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Military mail holiday shipping schedule
Object Details
- Description
- The simple, text-only poster provided a detailed “Schedule for Mailing Christmas Parcels to Military Personnel Addressed to APOs and FPOs.” Ready for the rush of holiday mailings, this sign emphasized the extra time required for shipping to overseas destinations. It also included instructions on addressing, labeling, customs forms, restricted contents, as well as size, weight and packaging.
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- 1967
- Object number
- 2010.2004.47
- Type
- Archival Material
- Medium
- paper; ink
- Dimensions
- Height x Width: 13 1/16 x 8 in. (33.18 x 20.32 cm)
- Place
- United States of America
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- National Postal Museum Collection
- Topic
- Postal Administration
- Record ID
- npm_2010.2004.47
- Usage
- CC0
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