Postal_Guide_September_1963 — Page 45

Method of address

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The handling of mail for foreign destinations requires on the part of the post office staff a definite knowledge of the addresses of such mail and articles addressed in Arabic, Chinese, Greek, Hebrew, Indian, Japanese, Russian, Turkish and characters of the Central European languages are not considered sufficiently addressed although the country of destination may be written in English except in the case of letters for Hong Kong, Macau, China and Malaya where addresses in Chinese characters are acceptable. Articles for destinations addressed in the languages mentioned above must bear an interlined translation of the name of the post office, province and country of destination in English.

PARCELS

The directions about addressing letters apply equally to parcels but in the interests of all concerned the following additional points should be observed:

1.

Write or type the address plainly, preferably in bold block letters, on the cover of the parcel itself and not merely on a label, which may become detached ;

Addresses in pencil are not allowed, nevertheless parcels of which the address is written in copying ink pencil on a previously damped surface are accepted.

2. If a stick-on label is used see that it is securely affixed;

3.

Any printed advertising matter or other non-address particulars on the label should be confined to the left-hand half as shown by the following illustrations:

Stick-on label:

This space may be used for any necessary print- ing If the name and address of the sender is shown it should prefer- ably appear at right angles to the address of the addressee.

Tie-on label:

©

Hong Kong.

MR. T. BROWN,

40. Dover St..

2nd Flr..

FROM: --

TO:-

MRS. M. SCOTT,

9, IVY STREET,

HARROGATE,

YORKSHIRE,

ENGLAND.

TO:-

MESSRS. T. SMITH & CO.,

27, CARDIFF ROAD,

SALISBURY,

WILTSHIRE,

ENGLAND.

4. In case the wrapping becomes damaged, or the parcel cannot be delivered, the sender's address should appear both inside the parcel and on the cover. On the cover it should be kept distinct from the address to which the parcel is sent and should preferably be to the left of and at right angles to the name and address of the addressee.

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