Page 36 - Jamaica Post Office Guide 1938

OVERSEA MAILS: POST CARDS. 41
(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
Value..

The administration of the country of destination is authorised to submit these packets
to Customs examination, to open them officially, and to collect the import duties, in
manner prescribed by its legislation. To countries not included in this arrangement,
dutiable articles may be sent only by parcel post. Dutiable articles sent otherwise may be
returned, subjected to fines, or confiscated, according to the laws of the country of destination.
Letters or packages paid at the lfetter rate of postage received from abroad, suspected
to contain articles liable to customs duty, but not bearing the green label declaring nature
and value of contents and authorizing the Post Office to open them officially, are detained
under authority of the Jamaica Post Office Law, pending inquiry and the payment by
the addressee of any duty leviable.*
(b) Postcards. The prepaid rates of postage are:
Single Id.
Reply-paid 2d.
No car may exceed SJ inches in length by 4| inches in width, or be less than 4 inches
in length by 2| inches in width.
The material for private cards to be used as postcards must be ordinary cardboard or
paper not less than one hundredth of an inch thick and not more flexible than that used
for postcards issued and sold by the Post Office.
The right-hand half at least of the address side is reserved for the address of the recipient
and any necessary postal service indications, for example registered, advice op
delivery, and the postage stamps must be affixed in the top right-hand corner of this
portion.
The remaining space is available for the use of the sender for written communications
or for attaching illustrations, photographs, stamps, labels and cuttings. All such attach­
ments must, however, be of paper or other very thin substance and must adhere com­
pletely to the card, while stamps liable to be mistaken for postage stamps must be affixed
only to the back.
A sample of merchandise or other similar article may not be attached to a postcard.
An address label or a slip to fold back, completely adherent to the card and bearing the
name and address of the person to whom the card is sent, may be affixed to the address
side of the card.
Cards bearing the title “ Post Card,” or its equivalent, are admitted at the rate for
printed matter, provided that they conform to the general regulations respecting
printed papers.

* Articles 39 and 40 of the Universal Postal Convention, Cairo, March 20, 1934,
read as follows:— “ Small packets and printed paper packets liable to customs duty are
admitted. The same applies to letters and sample packets containing articles liable to
customs duty. The Administration of the country of destina-tion is authorised to submit to
the Customs the correspondence mentioned [above] and, if necessary, to open it officially