Page 43 - Jamaica PO Guide 1952

44 POS'l' OFFICE GUIDE
"Watches, the cnSies of which are entirely or mainly composed of gold, silver, platinum
or other precious metals; and
Any article of like nature whic.h, apart from workmanship, has an intrinoic or marketable
value.
Compulsory Insurance
A parcel liable to insurance under the regulations and posted uninsured, is usually
despatched abroad as an insured parcel, but compensation is not payable in respect
of it.
COMPENSATION
Insured Letters and Parcels
GENERAl. CoNDITIONs GovERNING PAYMENT OF CoMPENSATION. The Post Office pays
to the sender compensation for the loss or damage of an insured packet (letter or parcel)
or its contents, if it is established that the loss or damage has occurred while the packel
was in the cusl:ody of the Jamaica Post Office.
On the transfer of an insured packet to another administration, the responsibility
of the Jamaica Post Office ceases, and the final decision as to the payment of compen·
sation rests with that administration.
Compensation will not exceed the value at the time of posting of the article lost or
the amount of the damage sustained. Indirect loss or loss of profits will not be taken
into consideration.
In any claim for damage or loss of contents, the packet should be retained for inspection '
as nearly as possible in the condition in which it was delivered.
The sender of a parcel may waive his claim in favour of the addressee.
The Postmaster General is under no legal liability either personally or in his official
capacity to pay compensation in respect of any packet for which an insurance fee has
been paid.
CAsEs IN WHICH CoMPENSATION Is NOT PAYABLE. Under international regulations, no
compensation will be paid in respect of:
Any packet containing a prohibited article;
Any packet which has been duly delivered and accepted without reserve;
Any damage or loss caused hy the fault or negligence of the sender, such as failure
to provide adequate packing, having regard to the nature of the contents;
Any damage to an exceptionally fragile article which from its nature cannot reasonably
be expected to travel safely by post, such as a clay figure, a soapstone or alabaster model,
a collection of butterflie>s or moths, a vacuum flask, and so on;
Any parcel containing jewellery exceeding £100 in value not packed in accordance
with the special regul11tions, see page 43.
Any parcel containing an article of a type specified on pages 53 to 101 as one for
?-hich compensation wilt not be paid; or
Any packer in respect of which a daim is not made within u year of the date of posting.
The Post Office reserves the right to refuse compensation where the damage or loss
is due to a cause beyond control, or where a packet cannot be accounted for in conse(juence
of the loss of official documents from any such cause. No compensation will he paid
for any loss or damage due to the act of the King's enemies.

REDIRECTION
Letter Post
Letters, postcards, small packets, print.ed papers, commercial papers and samples
may be redirected to the same addressee at another address by an officer of the Post Offire
or by an agent of the addressee after delivery under the following .conditions:
Redirection is free provided that the redirection is made not later than the day after
delivery, not counting Sundays and public holidavs. This does not exempt from
additional postage a postal packet which, though fully prepaid for the first transmission
is redirected to a cmmtry to whic:h the postage is higher than that originally prepaid.
Thus a letter or packet prepaid at the inland rate sent from one place to another in the
lsland and afterwards redirected to a place abroad, should have additional stamps
affixed to it representing the difference between the island and the foreign rate of
postage, otherwise the difference will be char~:ed on delivery.