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METHOD OF ADDRESS
Delay to correspondence and mistakes in delivery are caused mainly by incorrect or incomplete postal addresses. The Post Office cannot undertake to correct or complete a wrong or insufficient address. The full address should therefore be typed or legibly written in the lower part of the front of the envelope, with a clear margin above (not less than 1 inches deep) for the postage stamps and postmarks, leaving the left-hand bottom corner blank. The names of the place and country of destination should be indicated in capital letters, see also the following illustrations. It is recommended that the sender's name and address be written on the back of the envelope in order to facilitate return in the event of non-delivery.
EXAMPLES
The address should always include:---
1. Name of addressee;
2. Number of house (if the house does not bear a number, the name of the house). If a house bears a name and also a number, the number should always be used, whether or not the name is added. If the address is a flat, chamber or suite of offices, the number of the flat and so on, or the floor on which it is situated, or both, as well as the name or number of the block of which the premises form part;
3.
4.
Name of street, road and so on;
Name of place (if it is not known that there is a post office there, the name of the nearest known post office should be added);
5.
The initials or number of the postal district, if known;
6.
Name of province, state, department and so on;
7.
Name of country. (As an exception, postal packets for the state of Jammu and Kashmir should be addressed to Kashmir without adding the name of any country).
MR. JOHN JONES,
128, Norwood Hill Road,
London, S.W. 16,
England.
POSTAOR STAMP
Delivery is facilitated in the case of correspondence for a Chinese addressee if the name and address are written in English as well as Chinese, thus:
MR. LI SIN SUN,
1865, Wing Hong Rd..
Taipei,
Taiwan.
寄台灣 台北市
永漢路一八六五號
李新生先生收