Page 37 - Jamaica Post Office Guide 1938

42 OVERSEA MAILS: PRINTED PAPERS.
Postcards must be sent unenclosed, that is without wrapper or envelope.
Any postcard which does not comply with the foregoing conditions is treated as a letter.
A single postcard posted unpaid or insufficiently prepaid is forwarded and charged on
delivery with double the amount of the deficiency.
An unpaid or underpaid postcard from abroad is charged on delivery with double the
amount of the deficiency, the minimum surcharge being -|d.
Reply-Paid Postcards. In addition to conforming with the foregoing regulations for
postcards, reply-paid postcards of private manufacture must bear at the top of the face
of the first half the words Carte postale avec reponse payee and in a similar position
on the second half Carte postale: reponse. They should be made up in such a way
that when one half is folded over the other, the fold forms the upper edge, and the address
side of the reply half (which must bear the return postage stamp) is on the inside.
The sender may address the reply half to himself and may also print on the back of
that half a questionnaire to be filled up by the addressee.
A reply half is available only for transmission to the country of origin.
A reply paid postcard of which the two halves are not fully prepaii at the time of
posting is not forwarded.
(c) Printed papers—Rate of Postage:
The prepaid rate is: For every 2 ounces or fraction thereof: Jd.
W eight and Size:—The maximum weights are:
British Empire .. .. 5 lb.
Foreign Countries .. .. 4 lb. 6 oz.
(including Egypt)
but a printed volume for any destination abroad sent singly may weigh as much as 6-| lbs.
The limits of size are:
British Empire 2 feet in length and 18 inches in breadth or
depth.
Foreign Countries (including Egypt) 3 feet in length, breadth and depth combined,
the maximum dimension in any one direc­
tion not to exceed 2 feet.
For packets in the form of a roll, the length and twice the diameter combined must- not
exceed three feet three inches, and the greatest dimension must not exceed two feet eight
inches.
Printed matter sent unenclosed in the form of a card, whether folded or not, may not
less than 4 inches in length by 2f inches in width.
Definition. In general, the printed paper rate in the Imperial and Foreign Post
applies to all impressions or copies obtained upon paper or other similar material, parch­
ment or cardboard, by means of printing, engraving, lithography, mimeography, or other
mechanical process easy to recognise, except the typewriter, the copying-press and hand
stamps with or without moveable type.
A packet which is admissible at the printed paper rate in the inland post is not necessarily
admissible at that rate in the Imperial and Foreign Post. For example, receipts, invoices,
and statements of account, pupils’ exercises for correction, which are admissible at the
printed paper rate if addressed to places in this country, are not admissible at that rate
in the Imperial and Foreign service; such documents for places abroad fall into the
category of Commercial Papers. (See page 45).
Printed matter which bears any marks whatever capable of constituting a conven­
tional language, or, wuth the exceptions mentioned on page 43 under the heading Additions
and Alterations, of which the text has been modified after printing is not admissible at
the printed paper rate in the Imperial and Foreign service.
Make-up.—Packets of printed papers should be clearly marked in the upper left-hand
corner printed papers. They are subject to examination in the post, and must be
made up in such a way as to be easily examined. They may be placed in a wrapper,
upon a roller, between boards, in an open case or in an unclosed envelope furnished with
a blunt fastening easy to raise and replace; or they may be secured with a string easy to
untie. Printed matter of the form and substance of a card may be sent unenclosed
without Viand, envelope, or fastening, and must then conform to the conditions for
postcards. Similarly printed papers may be sent unenclosed if they are folded in such
a way that they cannot become unfolded during transmission, and that there is no risk
of their entrapping other articles.