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Monday, February 25, 1974

HEV EXPRESS MAIL SERVICE

An express mil service will be introduced on Friday (March 1),

the Post Office announced today.

It will be available to and from 19 places. They are: Australia,

Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Egypt, France, Great Britain, Israel, Italy, Japan,

Macao, Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan

and West Germany.

A Post Office spokesman said the object of the new service is to

enable a mil item to secure expeditious delivery in the country of dec-

tination.

"This may be achieved either by the use of a special messenger

or by ensuring that the item secures the earliest possible delivery by other

means,

" he said.

Further information about express services available may be obtained

at any post office, he added.

The spokesman said it is advisable that items intended for the

express service should be posted at post office counters.

postage.

The fee for all categories of mail is $3 in addition to the normal

An express label, which is obtainable at any post office, should

be affixed to each item on the upper left hand side of the address, but in

the absence of a label, the item may be marked "Express" in bold red lettering.

Express letter items may also be posted in street posting boxes provided

that they bear the full postage, the Expresa fee, and an Express indication.

/Express mail .............