Page 36 - Jamaica PO Guide 1952

OVERSEAS POST 37
Printers' blocks, cut-out patterns Rent singly, kl'ys sent singly, cut fresh flowers, articles
of natural history (dried or preserved animals or plants. geological specimPne, and ~o on)
tubes of serum and vacc.ine, and pathological objects rendered innocuous by the mode
of preparation and packing.
These articles, except tube& of serum and vaccine sent in the general interest by
laboratories or institutions officially recognised, may not be sent for a c.:>mmercial purpose.
Packing and Address
It is recommended that every sample shoulrl be indelibly marked Sample: not for salt,
or otherv.;se defaced in such a way as to render the article unsaleable in the ordinary
way of trading.
Samples must be sent in such a manner as to be easy of examination and, when
practicable, must be sent in covers open at the end. The upper left-hand corner of the
packet should be clearly marked Smn7Jle. .
Packing is not obligatory for articles consisting of one piece, such as pieces of wood
or metal, which it is not the custom of the trade to pack.
The address of the addressee must be indicated, as far as possible, on the packing
or on the article itself. If the packing or the article itself is not suita.ble for the inscription
of the address and service indications or for affixing the postage stamps, a tie-on label,
preferably of parchment, must be sf'curely attached. The same applies when the date
stamping is likely to injure the article.
A sample enclosed in a linen or paper envelope of little strength must have a label
preferably of p!Uchment attached with the address of the adr\ressee and the postage
stamps in prepayment. The address should if possible be repeated on the article itself.
In order to secure the return of a packet which cannot be delivered the name and
a&dress of the sender should be printed or written outside the packet.
Permissible Additions
The sender may indicate by hand or by a mechanical process outside or inside the
packet in the letter case on the sample itself or on a special sheet or paper referring
to it: the name, position, profession, style and address of the sender and of the addressee;
the date of despatch, the signature, telephone number, telegraphic address and code,
.the postal cheque or banking account of the sender; a manufacturer's or trade mark,
a brief note relating to the manufacturer or supplier of the goods or to the person for
whom the sample is intended, serial or identity numbers, prices and notes representing
essential elements of the price; particulars relating to weight, measurement and size,
or the quantity to be disposed of, and such as are necessary to determine the origin and
the character of the goods.
Special Packing Regulations for Certain Articles
DRY COLOURING POWDERS (FOR EXAMPLE, ANILINE BLUE). These are admissible only
if enclosed in a stout tin box placed inside a wooden box with sawdust between the two
covers.
DRY NON-COLOURING POWDERS. These must be placed in a box of metal, wood Or
cardboard, the box itself being enclosed in a hag of linen or parchment.
FATI'Y SUBSTANCES WHICH DO NOT EASILY LIQUEFY; SILKWORM EGG3. Such articles
dmust be enclosed in an inner cover (box, linen or parchment bag and so on) which must
itself be placed in a second box of wood, metal or stout thick leather.
~ Guss oR OTHER FRAGILE MATERUL. Articles of glass or other fragile material must
~ be securely packed in a box of met..'l.l, wood or strong corrugated cardboard in such a
way as to prevent all risk of injury to other postal packets or to postal officers.
LIQUIDs, OILS OR SEMI-LIQUIDS. These must be enclosed in a receptacle bermetically
sealed; and the receptacle must be placed in a special box of metal, st.rong wood or
strong corrugated cardboard containing sawdust or spongy material (not cotton) in
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6 sufficient quantity to absorb the liquid if the receptac.le becomes broken. The lid
of the box must be fixed in such a manner that it cannot easily become detached.
LIVE BEES; LEECHEs; PARASITES. Live bees or leeches must be enclosed in a box so
constructed as to avoid all danger and to allow the contents to be a~f'ert..<tin ed. Parasites
and destroyers of noxious insects exchanged between officially recognised institutions
muat be aimilar:ly packed.