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Telegrams to Members of H. M. Army a.nd R . A. P. Abroad
To.llegrams may be sent by means of any of the public services (ordinary, LT or GLT)
which ma y be available to the address concerned, subject to the usual conditions as
rcga1•ds ol1arges, nntl so on.
'J'olegrums addressed to a ny of the Forces addresses are chargeable at current rates.
The urgent service a t double the ordina ry rate is avnilaul<> for the overseas trnus.
mission of t.clegrnme to these Forces addresses (except B.A.O.R.) but urgent delivery
facilities are not nvnilahle.
Tcle:;l'llms addressed to members of the Forces ovcrsens are given telegrnpl•ic trans·
mission abroad, but final delivery is normally effected by Service postal channels.
The nrldress of n telegram for n member of t.he Dritish Army of the RJ,ine counts ns
five words irrespective of its length.

Prepaid Replies:
A reply may be prepnid l.o the majo1 ity of overse.'\S telegrams.
When prepnyment of !L reply ~ desired U1e sender should write the letters= RP~
folluwcd by the umount to be prepaid, for examr.le, a.RP I0/6=before the nddress.
Thi::~ prefix is counted a nd charged fnr llS one won .
A voucher is issued to the addressee by the office of delivery and is valid for a periocl
of th1·ce months for p:1yment, or pw'lial payment of any telegram.
1 f tho reply-paid telegram cannot he doli ver01l to the a ldrc.;;see, the vnlue of the voucher
is rcrundcd to the sender oa application bt:ing made wiLhin a period of four month11.
If the atldrcssee does not use the voucher it.s \'alue will be refundt.>tl to the sender if
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he makes application and returns t 1c voucher within a \'eriod of four months.
Fo1· tahle of n\Lcs apply to any Tdcgrnph Ofllce or ut t 1e Office of Cubic and Wireless
(\V ullt f ndies) Limited. 8 Port Royal i:ltreet, 1\ing:;ton.
Tho ad h·ess of telegrams to be retained uutil called for at a telegraph offic!' or post
ollicc should be prccctk'C! by one of the following indicators according to the facility
t·eqnired:
= Tit= T elegram to be ret'lined at a telegraph officn: =G P=T elegram to be retained
nt a J>Oste re.-1lanle; = GPR=<Telegram to be called for at a post officu, registered.
This service is notavailablcon Commonwealth social telegrams.
Mnltiple Addresses
'rhc uddres.•es of u telegram to be sent l.o several persons in the same town or to the
s.'lllH! firm at d ifferent lo<·alitirs in tnc s.'lnW town, s lould be pr<>faced by th<· indicator
- 'I'M- followed by tne number of :l<i<.lre~ses, for ex:unple, = TM = 4 =. TI&P te!E'j;rnnt
including the acldres&:s is charged fnr as a single telegram, but a copy is /'repllroo for
each adarrss. The cnpvin&. ft:e is 10rl. per copy nnL <>XCc!.-.ling iiO chart;eub e 1vords and
5d. for every ad&.titiouu) 50 words or portion U1ercof.
Telegrams to follow the Addressee
When t;.e aeno<>r of 11 telegram is not certain that the :~ ddresse~> will be fuund at the
addreS-i given and desires the trlrwnm to be sent on, the inclic.~lor -FS- should be
insertccl bP.fore the ndtlress. T his service is not available on Commonwealth social tele-
grnms and is charged for as one word.
Sender's Name a.nd Address
'l'hc uame nnd address of the sender must be wrillen on the back of the form in the
space provided and it is desirable that the sender's telephone number should be added.
COUNTING FOR CHARGING
Addresses
Words in th<> address of a tciPgrum, other than the Mme of the ofllce of destination,
are counted nl the mte 0f 15 lett.ers to n wore!.
Subject to this limit : (I) jJerson:tl uames, names of ships and so on mny be combined
by the sender to f'lrm singe cxpressi.lns, for examplr, Delarue; and (2) the names of
streets, squar~, boulevard;; and otlw I?tJblic lhoroifghf~res may be combined to form
ain!;le expre~on~ and 11re cuunted as sangle words 1f wrnten \'I'IU1out a break. House
numbers, for example 30'A or 30 1 8 / S are counted at the rate of five characters to the
word, but the oblique stroke is not charged for.