Page 70 - Jamaica PO Guide 1936

POS'J'AGJ·: STA~li'S. G7
back of the order. Postsd orders which are noe presented for payment within six montbs
from the bst dny of the month of issue are not. paid until reference has been mnde to
the Po~tmnstcr for Jamaica.
. Filling i n of Order.- The purcbnser of 11 postal order must, before parting with it, 611
•n the name of the person to whom the amount is to be paid, and is recommended to fill i n
ahe name of tho office of payment as n precnution in case the order should be lost or stolen.
If the purchaser does not know which Post Office is most convenient to the payee, he
should insert the nnme of the town, village or district where the payee resideH. The
order will then be paid at any Post Office in tho place named.
Coulltcrfoil..s.- Every person to whom a postnl order is issued should tear off and retain
the counterfoil. Its production will facilitate inquiry if the order should be lost.
M iscflrriqgc or /oss.- The Postmnster cannot undertake to consider any application
respect-ing n postal order which hns miscarried, or which b:\s been lost or destroyed,
unless the counterfoil be produced; and unles~ proof be given to his satisfaction that the
name of the payee was inserted in the order before the holder parted with it.
After a Postal Order has once been paid, to whomsoeyer it is paid, the Postmaster
will not. be liable to any furlher claim.
Paynumt to the public.- Bcfore a postal order is paid the name of the payee and the
name of the office of payment must ha \"e been filled in and the order mu~t be properly
receipted.
Payment lht"ough Bankers.-Jf a postal order be crossed, payment will only be made
through a bank; nnd if tbe nnme of a b11nk be added, pa.ymcnt will only be mad~ through
that bank.
Repayme11t to sender.-Thc sender of a postal order cnn obtain repayment of the amoun t
(but not the poundage) on presenting the order and the counterfoil at the issuing office.
H the order has been crossed (or payment through a bank the sender must first cancel
the crossing by writing acros~ the face of the order the words "Please pay cash" and
adding his initials.
erasures, alteratio11s, &c.- If any erasure or a.llcration is made, or if the order is cut .
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d~faced, or mutilated, payment may be refused.
Posu•l Orders not neqotiable.-Postal orders do not, like Bank of England notes, represent
valuP in the m~elvcs. Jf an order is lost 01" stolen no person into whose bands it m&y
fall, though himself innocent, is entitled to receive the :!mount of the order. Tbe
rightful owMr is a lone entitled to cnsb the order.
~ EDLY COUPON5.
Internatiolllll Reply Coupons are sold at the Money Order Office, Kingston, at 4d.
~acb, and Imperial Reply Coupons at 2~d. each. The former represent the postage on
a single-rate letter mailed in MY country of the Postal Union, und the latter the postea;e
on a single-rate letter mailed in any country of the British Empire. Coupons nre cashed
at the rate of 2~d . for a 50-centime, and J!d. for an Imperial coupon.
I>OSTAGE STAMPS, POSTCARDS, ENVELOPES, WI'MDDERS. l:tc.
Postage Stamps of the following denominations :ue sold:-
!d .. Id., l~d., 2d., 2!d., 3d., 4d., 6d., 9d., ls., 2s., 5s., 10s.
Books containing twelve Id., six ~d ., and six !id. stamps are issued, price 2.~.
l1uand post cards are sold at }d. each. Reply paid a t Id.; lllter~zat;oncl Po81 CariU
at Id., Reply paid, 2d.
N cwspaper wrappers are sold at ~d. each.
Registered letter erwelopes {lincn-liucd) bearing a 3d. stamp embo!!Scd on the llnp for the
pnyment of registro.t,ion fee 2d., and post.agc Id., urc of two sizes und are sold ut 3jd. r.nd
4d. each.
Judicial Stamps of the values 6d., Is., 2s., 5s., Ss. !lnd 6d., 10s. and £ 1 are sold af all
Post OfficEs where there is a demand fer them,
Tmpressed Stamps, title deeds and blank slips nrc on sale at all Post Offices.
Quinine is also sold at a ll Post Offices in ~d. nnd ld. packages.
The following is a description, to~ther with the dates of issue, of all postage stam~
in circulation: