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e; F'illing~n of Ordi11'.- The purcb~ser of a postal order must, before partiug with it, fill
in the n&llle of the person to whom the amoLtnt is to be paid. and is recommended to fill in-
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l- the name of the office of paymen~ tlS a precaution in case the order should be lost or
le stolen. If the purchaser doeil not know which Post Office is most convenient to the
), [ Ta.hyee, bde sh~uJ dhinsebrt tb~dname of ptbe towffin, v.iU11ghre or distriut wdhere the payee resides-
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it e or er w1 11 t en e pa1 at any ost 0 ce m t e p ace name .
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) Cormtcrfuibs.-Every person to whom a postal order is issued should tear off and retain
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d the counterfoil. Its production will facilitate inquiry if the order s.hould be lost.
1 I Miscmriage or lots -Tt.e Postmaster cannot undertake to consider any application
,' respecting a postal order which has miscarried, or which has been lost or destroyed,
,. unless the coun terfoil be produced, and unle!!ll proof be given to his satil.'faction that the-
j• name or the payee wns inserted io ~he order before the bolder parted with it.
) ' After a Postal Order has once been paid, to whornsoever it is paid, the Postmaster
~ will not be liahle to any further claim.
t Paymml to the ptLblic.-Before a postal order is paid the name or the payee and the
' name of the office or Pllymeu~ must bave beeu filled io n.nu the order must be properly
d l'eceipt.ed.
PaymG!Illhrot<(Jh RrLIIkfts.-H a postal ot•der be crossed, payment will only be mnde
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through a ba1rk: and if thl! uame of t1 bank be adued. pt~oyment will only be made
through that bank
RtrJuyfiiGitl In sett(ler.-The sender oC a postal order can obtain repayment of the
amount (but nut the poundagll) on presenting the ot·der UDU the counterfoil at the
issuing Office. IC the order has been crossed for payment through a bank the sender
a. must first cancel the crvssinp: uy writing across the face of the order the words
r "Pleaso pay cash" tmd adding his initit1ls.
Er"'wres, altrrl!linll .. ~, J:c.-lf 11ny erasure or alteration is made, or if othe rder is cut,
t' dofaced, ormutil11ted, fli\YID"'Ilt may be refused.
' Postal Order~ Ml nenotiable.-Postal orders do not, like Bank of England notes
~ represent value in themselves lf a.n order is lost. or stolen no person into whose
bands it may full, though bimselr innocent, is entitled to receive the amount of the
order. The rightful owoer is 9.1ooe entitled to cnsh the order.
JlEPLY COUPON5.
il All countries, whet.her they issue reply coupons or not, exchange reply coupons:
e presented to them for a stamp or stamps represetJJing the postage M a ~·itl{lle-rale letter.
i Coupons are sold at the :\>looey Order Office, Kingston, for 6d. each, aud are cashed
at the rate of 3d. for a 50·eentime. and Hd. for a 25-centime coupon.
P05TAGE 5 r AI'l P.5, P05TCAU0 5, ENVI:LOPE.5, WRAPPE.Il.5, E tc.
Posfa(le Stamps of the following d~nomiuati(lns are Sold:-
~d., Id., l~d., 2d., 2~d., 3d., 4d., 6d., ls., 2s .. 3.~., !is., 10s.
Bool<s ront~~cining ei~hteen Id. stamps aud twelve ~d. stampsnre issued, price 2s.
Inland pQ.qt ca'l'ds are sold 1\t !d. each, ReplY paid at Irl.; lnteri'Udional Post Cn.rth
at ld., Reply paid, 2d.
Neut.q}1<lper wrappers are sold at ~d. each
RIJ{ristered LeUGr eniJr.lnpes bearing 1\ 3d. stamp embossed on the llap for the pu.yment or
regist.r!l.tion fee 2d. 140d post!lgB ld. 11re sold at 3ld. enoh.
Jt~dicial Skl.mpn of the values 3d., 6d., 1/, 2/, 5/, and S/G a.re sold at all Post Offices
where there is a demand £or thom.
lmprei/S/!JJ Stamps! tiLle deeds aud blank slips are on sale at all Post Offices.
Quinine is also sod at nil Post Offices in id. and ld. pnckages.
Tbe following iB a. description, together witb tbe d:~t.es of issuo, of rill postage st.'lmp
1n oireu lat.ion:
Denomi-
nation. Description. Date of issue.
id. Jamaica Exhibition, \891 Nov. 12, 1920-
ld. ArllWak lndiu.n making NISSI\VIl . . • , 0c:t. 3, 1921
ljd. Contingent embarking: Inset, bead of H . .M. T\ing George July 4, 1919
2-d. King's Ilouse, Spanish Town . , Feb. 18, 1921
2jd. Return of e. Contingent . . . . Do.
3d. "Ja.ml\ica discovered by Columbus, 149<1 11 April R, 1921