Page 30 - Jamaica PO Guide 1952

OVERSEAS POST
The classes of postal packets admitted to the imperial and foreign post are: letters,
postcards, small packets, printed papers, commercial papers, samples, "blind " literatme
and parcels.
LETTERS
Rates of Postage
Bn!1'rsu CoMMONWEAL'l'H. The prepaid rate of postage for letters addressed to the
*British Commonwealth generally, is 2~d. not exceeding one ounce and ld. for each
additional ounce.
OnrEn CouNTIUES. For letters to all other places abroarl, the rate is Sd. not exceeding
one ounce and :1d. for each additional ounce.
Weight a.nd Size
The limit of weight to all destinations is 4 lb. 6 oz.
The limits of size are:-BmnsH CoMMONWEALTH*, 2 feet in length and 18 incjbes
in width, 18 inehes in depth.
All Other Countries-3 feet in length, width and depth combined, the greatest
dimension not to exceed 2 feet.
IN Al~l~ CASES FOH LE'I"''ERS IN THE Fonu OF A RoLL-The length and twice the dia-
meter combined may not exceed 3 fee t~ inches, nor the greatest dimension 2 feet 8 inches
Unpaid Letters
An unregistered letter posted unpaid or underpaid is forwarded and charged on delivery
with double the amount of the deficiency.
An unpaid or underpaid unregistered letter from abroad is charged on delivery with
double the amount of the deficiency, the minimum surcharge being !d.
POSTCARDS
Rates of Postage
The prepaid rate of postage for postcards for all destinations abroad, is:
BRITISH } Single-2d.
CoMMONWEALTH Reply paid -4d.
Single-ild.
OnrER CouNTiliES I. Reply paid-6d.
Size
No card may exceed 5} inches in length by 41 inches in width, or be less than 4 inches
in length by 2i inches in width. The material for private cards to bP. used as postcards
must be ordinary cardboard or prtper not less than one-hundredth of an inch thick and
not more flexible than that used for post cards issued and sold by the Post Office.
Conditions
The right-hand half at least of the address sides reserved for the address of the recipient
and any necessary postal service indir:ations, for example Reyislered Advice of Delivery
and the postage stamps must qe affixed in the top right-hand corner of this portion.
The remaining space is availahfe for the use of the sender for written communications.
An address label or a slip to fold back, completely adherent to the card and bearing
the name and address of the person to whom the card is sent, may be affixed to the
address side of the card, except in the case of postcards addressed to countries subject
to postal cen~orsh ip. ·
A sample of merchandise or other similar article may not be attached to a postcard.
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
ietter, except when the irregularity conEists solely in the fixing of the postage stamp
to the rever~e side, in which case the card is consirlerecl as unpre71aid ancl treated according.
to the category to which it belongs by reason of the text or dimensions.
*Including territories under British trusteeship, British Post Offices in Tangier and
the Persian Gulf, and also Burma, Egypt, Israel, Jordon and Palestine.