---
title: Christmas mailing time for soldiers overseas
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/christmas-mailing-time-soldiers-overseas-1943/
description: 'Army Postal Service notice: a grinning helmeted soldier in an overcoat is surrounded by parcels, with a mailing window of 15 September to 15 October'
section: Collection
---

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[![Christmas mailing time for soldiers overseas, 1943 US poster: Army Postal Service notice](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/christmas-mailing-time-soldiers-overseas-1943.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/christmas-mailing-time-soldiers-overseas-1943.jpg)

# Christmas mailing time for soldiers overseas

Army Postal Service notice: a grinning helmeted soldier in an overcoat is surrounded by parcels, with a mailing window of 15 September to 15 October and three numbered rules for weight, size and addressing. The sample address 'Pvt. Frank Doe' is a stand-in for any soldier (plain-folks); the technique is faint, since the sheet is mostly practical instruction.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Plain folks](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/plain-folks/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
CHRISTMAS MAILING TIME
FOR Soldiers Overseas
SEPT. 15 TO OCT. 15

[on box:] THIS BOX IS LARGEST ACCEPTABLE FOR OVERSEAS MAILING SHOULD BE WRAPPED AND TIED. WEIGHT LIMIT 5 LBS. 12 X 8 X 4
[on box:] FROM
[on box:] PVT. FRANK DOE 32010582 CO.B-729TH ENGINEERS A.P.O.3811 %POSTMASTER NEW YORK, N.Y.

1. Christmas packages for men overseas will be accepted from September 15th to October 15th without the usual request.
2. Packages must weigh no more than five pounds—must not exceed fifteen inches in length or thirty-six inches in length and girth combined.
3. Wrap securely, address correctly—include rank and full name, serial number, name of outfit, A. P. O. number, postmaster at the port of embarkation.

PVT. FRANK DOE 32010582
CO.B-729TH ENGINEERS
A.P.O.3811 %POSTMASTER
NEW YORK, N.Y.

UNITED STATES ARMY POSTAL SERVICE

[imprint:] P-47—RPB—9-1-43—100M
```

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