Postal_Guide_1939 — Page 16

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Postcards

The prepaid rate' of postage on every postcard is 2 cents. No card may exceed 5 inches in length by inches in width or be less than 4 inches in length by inches in width. The material for private cards to be used as postcards must be ordinary cardboard or paper not less than one-hundredth of an inch thick, and not more flexible than the postcards issued and sold by the Post Office.

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Nothing may be attached to a postcard except:

(1) Stamps in payment of postage or stamp duty; (2) A label, or strip of paper, completely adherent to the card, and bearing the name and address of the addressee e;

(3) A similar label (not to exceed 2 inches long and inch wide), bearing the name and address of the sender of the card, and

and

(4) Engravings, drawings, photographs,

printed matter on very thin paper and com- pletely adherent to the card.

A postcard may not be folded, nor may it be cut or altered in such a way, as to reduce the size below 4 inches by 24 inches.

A postcard may not be fastened against inspection in anyway, or enclosed 'in a cover of any kind.

If the foregoing rules, are infringed, the card will be treated as a letter.

The articles specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 may be affixed either to the back of the card or to the left hand half of the address side. The right-hand half of the address side is reserved exclusively for the postage stamp and the address. Contravention of this regula- tion may result in the card being withheld from delivery.

A postcard if posted unpaid is charged on delivery with double postage; if posted underpaid, with double the amount of the deficiency.