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OVERSEA. MAILS : RA·rF.S OF POSTAGE. 79
Rates of Postage from Jamaica and limit. of site, etc
I. I?ATE5 Of P05TAGE.
LETTERS 2 ~d. or 1 t d. for the first oz. and It d. or 1d. for each additional
oz., according to destination (see separate entries in Table
following, col 2).
His Majesty's Forces abroad and 011 land, the r.•te for letters is the ordinary rate for
the country of destination.
His Ma,iesty's Ships outside home waters, the rate for letters is l td. for the first oz.
anJ Id. for each additional oz. Letters should be addressed:-H.M.S. (name of ~hip) ,
c.o. G.P.O., London, E.C. 1; if addressed direct to n foreign port, instead of c.o.
G.P.O., London, the rate will be the or·dinary rate for t.he country of destination.
POST-CARDS Single, 1d. each: Reply paid, 2d. each.
SMALL PACKETS . . 5d. for firat.lO oz. and Id. per 2oz. thereafter.
PRINTED PAPERS . . t d. per 2 oz.
COMMERCIAL PAPERS 2{d. for first 1 0 oz. and ! d. per 2 oz. thereafter
SAMPLES 1 d. for first 4 oz. and t d. per 2 oz. thereafter.
REGISTRATION FEE 2d. for all articles.
ADVICE OF DELIVERY 2d. (for registered and insured articles only).
INSURANCE FEE 5d. for every £12 of value.
"BLIND LITERA TURF" Up to 2 lbs qd ; 5 lbs. 1d.; 8 lbs l}d; 11 lbs. 2d.
PARCEL POST PARCELS See columns 7- 11 of Table following.
11. LIMITS OF WEIGHT.
LETTERS 4 lbs. 6 oz. to all destinations.
SMALL PACKETS 2 lb.
OTHER ARTICLES See separate entries in Table following- col 4 & 5.
Exceptionally, a printed volume for any destination abroad may weigh as much as
G! lb~
PARCEL POST PARCELS . . lllbs. or 22 lbs. as noted iu colwnns 10 and 11
of Table. Exceptionally, the limit for Canada
and India is 20 lbs.
Ill. LIMITS OF SIZE.
LETTERS, PRINTED PAPERS, AND COMMERCIAL PAPERS.
T,, Foreign Countries in the Postal Union: 3 feet in length, breadth and depth
combined, but greatest dimension may 110t exceed 2 feet.
To British Empire: 2 feet in length by 18 in. in width or depth.
To all destinations, if in roll form: 3 feet 3 in, in length and twice diameter, but
greatest dimension may not exceed 2 ft. 8in.
POST-CARDS 5t by 4t in. (15 by 10.5 centimetres).
SMALL PACKETS Same as !~tiers but no exception for British
Empire
SAMPLES To Foreign countries: Same as Letters.
To British Fmpire: 2 ft. in length by 1 ft.
width or depth.
PARCEL ROST PARCELS . . Parcelsmav D!lot exceed 3} feet for length, breadth, of
depth, and 6 feet for length aud girth combined.