6 MARCH 1976, Page 19

Petitioning

Sir: I was interested, as I hope were many of your readers, in Norman St JohnStevas's article about petitions in your edition of 28 February. What you, and perhaps they, do not know is that our much maligned Post Office provides a vital and free service for petitions. I quote from the Post Office Guide Sept 1975, page 99: 'Addresses and petitions forwarded through a member of either House of Parliament for presentation to Her Majesty or either House of Parliament may be posted free of charge provided that they do