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back of the order. Postal orders which are not presented for payment within six months
from the last day of the month of issue are not paid until reference has been made to
the Postmaster for Jamaica.
Filling in of Order.—The purchaser of a postal order must, before parting with it, fill
in the name of the person to whom the amount is to be paid, and is recommended to fill in
the name of the office of payment as a precaution 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 name of the town, village or district where the payee resides. The
order will then be paid at any Post Office in the place named.
Counterfoils.—Every person to whom a postal order is issued should tear off and retain
the counterfoil. Its production will facilitate inquiry if the order should be lost.
Miscarriage or loss.—'The Postmaster cannot undertake to consider any application
respecting a postal order which has miscarried, or which has been lost or destroyed,
unless the counterfoil be produced; and unless 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 whomsoever it is paid, the Postmaster
will not be liable to any further claim.
Payment to the public.—Before a postal order is paid the name of the payee and the
name of the office of payment must have been filled in and the order must be properly
receipted.
Payment through Bankers.—If a postal order be crossed, payment will only be made
through a bank; and if the name of a bank be added, payment will only be made through
that bank.
Repayment to sender.—The sender of a postal order can obtain repayment of the amount
(but not the poundage) on presenting the order and the counterfoil at the issuing office.
If the order has been crossed for payment through a bank the sender must first cancel
the crossing by writing across the face of the order the words “ Please pay cash” and
adding his initials.
Erasures, alterations, &c.—If any erasure or alteration is made, or if the order is cut.
defaced, or mutilated, payment may be refused.
Postal Orders not negotiable.—Postal orders do not, like Bank of England notes, represent
value in themselves. If an order is lost or stolen no person into whose hands it may
fall, though himself innocent, is entitled to receive the amount of the order. The
rightful owner is alone entitled to cash the order.

REPLY COUPONS.
International Reply Coupons are sold at the Money Order Office, Kingston, at 6d.
each, and Imperial Reply Coupons at 3d. each. The former represent the postage on
a single-rate letter mailed in any country of the Postal Union, and the latter the postage
on a single-rate letter mailed in any country of the British Empire. Coupons are cashed
at the rate of 2fd. for a 50-centime, and ljd . for an Imperial coupon.
POSTAGE 5TAP1PS, POSTCARDS, ENVELOPES, WRAPPERS, Etc.
Postage Stamps of the following denominations are sold:—
Jd., Id., ljd., 2d., 2Jd., 3d., 4d., 6d., 9d., Is., 2s., 5s., 10s.
Books containing eighteen Id., and twelve Jd. stamps are issued, price 2s.
Inland post cards are sold at Jd. each. Reply paid at Id.; International Post Cards
at Id., Reply paid, 2d.
Newspaper wrappers are sold at Jd. each.
Registered letter envelopes (linen-lined) bearing a 3d. stamp embossed on the flap for the
payment of registration fee 2d., and postage Id., are of two sizes and are sold at 3Jd. and
4d. each.
Judicial Stamps of the values 6d., Is., 2s., 5s., 8s. and 6d., 10s. and £1 are sold at all
Post Offices where there, is a demand for them.
Impressed Stamps, title deeds and blank slips are on sale at all Post Offices.
Quinine is also sold at all Post Offices in Jd. and Id. packages.
The following is a description, together with the dates of issue of all postage stamps
in circulation: „ >