European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 5, 1964, Darmstadt, Hesse Sorting out some mail problems in Sarly every Solo Ter and airman in those cherished love letters not the wife or girl but Many they ire tooling up Jay in the packet and drop it in tic Bottom of a Footlocker or pack age to mall Back Home just before to there is no regulation against mall ing but it could get expensive each letter is liable for tint class Post and at 5 cents a lick that bundle of 100 letters would Cost personal or business letters and correspondence All under the same concealment of letters in a fourth class package without paying firs class postage on each can net a Fine of up to this int the Pilj Farouk ruling crammed into a Post office department Booklet thicker than gone with the in a Check with area comes postal authorities in Frank Furt uncovered a series of unusual rags thai the average go would never dream for one simple Little word Tike love preceding the signature on a Christmas card can Cost the recipient a Penny on the other unsealed boat mall cards with just the Normal printed message Anc signature costs Only 4 but Are considered third class mall and will not be this is the reason Cap Alan area comes postal and his staff members recommend that Christmas cards be sent first class with 9 cents the card then can be for can carry any message one wishes if there is no forwarding will by returned to the at the same Madlne emphasized the forthcoming Christmas mailing be for surface boat mail the dates Are and for air from the defense department has warned the oils state Side that cards or gifts being sent Over seas should be mailed Between ii and u if coming by test and prior to 10 ii since nearly ill packages from this Side of the Ocean will contain a done had some other he a Large percentage of gifts or Sale in the Post Exchange Are not callable la Quick to Point out thai it is always better to Check with the unit postal clerk or officer before november 1964 Ralph staff writer just to avoid a problem later at the mailing even then the gift must be properly photograph rec ords an perfumes Are Only a few of the Catchy manufactured products May be returned without Uny Cost but just because an item was bought in the pm Doest mean that it can be marked returned Mer for Bulova 1s a watch by word in but one manufactured in Switzerland cannot be sent Back duty and How Many gis or airmen know that if a watch or piece of jewelry is mailed in a package All by itself it must be registered the regulation Doest apply if there is As Little As a handkerchief included in the another Bugaboo Tor unsuspecting Apo customers is incorrect customs declaration everyone is familar with but How Many know it should list a silk shirt and an embroidered not just shirt and and Down to a tiny watch be neither does it help to undervalue an say for the and then insure it for the sender is laying the package open to a customs Check and the receiver May have to the Only advantage in insuring for Iso is that the package will have to he signed for at the Point of it would not if insured for in one would collect Only 110 if the parcel were lost or one question postal clerks or officers cannot answer on this Side o the Ocean is How much customs would be charged on a Given is up to the stateside customs officials and the Levy is collected on the wholesale value of the article in the country of its an Apo user int going to gel around the 110 by breaking a ship ment of say dishes nto a series of to Many individuals have stubbed their toes on this one and it int Worth the time or the Madlne in this same it is forbidden to mall a either intact or broken Down and packed in a series of or the other a Rifle or Shotgun May be sent through the mall under cer Tain conditions and regulations available at army and air Force postal outlets the 1 mistake on rifles and is failure to enclose a customs slip for foreign made another up for Apo customers is to enclose a slip of paper inside the pack age with the stateside Addren and re turn thousands of packages which have lost their address labels in wind up in the dead letter of fice because of this omission and the girl next door never gets thai Little most individuals Are familiar with the regulations which prohibit mailing harm fun Dummy grenades and smoke bombs fall into this As do alcoholic beverages Beer meat prod Nytra Ceplice and pornographic literature and just to mention a that Salami you bought downtown May be just the thing to Send an Uncle for Hill but it must be inspected by a veterinarian and the documents Flower bulbs also run into so its better to Check before and even u u is All right to buy and the stars and mall a particular Madlne Points its a Good bet to retain the sales slip on any item costing Over would apply particularly to an individual the limit is not applicable in this Case with personal property running much in and it also is not necessary to at Tach a customs declaration when per manent change of station pcs orders Are the sender must inform the mall clerk of the contents of the package or that old standby incident just meet the Post office Maxi mum size limit of 100 inches length and Girth theres also a 70 Pound weight but the Footlocker runs into one since an army Reg requires a Bill of Sale or a state ment of ownership before it can pass through an few people that there is a loophole in the size limit Many ski fans will be Happy to know this one it does hit he postage budget a dockage larger than 100 inches May be mailed by paying first class rates of 80 cents a but the weight still cannot exceed 70 theres another service at the Apo to assist the Serviceman or particularly one who wishes to Send a Christmas package Home without have no the customs declaration slip give away the an individual May list the items on form 2976a and place it inside then attach a Green sticker outside which signifies that the customs people May open for this is available Only on tint class and air mall false of Are listing the Little chocolate bottles filled with Cognac As Candy Doest gel them by the mall or customs neither is a switchblade considered a pocket knife nor brass knocks a Wall love business correspondence or personal papers certainly dont All into the same dangerous but the Only Way or a Guy to get them Home without risking an extra postage Bill is to Send them via a firs class package or Han carry them in a suit with the Christmas Rush in Madlne we would rather have Nile ask questions in Advance than a appoint them when they show up at the window with a gift that cant be the motto could easily be ask mall but by the mailing of
