Page 38 - Jamaica PO Guide 1934

34 OVERSEA MAlLS : PIUNTED PAPERS.

(b) Post Cards:-A postcard from a place abroad, if unpaid, is clu~rgeable with a postage
of ;xl., if partially puicl, with double the deficient postage, with a minimum surcharge
of id.
Reply-paid postcards of which the two halves are not fully prepaid at the time of
posting are not forwarded.
The material for private cards to be used ns post-cards must be cardboard of a make
Fimilnr to, but not thinner t.han, that used for card~ i~sued and sold by the Ofl!ce for use
as post-cards. They may not exccrd 5~ inches in length by 4! inches in width, or be less
than 4 inches in length by 2~ inchrs in width.
Post-curds must bear on the fncc the bending "Cnrlc Post ale" or the equivalent of
this heading in another langtl!lge. This bending is, however, not obligatory for single
postcards of private manufnctur('.
An Official I nland singl<' post-card (but not a reply-paid cnrd) may be used for a des-
tination abroad if it heMs I\ postage stamp for the additional postnge required.
A post-curd must be sent unenclosed, that is to say, without wrapper or envelope.
The postnge stamps should, as fnr ns possible b~ affixed to tl1e upper right-hand corner
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of the address side. Tbe address of the recip1ent ns well us indications r<>latiog to the
postnl service (registered, advice of delivery, &c.) must likcwiEc appe~tr on the address
side, oi ·1vhich the rigbt-hnnd half at least is reserved for these indications. The sender
may make use of the bn<'k and of the left-hand hnlf of the address s.ide, subject to the
provisions of the following pnm~mph.
1t is forbidden to join or atl'nch to a post.-cnrd any sample of merchandise or similar
article. Nevertheless, an illu~trntion, a photograph, n stamp an address label or ~lip
to fold back for address purposes, n In bel or n cutting of any kind mny be affixed, prodded
tlmt it is not of such nntmc ns to alter the character of the post-card, that it consists of
paper or other very thin substnncc. and thnt it adheres co1npletcly to the card. With
the exception of :1ddrcss labels or slips, these articles may be nffixcd ouly to the back or
to the left-hand of l'l1e ncldrcss side of post-cnrds. Stamps of all ldnds linblc to be mis-
taken for postage stamps may be nffixed only to the back of tho post~cnrd.
Reply-paid post-r.nrds rnust bcnr on the face, ns bending on the first balf, the words
" Carte Postale uvrc reponse payee" on the second half "Ca1·1e poslale !"CSJ!Ome"
Ench of the two halves must, moreover, comply with the other conditions lnid down for
single post-cards; one half is doubled over the other so that the fold forms the upper
ed!(c. and they mny not be closed in any w~ty.
The sender of n r~ply-pnid post-card may indicate his name and address on t.he face
of the rt>ply hnlf, either in writing or by nflixin~: a label: !'his ncldr~s must be on· the
inside. He may also print on the bnck of the reply htllf !• questionnaire to be filled up
by the addres.~ee.
A reply half is aYailable for transmission to the country of origin, anc! to that country
alone, provided that it was in the first inst,ancc received nttnched to the other h:\lf. If
these conditions ure not complied with it. is treated M :tn unpaid post-card. An ordinary
int.ern'ational post-cnrd of one country posted in SllO!hcr is treated as an unpaid po~t­
enrd.
C:uds benring the title "Post Card, ., or its equil·nlent, nre admitted nt the mte for
printed matter. provided that they confcrm to the general regulations respecting printed
papers.
If any of the foregoing rules relating to n post-c:ml be infringed, the card will be
treated as a letter, unless it is eligible for trnnsmis~ion as a printed paper.
(c) (d) Print ell PaJlCrs and Comnwrcial Patlers*-
The undermentioned nre considered as Printed Papers, and allowed to p~ss as such at
the reduced p('stn~e:-::\ewsp~f e~ and periodic~ I works, bnc•b, sewn or bound, p~mphlets,
sheets of mu~ic (exdudin~ perforated sheets intended tn be used with automatic musical
instruments), vi~; tiog c:Jrds, ~dd ress cards, prcofs of printinc: with or without the
relnth-c mnllUScript, cn~ r:: vinp;, photr.grnphs, ond nlbums containin;.: photographs,
pictures, drnwings, plans. maps, cntalogue.o, prosrectu~es, edverti~ements and notices
of wrious kinds, printed, en•,tll\'Cd, lith<>frrnphed or mimeoprophed, r.nd, in r enemt, all
impressions or copies obtnined upon pnr;er parchment or cardbo"rd, by means of print-
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inv, en)1r?.vinu, lithoFaphy. mimeography, or any other mechanical process easy to
rcco»nise except the copyiu)!-press, b:md stntpps, with or without movnb!e type, and
the typewriter. Pnper patterns are also ndm1tted as printed papers.
*If there is ,,ny mixture of Commercial and other Pnp<\r~ in the same p~ cket the whole
is trented AS Commerr.inl Papers.