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Letters must not contain any letter, or document which has the character of
personal correspondence, addressed to persons other t.han the addre~W~ee or persons
living with him (Art. 33, P><r. 4 U.P.C.).
Letters and other mailable articles, except parcels, may be redirected to the a&me
addressee from any Postal Union country to another free of charge. This does not,
however, exempt from additional postage, correspondence which, though fully prepaid
for the first transmission, is redirected to a country to which the postage is higher
than that originally paid. For example- n letter not weighing over an ounce sent from
Jamaica to Great Britain prepaid l,d. which was afterwards redirected to Switzerland,
would become liable to no additional charge equnl ono penny, the difference between
postage for Great Britain nntl postage for Switzerland. lt is to be specially noted tha~
in such cases the ammmt of tile deficiency is 1101 doubled. Letters originally posted unpaid,
or insufficiently prepaid and subsequently redirected, though not chargeable for re-
direction, are subject to the ordinary charge of double the deficient postage on delivery.
Mercllandi$e forwarded in u•ttcrs or paclcages prepaid at the letter ra<'e of postage.-Under
a provision of the Cairo convention, articles liable to cust·oms duties m!\Y be
enclosed in letters or packages prepaid at the letter rate, in the event that the importa-
tion of such articles in the form of letters is permitted by the country of destination, and
provided there is affixed to each such package or letter a green label (Form C 1), show-
ing the nnturo and value of the contents. A Customs declar.,tion properly completed
or an invoice may also be enclosed in the package.
The countries to which merchandise may be sent uoder the above system are indicated
by the letter (b) (italicized) in Table pages 54 to G4. Merchandize must not be sent to
countries not so marked. See also Appendh: B.
It is to be specially noted that dutiable articles may not be sent to Great Britain
by lett.er mail, but they may be sent by "small packet" mail (subject to the general
regulations governing this class of mail, see PJ:>· 39-40); while in the ca.~e of Canadafldutiablo
articles mny be sent by letter mail, but not in 'small packets." Packets oontnining,~dutiable
articles may be sent both as letter8 and "small packets" to the United Stales of America.
(Facsimile of Form C 1. is shown below):
CUSTOMS. C 1.
(may be opened officially)
To be filled in only in case of the absence of a
separate declaration; otherwise to be detached.
Nature of the goods: . . .. . ..... .... ........ .

Weight . . ... ..... . .. ...... ... .... . .. . . . .. .
Valu, .. ..... .. ...................... .
The administration of the country of destination is authorised t.o submit these packets
to Customs examination, to open them officially, a.nd to collect the import duties, ·in
manner prescribed by its lel]islation. To countries not included in this arrangement,
dutiable articles may be sent only by parcel post. D utiable arUcles sent other-wise may bo
returned, subjected to fines, or confiscated, according to tile laws of the country of destination.
Letters or packages paid at the letter rate of postage received from abroad smpecled
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to contain articles liable to cu.sloms duty, but not bearing the green label declanng nu~ure
and value of contents and authorizing the Post Office to open them officially, are deta1ned
under authority of the Jamaica Post Office Law, pending inquiry and the pa yment by
the addressee of any duty leviable.•
'l'he limit of weight of such packets is 4 lbs. 6 oz.
• Articles 39 and 40 of the Universal Postal Convention, Cairo, :~'.larch 20, 1934,
read as follows:-"Small packets and printed paper packets liable _t<~ cust~ms d_ut.y are
admitted. The same applies to lett.crs and sample packet.~ co~taw1ng ~rtlcles hablo; to
customs duty. T~ Admini.~tration of the countrq of destinatiOn ~s Mttllor.lzed_t~ s~ib~tt to
the Customs the correspondence mentioned [above] and, if neceswry, to open tl o.ffunal.y.