel post auction sales.
Lost parcels are auctioned, yielding 'about a quarter million dollars annually, from approximately half a million parcels, for the U S.
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