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2-:1 POST Oll'FICE GUIDE,
PI'Ohibitiom;.
Tt is tt•rbidden to send by n'l~il, in a letter, packet of printed or conu:nert'lo.l papers,
ar ~au1ple:
( I) Articles which. frorn their nature or L,;. their packiug, may expose poslal officiAls
to dar•gt'r, or :~oil or damage correspondence,
p) Explo3il c, inflawmnble, or dangerous substunces;
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(:H Opium, morphine. coe!Une, 3.Dd other narcotics;
{ 4) Obscene or immora.l articles;
(5) Any artir!P li8ted under ''Prohibitions" in lat.est edition of the London l'oa~l
Gui<.le;
W) Artirlr~; lillhlt• to Cu81orus duty, apart from the exceptions laid down in paragraph
following, :-to wt•II us samples sent in qua.u tit.ies with the intention of avoi<.ling
tl.w Jlll\'lll~llt of this duty.
l'nri"r th•' regul}4tions of the Post.sl Union, al'/icl<>s Uubh: /q CtUltm1.t d11/y may be sent
in p~ck«ts (lrep id u.t the feller-rote of postage to those countries which have ugt~ed to
t•.twH 11• dt tlur.kets. A gl'een label giving p11rticulars of the nature, wei&ht and value of
ne :.rtit•lt·s lniJ~t be affi.."X~l to each packet. The counlrit•ll wbicb p:h ticipa.te in tbia
:•rr"n•' 111 ut url' indicated by the symbol iin •h~ Table at pa.ges 35 ro 41. (Seefoo~note
also).
Tlw s>dndnistra.tion of the country or destination is autborited lo submit these packets
Lo ~ 'ust.Juts cx.'lluinutioJt, to op11n theJJJ tJftirially, nnd to collect the import duties, in lhe
ma1mn· p1ntrihed b:1 il.J leqislaJ.ia1t. 'fo •·ountries not indudccJ in this arrangement,
duti!lhlu :U'tid~s may be sP.nt only hy parc·el post. Dtdiublc urlidr., 8cn) alheruiRR may be
t61ttl'(tll(/, ~ub;cctcd IL• finM, ()f cunfillcu.lcrl, ttcco,dinfl fo the low~ of lite country oj dr~linati(lfl.
The ptiLlif' i>4 n.sk('tl to be11r in mind that the nr>rmal method of sending merchandise
of Mt) sort tlu·Oul!b lttP mail is by PAI'\·el J)U~t. and not by the method iodicaw<.l above.
Attentiou i, 11len BPVt!itdly directed to the fat•! that thi;; s:.stem does not apply to the
Unilctl illugdow
T.t~ll f'r packet .. rt·<'l!i l'l•cl from abroad bearing the grt•e.n lnbl"l dl"5cribed abovto nre liable
t J the same treatJUent as parcel-post pArcels.
nc~triction-5.
Coin, bank-nult''> atHI c·urrenr) uot~!l, postJ\F,t: >tt:lrnp~. bulliou,trreoious c.tooes, jewPis V
&uti ofhtlr vr~lous 11rtit'les may only Lie sent by rGgistered mail prepaid at the hltiAr rate
of post11gt. • ('J h s flllJllies to irda~,d lle \\odl u.s to foreign mail,)
11c,gistratlon (Ovcr3ca~.)t
If it io provc·d to his sat is!ac:ilon that u letln' ()r pacJ~t duly admitted to regi~lrarirm has
Le..n r.ntitelv ln:<l li·Mlsl in lli~ ru.,tod!l the Postrua.ster undertakes w pay an iwft:rtmily of
50 f•aw~. t'Xctlpt iu l'HI't'S lJeyond control (e.g., lempeJSt, shipwre~k, earthquake und war).
No ccmtpc~alinn, however, is prquble e:r:crpt in tl•e eau of the loss l)f tho ttllil·e leU~rr or
1WI'ket, tmtl ttl• cluitll YJ>illl,e l.lillrlitk4 if tltade 'I!IC!re than a year cifler tile letter Ql' rwckcl. wag
1JO~I•W
•rht· Post11l Ad•nini~St.rulions of ull cotmtries a.nd rolonies included in the PostAl Union
give the sarne umlCJ l11king in respect of regi$tered letters or packets lost. whilst in tbeic
cuttlmh.
If it.is dl$ired to ohtnin comrum11atio11 in the case of aiiRtr(J('tian of contents of a letter, or
to provid11 for ~ higLur maximum tb.m 50 fra.nrs, recourse ruust be ba.d to the Irt.~•(r(lnCI
sy.•tn". SefJ "Insurance" page 25
The Fee cbt.rgeabte for r~stration to piJLces nbroad ia 2d.
CortdililltJ..• vf Re!}'ii:lration.-~o postal packet atidressed t.o initials or in pencil (t>-~eept
cop,vius mk pPncil) is adwitted ro regist.rntion.
Hver}' letter prCef'uted for registration must L<' encl.osed io a strong envelop11 aecttrely
fMten~d. prefcr!lbly in one of the registrat.ion euvelopes sold by the Post Oflire.
t Thto following nre the prinnpal CJJuntriC>l< wbieb adtnlt duti&blu llTliefe~~ in t~elr toner m nil: Arrun-
tme, J\JHtr.lill), Au•trla, CanAda, Deoaur~. E!(YPt, Fr&J!CC, Germany, Guatemalll, Holland, Indln,
New Ze~IIUld. Soutb Arrrea, Sweden, Sw•tzerlnod, Syna, UnJted Suuos ol AmerJea.
"i Soe definition ol term "jewellery," page 7.
• Th" tran&rni-..ion of COUI, precious stones, llnd jewell&y, (by ,.,gi.•ltrtd /1'/l~r "'~if\ ill rtllltrlcted
to 1 be lol!owlng rountries: 1\!sCGilliion, Au•trla. Auslralia, lbrbadosi Cau:ub,Cao:<t Zon~. Cape of Good
Hope, ~<tha, Cxtchoslova\ci'l, Denmark, France Germany, G bralt:u Rolland, Hungary, I ndia,
1vf;).lta. New z~alaml, NorW'tly, Pa!lllma, South Africa (llriti&h), Unlt~d Kingdom, Uolted Suu"" or
Amen< • an.lt>u ... .-..ions of U. S. 'Bank and euTl'ency notes may, however, !)~ ~Pnt to llllY country.
t Conditiuua \.fOY~rning registration u£ jor'"·l/ln ~orrcJponda.nt-..e dUI er .tom lho:.oe aovern.U:Lg i»lnnd
®rr""pondencu. See p. 6.