Page 40 - Jamaica Post Office Guide 1938

OVERSEA MAILS: SAMPLES. 45
Make-up:
Packets of commercial papers should be clearij^ marked in the upper left-hand corner
Commercial Papers. They are subject to examination in the post, and must be made
up in such a way that they can 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.
In view of the risk of other packets being entrapped when open covers are used, posters
are reminded that embarrassing packets generally are prohibited from the post.
In order to secure the return of a packet which cannot be delivered, the name and address
of the sender should be printed or written outside.
EXAMPLES OF ADMISSIBLE DOCUMENTS.
Bills of Lading Open letters and postcards which
Copies of or extracts from deeds under are out of date and have already
private seal written on stamped or fulfilled their original purpose, and
unstamped paper copies thereof
Documents of all kinds drawn up by Papers of legal procedure
public functionaries Pupils’ exercises in original or with
Invoices corrections, but without any note
Manuscript of works or of newspapers which does not relate directly to
forwarded separately the execution of the work
Musical scores or sheets of music in Receipts
manuscript Statements of Accounts
Way Bills.
Documents may be accompanied by reference slips showing the following or similar
particulars: a list of the papers included in the packet, references to correspondence
exchanged between the sender and the addressee
INADMISSIBLE ARTICLES.
Postage stamps or forms of prepayment, whether obliterated or not, or any paper
representing a monetary value, are inadmissible; but out-of-date correspondence may
bear cancelled postage stamps which served to prepay the original postage.
(e) Sam ples.
Rate of Postage:
The prepaid rate is:
4 or,. Id.
Each additional 2 or,. §d.
Weight and size:
The limits of weight and size are:
Maximum Maximum
W eight. Size.
British Empire and Egypt 5 tbs. 2 feet in length and 1 foot in breadth or
depth.
Other Countries lib . 2oz. 3 feet in length, breadth and depth
combined; maximum dimension in any
one direction 2 feet.
For packets in the form of a roll the length and twice the diameter must not exceed
three feet three inches, and the greatest dimension must not exceed two feet eight inches.
Definition:
The use of the sample post is restricted to genuine trade samples or patterns of mer­
chandise without saleable value. Exceptionally, the following articles are regarded as
eligible for transmission by sample post:
Printers’ blocks, keys sent singly, fresh cut flowers, articles of natural history (dried or
preserved animals or plants, geological specimens, and so on), tubes of serum
and vaccine, and pathological objects rendered innocuous by the mode of
preparation and packing.
These articles, except tubes of serum and vaccine sent in the general interest by
laboratories or institutions officially recognised, may not be sent for a commercial purpose.