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Postmaster General Rules on Forwarding Letters

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Dec 20, 1877

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 50, No. 25.

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Postmaster General Rules on Forwarding Letters

THE Postmaster General decides that the right to forward letters to a second destination, without additional postage, applies only to such letters as have not left the custody of postal officials. If a carrier delivers a letter at a hotel, and the proprietor or clerk immediately redirects it, it may be forwarded, but in no case must it be taken from the carrier’s presence.