Postal Cards Will Be Redeemed

POSTAL CARDS WILL BE REDEEMED

The postoffice here will, on and after August 1, by order of the postal department, redeem uncanceled and unserviceable postal cards in stamps or other stamped paper at 75 per cent of their face value. This order, it is said, will result in the saving of much money to those who make use of many postal cards in their business yearly.

The order states that no cards shall be redeemed which have been treated to a coating of bronze, enamel or other substance. Each unused half of a "reply" postal card shall be regarded as a single card. When cards exceeding 25 in number shall be presented for redemption, unless they are properly faced and banded in packages, the postmaster may reuse to accept them.

Another section of the order says that the cards must be presented for redemption by their original purchasers. This section is almost needless, as in not more than one case in ten thousand could it be proven that the person who presents the cards did not purchase them.

The 25 per cent which is deducted from the face value repays the government expense in material, printing and distributing.