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When a Postal Service form the public was not likely to see surfaces

By John M. Hotchner
There are undoubtedly hundreds if not thousands of internal Postal Service forms that the general public never sees, but occasionally we will catch a glimpse, such as the 1974 cover from Germany to Bearsville, N.Y., that is shown nearby.
Evidently, the cover was undeliverable, and needed to be sent to the Dead Mail Branch.
The instructions on the form read: “Postmasters will use this label for transmitting dead mail. When the amount of mail to be sent is sufficient for pouching or sacking, fold this form and us as a pouch or sack label; otherwise use it as a package label.”
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In this case, it was firmly glued to the cover and used as a mailing label, and since the mailing address of the sender was on the back of the cover, the label was left on when the letter was returned to the sender in Germany.
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