09211 A-B-C-E 09212__ B*-C 09213 A-B-C-E 09215_- A-B-C-E 09218 B*-C 09219-- A-B-C-E 09220 B-C-D 09221__ B*-C-I12 09223-- A

09224 - A-B-I 09225-B-C-D

09227-B-C-D

09230-- A-B-C-E 09231__ A 09238- B⭑-C 09240__ B-C-I1 09241 B⭑-C 09245-B-C-D

09247-- A-B-C-E 09252-B-C-D

09253- A-B-C-E 09254 A-B-I 09256- A-B-C-E 09258-- A-B-C-E 09271-- A-B-F-I

09516-- A-B*-C-I-J 09518- A-B*-C-J 09520-- A-C-I 09521-- A-C-I 1 09523-- A-C-I1 09525 - A 09527-- A-N 09529-- A-C-I 1 09531-- A-C-F 09533- A-B-C-E 09544-- A-B-C-E 09580__ B

96224 - A 96225- A-F 9622796231. A 96238-- A-F 96240 A-F 96243- A-F

96357- A-F 96358-- A 96359-- A-F 96362- A-F 96363-- A-F 96390-- A-B 96402 A-F 96415 A

96250 96251

A-F A

96455- A

96258-- A-F 96259-- A

96260-- A-F 96264-- A

96266-- A-F

96502-A-B

96267- A-B

96503-- A-B

96270 A-B

96504 A-B

96271-- A 96274- K 96276_. A 96277-- K 96289- A-F 96291-- A-F

96519 A-B 96525 - A-B 96528 K 96529-- A-B 96570- A 96571-- A 96594-- A-B 96605- O

09277-- B-C-D

09281-- B-C-D

96294 A-F 96295- A-F 96296-- A-F 96297 A-F 96298

96650- A-K

96652- A-K

K

96654 A-K

96656 A-K

96658- A-K

96314 A-F

96669-- A

A-B-I

09697-B-F-I

96315 A-B

96670-- A

09325-- A-B-C-E

09699-- B-C-D

96316 A-F

96672- A

96318- A-F

09743- B-C-D 09751-- B-C-D 09755 B*-C 09757-B-C-D

09777-- A-B-C-E 09794 B-C-I1 09801 B-C-D

09807-- B-C-D 09817 A-L

96320- A-F

96680 A-B-H

96690 B-H

FOOTNOTES

A. No mail of any class may contain securities or currency. Precious metals in their raw, unmanufactured state are also prohibited. Official shipments are exempt from these restrictions.

J. Weight for other than registered mail is restricted to 50 pounds.

K. Mail addressed to Dependent Mail Section may consist only of letter mail, newspapers, magazines and books. No parcel of any class containing any other matter may be mailed to these sections.

L. All official mail prohibited.

[30 F.R. 2659, Mar. 2, 1965, as amended at 30 F.R. 11719, Sept. 14, 1965, 30 F.R. 13360, Oct. 21, 1965; 31 F.R. 3074, Feb. 24, 1966; 31 F.R. 3286, Mar. 2, 1966; 31 F.R. 3462, Mar. 5, 1966; 31 F.R. 7391, May 21, 1966; 31 F.R. 11144, Aug. 23, 1966. Redesignated at 31 F.R. 15350, Dec. 8, 1966]

(a) Addressing. The following form of address must be used:

Name, Foreign city (Omit name of country), Department of State, Washington, D.C. 20521.

(b) Classes. Articles of all classes of domestic mail are acceptable.

Domestic

(c) Weight and size limits. limits apply, including those in § 135.3 of this chapter except that no package may weigh more than 40 pounds or exceed 24 inches in length or 62 inches in length and girth combined.

(d) Postage rates. Postage must be paid at the applicable domestic rate for the classes of mail and type of service desired. (See paragraph (e) (4) of this section.) The postage rates from the mailing office to Washington, D.C., apply to mail subject to zone rates.

(e) Limitations. (1) Airmail service from Washington, D.C., to destination will be provided only for communications in the form of letters, post cards, or tapes with recorded messages; for personal documents of value, such as deeds, wills, insurance policies or titles; and for emer

gency supplies of prescription eyeglasses, hearing aids, orthopedic shoes, or dentures. Senders must mark the cover or wrapper to indicate the nature of the contents. For rapid transmission of other personal packages, senders must use the regular international air service, affixing customs declarations and addressing directly to the recipient in the foreign country. (See Subchapter C and its appendix of this chapter.)

(2) The Department of State prohibits tobacco products (except to selected foreign service posts), liquids, perishables, firearms, glass, and other fragile articles, as well as parcels intended for delivery to a third person.

(3) Packages must be securely and substantially packed. International postal forms (customs declarations, stickers, etc.) are not required on packages sent through Department of State facilities.

(4) Registration, insurance, and c.o.d. services are not available.

(i) Letters.

(ii) Postal and post cards.

(iii) Airmail weighing not to exceed 8 ounces whether sealed or unsealed.

(iv) All matter wholly or partly in writing, except authorized additions to second-, third-, and fourth-class mail. See subparagraph (8) of this paragraph. (v) Matter sealed or closed against inspection.

See §§ 126.2(e), 134.8(a), and 135.7 of this chapter for mailing of sealed publications at second-class rates of postage and sealed parcels at the third- or fourth-class rates of postage.

(2) The term "letters" includes all letters whether they are old or have previously passed through the mail, sent singly or in packages. Exception: Packages of letters, bills, and statements prepared at a central office of a concern that provides service at some other place, each bearing proper postage at the firstclass rate and mailed to the post office at that place for local delivery, and packages of letters remailed unopened to the same addressee, may be sent at other than the first-class rate of postage.

(3) Two or more persons or firms, or a person acting as the agent of two or more persons or firms, may not mail in one envelope to a mutual customer the bills, statements of account, or other letters of the persons or firms. No two firms that are distinct entities may send their letters in one envelope even though they are affiliated or jointly owned.

(4) Applications for automobile, drivers', and other licenses are "letters" when sent for the purpose of obtaining a license. The application of each individual or company constitutes a separate letter. Applications of various persons may not be mailed in one package by a compensated representative of the applicants unless the package is endorsed on the outside to show the number of applications enclosed and enough postage is paid to cover the first-class rate on each application. Agents of the licensing authority may receive applications and forward them to any other office in a package with postage paid at the first-class rate computed on the bulk weight of the package.

(5) Drop letters are letters mailed for local delivery at post offices where city or village delivery by carrier is not established and that are not collected or delivered by rural or star route carriers.

(6) Postal cards are sold by the post office at the postage value represented by the postage stamp printed on the card.

(7) Post cards are manufactured by private concerns and must conform to the following specifications:

(i) Size, shape and ratio. Not larger than 44 by 6 inches, nor smaller than 3 by 44 inches. Must be rectangular in shape. A ratio of width (height) to length of less than 1 to 1.414 (1 to the square root of 2) is not recommended. (See 131.3(b) and § 134.3 (b) of this chapter.)

(ii) Material. An unfolded and uncreased piece of cardboard of approximately the quality and weight of a postal card; thickness not less than 0.006 or more than 0.0095 of an inch, and the cardboard to be uniform in thickness and as near 0.0090 as possible.

(iii) Color. Any light color that does not interfere with legible address and postmark.

These specifications apply to single post cards and each part of double post cards.

(8) Written matter includes:

(i) Handwritten or typewritten matter (including identical copies prepared by automatic typewriter), and manifold or carbon copies of such matter.

(ii) Imitations or reproductions of handwritten or typewritten matter, unless mailed at a point designated by the postmaster in a minimum quantity of 20 identical copies.

(iii) Manuscript or typewritten copy. See $135.2(a) (4) (vi) and § 135.2(a) (5) (i) (f) of this chapter for certain manuscripts.

(iv) Autograph writing.

albums containing

(v) Notebooks or blank books containing written or typewritten entries or stenographic or shorthand notes.

(vi) Blank printed forms filled out in writing or with amounts due, signatures, or other writing such as notices, certificates, receipts, and checks either canceled or uncanceled.

(vii) Printed price lists containing written figures changing individual

items.

(viii) Bills or statements of account produced by any photographic or mechanical process, unless presented in a minimum quantity of 20 identical copies. See § 134.2(a) (2) of this chapter.

(ix) Printed cards or letters bearing a written date, where the date is not the