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(b) Post Cards:-A postcard from n place abroad, if unpaid, is chargeable with n poslagc
of 3d., if part iMlly paid, with tloublc lbP. tleficicnL postage, with a minimum surcharge
o f -~tl.
llrply-paid postcards of which the two halves are not fully prepaid at the time of
po,ling are uot forwarded.
'rho material for private c!lrds to be used as post-curds must be cardboard of a make
aimilar to, but not thinner thnn, that used for card~ i~sued and sold by the Office for use
as post-cards. They rnny not exceet! .') ~ inches in length by 4} inches in width, or l.Je less
th~n 4 inches in length by 2~ inches iu width.
Post-cards must ber.r on the face the heading "Cart" Postale" or the cquiv:tlent of
thi~ hea,ling in another !Mgunge. This heading is, ho"ever, not obligatory for single
po~tcanls of primte manufacture .
. \n Official I oland single post.-cnrd (but not a reply-paid cm·<.!) may be used for a des-
t ination abroad if it honrs 11 postage stamp for the nddition:.l postage require(.].
A post-card must be sent unenclosed, that is to sny, without wrapper or cm·elope.
The postage stamps should, ns far as possible, he ,lffixcd to the upper rigbt-hr~nd rorner
of the address side. Tbc address of the recipient as well '1s indications rel!lting to the
postal service (registered, advice of delivery, &c.) must likewise appc'lr on the ftddrcss
side, of which the right-hand half :~t least is reserved for these indications. The senuer
runy make use of the back and of the left-hand half of the address side, subject to the
provisions of tile follooing pam~mph .
lt is forbidden to join or attach to a post-card any sample of merchandise or similar
article. Nevertheless, an illustration, a photograph, a stamp, an address label or ~lip
to fold back for address purposes, a label or a cuttin~; of any kind may be nffixecl, prodded
t hat it is not of such nature as to alter the character of the post-card, lhllt it consists of
~aper or other very thin substance, and that it adheres cumpletely to the card. With
t he exception of address labels or slips, these art.icles m>ly be affixed oul.v to the hack or
to the left-hand of th~ udclres.o. side of post-c:1rds. l"tnmps of all kinds liable to be mis-
taken for postngc stamps m:ty be affixed only to the back of the post-card.
Reply-paid post-r:ards must bear on the face, as beading on the first half, the words
" Cat·tr Postal• avcc reponse payer" on the second half "Carte postale response."
Ench of t.he two halves must, moreover, comply with the other conditions laid down for
single post-cards; one half is doubled ovPr the other so that the fold forms the upper
edge, and they may net be closed in any way.
The sender of l1 reply-paid post-card may indicate his nnme and address on the face
of the reply half, either in writing or hy nffixin~ a label : this address must be on the
in"ide. He may nl"o :>rint on the back of the reply half a questionnaire to be filled up
by the addressee.
A reply half is available for transrnis~ion to the country of origin, and to that country
a lone, provided that it was in the first instance received at.tacbed to the other half. If
t hese conditions are not complied with it. is treated as an u npaid post-card . An ordinary
in t~rnat.ionnl post-card of one countr)' posted in another ia treated a. an unpaid post-
card.
Cards bearing the t:tle "Post Card," or its equivalent, !lre admitted at the rate for
printed matter, provided that they conform to the general-regulations respecting printed
papers.
If any of the foregoing rules relating to a post-card be infringed, the card will be
treated as a letter, uuless it is eligible for transmission as a printed pnper.
(c) (d) Printed Papers and Commercial Papers•-
The undermentir ncd nre considered as Pl"inled Papers, and allowed to p~Fs as such at
the reduced post ,;r c:-~ewsp9pers and periodical works, book~, sewn or bound, pamphlets,
sheets of music (excludin,r perforated sheets intended tn be used "·it h s.utom>>tic musical
instruments), visit.ing cards, f•ddress r::ords, prcofs of printing with or without t he
rehti•.'e manu•cript, enr.ravings, photograph8 1 nnd albll ms cont.ainin~ photogrAphs,
pictures, dra.wings, plfns. maps, catalogue<, prospectu~e~, advertisements and no wces
of Vf>rious kinds, prin:ed, enr!raved, lithographed m· mimeo~rapbed , and, in general, all
impressions or copies obt•lined upon paper, parchment or c<trdboard, by means of print-
ing, en:rraving, litbO"r:lphy. mimeo~Tilphy, or any other mechjnieal process easy to
recognise except the c<>pyin.f!-press. h"ncl s tamps, with or without movable type, and
the typewriter. Paper patterns are also admitted as printed papers.
•rs !here is any mi~ture of ComrnerciHl nnd other Papers in the same packet t he whole
is tre~ood ~~~ Commercir.l Papers.