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Her Majesty's Mails
·
William Lewins
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When
it
has
been
fully
ascertained
that
nothing
further
can
be
done
to
effect
the
delivery
of
an
imperfectly
or
improperly
addressed
letter,
it
only
remains
to
have
it
sent
back
to
the
writer.
This
is
done,
if
possible,
without
the
letter
being
opened.
By
an
arrangement
of
ten
years'
standing,
if
the
returned
letter
has
the
writer's
name
and
address
embossed
on
the
back
of
the
envelope,
impressed
on
the
seal,
or
written
or
printed
anywhere
outside,
it
will
not
be
opened,
but
forwarded
back
according
to
this
address.
We
may
point
out
here,
however,
that
this
arrangement,
excellent
and
satisfactory
as
it
is,
has
sometimes
led
to
serious
mistakes
and
confusion;
so
much
so,
in
fact,
that
the
Postmaster-General,
in
his
report
for
1861,
appealed
to
the
public
on
the
subject.
It
would
appear
that
the
practice
of
using
another
person's
embossed
envelope
is
on
the
increase.
When
such
a
letter,
according
to
the
arrangement,
is
forwarded
to
the
supposed
writer,
it
has
frequently
fallen
into
the
wrong
hands
(the
master
and
merchant
instead
of
the
clerk
or
other
servant),
and
grievous
complaints
have
been
made
on
the
subject.
The
remedy,
of
course,
lies
with
letter-writers
themselves.
If
there
are
no
outward
marks
to
indicate
the
sender,
the
letter
is
then
opened,
and,
if
a
suitable
address
can
be
found
inside,
the
letter
is
inclosed
in
the
well-known
dead-letter
envelope
and
forwarded
according
to
that
address.
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