Page 12 - Jamaica PO Guide 1928

6 POS'l' OFFICE GUIDE,

po3t cards may bear small labels showing ~he name and address or the sender and the
addressee; aud eugra>·ings and photographs on very thin pnper mny be affixed to the back
and left band half of the address side, provided ~bat they nre complclcly adht>·onl . . News·
paper cut.tings muy :1lso be nttached t"o the back and lcfl hand hnlf of the nddrP.ss s1dc. A
post card mu•t not be euclosed in a coveo· of any kind.
Cards bearing t he title "Post Card," or ils equivaiCJlt, arc ach',..itted nt the rate for
printed matter, pvovided that they conform to the ge11crnl regulations respecting printed
papers; if they do not conform eilheo· to these regulatiolls or to the rules applicable t.o
post cards thly are lroalcd as l~llers.
Cards Inust be manufactured of cardboard or paper of such consistence t~s not to hinder
mtlnipulation.
(c) Newspapers and Magazines.-Newspnpers printed and published in Jamaica are
admitted to the inland mail at ]cl. per copy, irrespective of weight. In addition to these
a.ny p11blication printed and published in the United Eingdom or in any British pos,ses-
~ion, which is ngisl61'cd as a nuvspape1' at the London General Post Office. is admitted
t"o the tnland mail at ! d. per copy. All other newspapers are supject to the rate for
Printed Papers, i.e., ,d. for each 2 oz. of wei~ht. In the case of British periodicals the
words "Registered attb.e General Post Office as a Newsp11per" will usunlly be found on
the cover or in the absence of a cover on the top of the first page.
Magazines printed and published in J amaica provided t-hey are issued in consecuti1·e
numbers at intervals of not more than 31 days, are also admitted to tbe mland mail at
~d. per copy, irrespective of weight.
(d). Printed Pa11ers.-The following are considered as Printed Papers, and al101Yed to
pass a;; such: -Newspapers and periodical works, books, pamphlets, sheets of music,
visiting cards, address cards, proofs of printing with or without the relatil•e manuscript,
engravings, photogra.phs, and albums containing photo(,.-rapbs, pictures, drawings, plans,
maps, catalogues, prospectuses, advertisement~ and notices of various kinds, printed,
engra''ed, lithog,raphed or mimeographed, and in general, all impressions or copies
obtained upon papN, parchment, or cardboard, by means of printing, engmYing, litho-
graphy, a~tthography, or !lnY other mechanical process ensy to recognise e~cepttransfers
and the typewriter.
Rep!·oductions of a manuscript or typewritten origma.l, when they me obtained by a
mechanical manifolding process (chronograpy, &c.) arc treated like printed papers; but
in order to pass at the reduced posta~e, lheso reproductions must. be brought to the
counter of a Post Office to the number of at least twwty copies, procise!y 1d<11/iral.
Printed papers which bear any marks whate1·er, capable of constituting a c0nventioool
language or, save the exceptions specifically authorised below, lhose of whicb t.he text
has been modified after printing, cannot be sent at the reduced rate applicable to printed
maller.
It is allowcd:-
(1) to add in manuscript, on printed visiting cards nnd also on Christmas and New
Year Cards the address of the sender, his title, as well as >11lY formula of courlesy,
expressed in five words at onost or by means of conYentional initials (p.f., &c.);
(2) to enclnEe the "copy" witb corrected proofs, and to mak<J in those proofs altera·'
tions and addit.ions concerned with corrections, form, and printing. In case of
want of space these additions may be made on separate sheets;
(3) to correct also errors in printing in printed documents other than proofs;
(4) to insert or correct in manuscript or by a mechanical process figures in prices cur·
rent, tenders for advertisenwnts, stock u,nd share lists, mnrket. quotations, trade
eirculars and prospectuses, ~s well as the traveller's name, the date, time and
place of his intended 'is1t, and the address >11 which he is staying, in travellers'
announcements;
(5) to indicate in manuscript in ad vices of the departures and arrivals of ships, the
elate and time of those departures and arrivals, as well as the uarnes of the ships
and the ports of departure 'lnd arrival;
(6) to add a written dedication consisting simply of an expression of regard on books,
pamphlets, newspapers, photographs, engra.vings, sheets of music, and in general
on all literary or artistic productions, printed, engraved. lithographed or mhneo·
graphed, as well a.s to enclose the relative invoice;
(7) to add, in manuscript or by a mechanical process, to cuttings from newspapers and
periodicals, the tille, date, number, and address of the publicat.ion from which
the article is extracted;