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MISCELLANEOUS DIRECTORY
(b) On postal cards-i cent each, the price for
which they are sold. (See arts. 18 to 21 p.
11)
(c) On private mailing cards (post cards) conforming
to the requirements for such cards-i cent
each. (ISee arts. "12 to 17, pp. 10 and 11.)
(d) On "drop letters" and other first-class matter, 2
cents~ an ounce or fraction thereof when mailed
for local delivery at post offices having city
or village letter-carrier service, or at any post
office for local delivery to patrons thereof on
a rural or star route therefrom, or y patrons
on a rural or star route for local delivery at
the post office or on another rural or star route
therefrom; and 1 cent for each ounce or frac-
tion thereof when mailed at offices where let-
ter-carrier service is not established, provided
the addressees are not served by rural or star
route carriers.
(*) Letters, bills, statements, etc., prepared at a
central office of a concern rendering service at
some other place, presented for local delivery
at the post office of such latter place shall be
accepted at the 1-cent or 2-cent drop letter
rate, whichever is applicable for local matter
at the particular post office. The stamps
used in the payment of postage on such matter
or others In lieu thereof should be purchased
at the post office where the matter is de-
posited for mailing. (Sec. 1710 par. 2 Postal
Laws and Regulations.)
(f) On business reply cards and on letters In business
reply envelopes, 1-cent in addition to the reg-
ular postage.
(g) Letters received by a postmaster, under cover
(through the mails), with postage prepaid on
the bulk package at the letter rate, can not
be distributed for local delivery or transmis-
sion in the mails unless each letter is prepaid
at the regular first-class rate. (Par. 4, sec.
509, Postal Laws and Regulations.)
(h) A letter which, after a proper effort has been
made to deliver it, is returned to the sender,
may not he remailed without a new prepay-
ment of postage, anld it should be inclosed in
a new envelope to secure prompt transmission
10. The limit of weight of first-class matter is the
same as for fourth-class matter. (See art. 49, p. 16,
sees. 577 and 578, Postal Laws and Regulations.)
Air Mall
11. The rate of postage on matter carried by airplane
ia 6 cents for each ounce or fraction of an ounce re-
gardless of distance, anywhere in the United States,
including Alaska, and also Hawaii When sent by
steam-ship across the Pacific Ocean. The Air-Mail
rate to Hawaii, Guam, and the Philippine Islands
over the trans-Pacific air-mail service is 20 cents to
Hawaii, 40 cents to Guam, and 50 cents to the Philip-
pine Islands for each half-ounce. The air-mal rate
on the trans-Pacific service includes all transportation
by air available in the United States and onward
dispatch from Manila by ordinary means. The air-
mail rate between Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands of the
United States, Hawaii, 'and the Philippine Islands
is 10 cents for each half ounce or fraction of a half
ounce, and between the United States, Puerto Rico,
Virgin Islands of the United States, or United States
Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay (Cuba), and the
Canal Zone, it is 15 cents for each half-ounce, or
fraction of a half ounce. Such postage includes the
transportation to and from the 'air-mail routes. Offi-
cial matter may not be sent free by air-mail but is
chargeable with postage at the airmail rates, except
in cases of urgent official communications of the
Postal Service only, when their prompt dispatch is
desirable. (See par. 3, sec. 511, Postal Laws and
Regulations.)
Air mail originating in Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands of
the United States, the United States Naval Station,
'Guantanamo Bay ('Cuba), and the Canal Zone in-
tended for dispatch over the trans-Pacific air mail
service to Hawaii, Guam, and'the Philippine Islands,
is subject to the air-snail rates over. the trans-Pacific
route in addition to the regular air-mail rates from
the points of origin to the mainland of the United
States.
Any mailable matter, except that liable to damage
from freezing, may be sent by air mal at the above
rate of postage, Including sealed parcels not ex-
ceeding 70 pounds in weight and not exceeding 100
inches in length and girth combined. The prohibition
against the acceptance of articles liable to damage
from freezing does not include queen bees, or cut
flowers.Special Air Mail stamps are issued for the payment of
postage on air mail, but ordinary stamps may be used.
The use of air-mail stamps on other than air mail Is
not permissible.
Air postage should be fully pre-paid In order to expe-
dite the handling of the matter, but if it bears at
least one full rate It may be rated with the deficiency
and dispatched, the amount due to be collected upon
delivery of the 'matter, one full rate being 6 cents
postage when addressed to the continental United
states and to Hawaii when intended to be sent by
steamship across the Pacific Ocean; and 20 cents,
40 cents, 50 cents When addressed to Hawaii, Guam,
and the Philippine Islands, respectively, when In-
tended for dispatch over the trans-Pacific air-mail
service; or 10 cents or 15 cents when addressed to
J'uerto Rico or the Virgin Islands of the United
States, and the Canal Zone respectively. If less than
one full rate be paid, postmasters at offices of mail-
ing should inform the sender, if practicable, so that
as little delay in dispatch as possible will result.
Air mail should be conspicuously indorsed in the space
immediately below the stamps, above the address,
"Via Air Mal." Articles for dispatch over the
trans-Pacific air-mal route destined to the Philippine
Islands and points beyond should bear the blue label
"Par-Avion-By Air Mail," whch may be secured
without expense at post offices. Envelopes of dis-
tinctive designs, as ilustrated on the following pages,
have been approved by the department, and may be
used for Air Mail.
Although it is prescribed that all matter to be sent by
air mail, regardless of the kind of envelope or wrap-
per used, shall be endorsed "'Via Air Mail," in some
instances letters, etc., prepaid at the Air Mail rate
and intended for such dispatch are not indorsed.
(Notwithstanding this fact, such matter, if noted,
should receive air-sail treatment.
Envelopes of designs A and B must be white, no other
color being permissible, except when it is necessary
to use envelopes of extra strength, in which case
envelopes of light tints of manila or kraft may be
used.
The outstanding and distinctive feature of air-mail
envelopes of design A consists of a border containing
alternating blue and red oblique parallelograms with
intervening spaces, between the two, the color of the
envelope, which should be white, producing a dis-
tinguishing blue, white, and red border not exceeding
five thirty-seconds of an inch in width extending
around the edges of both the address side and the
back of the envelope. The words "Via Air Mail" must
appear in the upper right portion immediately below
the space to be reserved for the postage stamps, post-
marks, etc., in letters that stand out clearly and
boldly, as shown In the illustration.
The distinctive border design of this envelope in the
form of parallelograms of contrast'~g colors around
the edges of both the address side and the back, fa-
cilitates the Identification of the rmtter as air mall
not only in handling and distititng the Individual
pieces, but the characteristic border enables distrib.
utors to detect such air-mail letters when In a pack.
age or distributing case with other mall, thus being
reoognlzed as air mail more readily than matter not
enclosed in envelopes of this special design and, con-
sequently, assuring the prompt and specal attention
to which the letters are entitled.
'The, outstanding and conspicuous feature of design B
is the blue, red and white stripes. The stripes must
not exceed approximately one-fourth inch In width
and should extend entirely across the length of the
envelope. The blue stripe must be not less than 1%I
Inches below the top of the envelope, in order that
clear space may be left for the necessary' postage
stamps and postmark. The white space between the
blue and red stripes should be approximately one-
fourth inch In width, so that the three stripes will not
cover more than approximately three-fourths inch
In all.
Envelopes of design A in various sizes bearing an em-
bossed stamp are on sale at post offices, but any per-
son may have his envelopes for air-mal use printed
in the foregoing manner.
Such envelopes of special design may be used for air
mail only. Their use for mal which is not intended
to be carried by airplane will not be permitted.
All air mail should bear the sender's return card, which
should appear in the upper left corner of the address
side.
The designs Illustrated above are intended to apply par-
ticularly to printed envelopes. When ordinary en-
velopes are 'used to inclose air mail the mailer may
identify the matter as intended for transmission by33
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John F. Worley Directory Co. Dallas City Directory, 1941, book, 1941; 202 Thomas Bldg., 1313 Wood St., Dallas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth806925/m1/41/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dallas Public Library.