Page 35 - Jamaica Post Office Guide 1938

4 0 OVERSEA MAILS: CLASSIFICATION.
Belize (British Honduras) Service.—-A steamer leaves Kingston every other Friday
throughout the year for Belize, British Honduras, and returns arriving Kingston every
other Monday.
CLASSIFICATION OF HAIL.
Foreign Correspondence is divided into the following classes:—
(aj Letters, (b) Post-cards, (c) Printed Papers, (d) Commercial Papers, (e) Samples
(f) “ Small Packets,” (g) Parcel-Post Parcels.
(a) Letters, The prepaid rate of postage for letters addressed to the British Empire
is Ijd. for the first ounce and Id. for each additional ounce.
To all other places the rate is 2|d. for the first ounce and 1 Jd. for each additional ounce.
For His Majesty’s Forces abroad and on land, the rate for letters is the ordinary rate
for the country of destination.
For His Majesty’s Ships outside home waters, the rate for letters is ljd. for the first oz.
andld. for each additional oz. Letters should be addressed:—H.M.S. (name of ship)
c.o. G.P.O., London, E.C. 1; if addressed direct to a foreign port, instead of c.o.
G.P.O., London, the rate will be the ordinary rate for the county of destination.
The maximum dimensions are:
British Empire generally, Territories under 2 feet in length and 18 inches in
British Mandate, British Post Office at breadth or depth.
Tangier, and Egypt
All other countries 3 feet in length, breadth and depth com­
bined, the greatest dimension not
to exceed 2 feet.
In all cases for letters in the form of a roll, the length and twice the diameter combined
may not exceed 3 feet 3 inches nor the greatest dimension 2 feet 8 inches.
The limit of weight to all destinations is 4 lb. 6 oz.
An unregistered letter posted unpaid or underpaid is forwarded and charged on delivery
with double the amount of the deficiency.
An unpaid or underpaid unregistered letter from abroad is charged on delivery with
double the amount of the deficiency, the minimum surcharge being -|d.
Letters and other mailable articles, except parcels, may be redirected to the same
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. It is to be specially noted that >n such cases the amount of
the deficiency is not doubled. Letters originally posted unpaid, or insufficiently prepaid and
subsequently redirected, though not chargeable for r .direction, are subject to the ordinary
charge of double the deficient postage on delivery.
The administration of the countries of origin and destination have the right to treat
according to their internal regulations letters which contain documents having the
character of personal correspondence, addressed to persons other than the addressee
or persons living with him (Art. 35, p r. 5 U.P.C.).
Merchandise forwarded in letters or packages prepaid at the letter of posiage.—Under
a provision of the Cairo convention, articles liable to customs duties may 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 nature and value of the contents. A Customs declaration properly completed
or an invoice may also be enclosed in the package.
The countries to which merchandise may be sent under the above system are indicated
by the letter (b) (italicized) in Table pages 62 to 72. Merchandize must not be sent to
countries not so marked.
It is to be specially noted that dutiable articles may be sent to Great Britain and
United States of America both by letter and “ small packets” post under the green
label system; while in the case of Canada, dutiable articles may only be sent by
letter-post and not by the “ small packets” system.
The British Post Office advises that most goods are dutiable on importation into the
United Kingdom, and it is suggested, therefore, that the sender of every letter packet
addressed to the United Kingdom which contains goods should affix a green Customs
label to the address side.