Page 45 - Jamaica PO Guide 1936

42 OVERSEA MAILS: PARCEL POS'l'.
An insured article may not be addressed to initials or in pencil.
It may not bear any erasure or c0rrcction in the address at the time of posting.
A certificate of posting must always be obtnincd by the sender. Particulars of the ·
amount for which the letter has been insured should be entered on the certifictlte, and'
the sender should at once sat.isfy himself th1tt the en try is correct. He may obt!1in an .
advice of the delivery of an insured letter under the conditions shown at page 41.
All the seals on t.hc insured letter must be of the same kind of wax, and must bear
distinct. imprc.~si ons of the same private device. A coin may not bo used for sealing;
and the device may not consist merely of straight. crossed. or curved lines which could
readily be imitated.
If an article tendered for insurance does not, in the opinion of the officer of thn Post
Office to whom it is tendered, fulfil the foregoing condiHons ns to packing nod scaling, it
is his duty to refuse to insure it. Nevertheless, the onus of IJrorJerly enclosing, packing,
and sealing the Jlacket lies upon the sender; and the Post Office assumes no liability for loss
arising from defects which may not be observed at the time of posting.
The amount for which an article is insured must be written by the sender both in
words and in figures, at the top of the address side of the cover, thus:-"Insmed for
fifteen pounds (£15)." No alteration or erasure of the inscription on th<l letter is
allowed.
Jo letter cnn be insured for more than t.he actual value of the contents and the pack-
ing or for more than the sum entered in the Table of Rates (pp. 54-63) against the name·
of the Country or Colony to which it is addressed; but it may be insured for part of its
value. An injured letter containing documents of value on account of the cost of their
preparation (e.g., plans, estimates, contracts. etc.), may not be insured for nn amount
exceeding the cost of replacing them in case of loss. Over-Insurance is an obstacle to
compensation.
The sums payable for insurance. including registration. arc as follows:-
-F~e~ ~;~~~n~-~ Fee Co~~~~~[ion. Fee. Co~~~~ts~{ion.

s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £
0 7 12 5 7 156 10 2 288
1 0 24 6 0 168 10 7 300
1 5 36 6 5 180 11 0 312
1 10 48 610 192 11 5 324
2 3 60 7 3 204 11 10 336
2 72 7 8 216 12 3 348
3 1 84 8 1 228 12 8 360
3 6 96 8 6 2<LO 13 1 372
311 108 8 11 252 13 6 384
4 4 120 9 4 264 13 11 396
4 9 132 9 9 276 14 4 400
5 2 144 -~--._ ____ .. _..._
,
Legal liability to give compensation in respect of any letter for which 11.11 insuran~ ·
fee has been pai<l will not attach to the Postmaster for Jamaica either personally, or i::;
his official capncity. The final decision upon all questions of compensation rt'sts with 1be -
postal administration of the country in which the loss has taken place.
PAIKEL POST.
A Parcel Post exchange exists between Jamaica and the countries agaiMt which parcel
post rates of postage a re shown in cols. 7 to 11, pnges 54 to 63. P:ucel post busines!> is.
trans~ cted at all Post Offices.
The pa.rcel ma il for Great Br1tdn, Northern Ireland and Irish Free Stnte,
United States of America, Bermuda, British Honduras, Canal Zone, Canada, Costa Rica,
Panama, British West India Islands and British and Dutch Guiana (via Trinidad and
Barbados), and the Bahama, Cayman and Turks Islands is forwarded by each.
available direct opportunity.
The parcel mail for Boli,·ia, Chile, Ecuador, 1\icaragua, Peru, and Venezuela is for-
warded via Panama, and for El Salvador, Guatemala, and Republic of Honduras vin British.,
Honduras.
Parcels for the majority of other countries are forwarded via L<lndon.