Page 44 - Jamaica PO Guide 1952

• OVERSEAS POST 45
The same treatment would be applied to a letter or packet fully prepaid for the inland
eervice of a foreign country or colony and redirected to this country. On a letter from
abroad redirected from this country, the postage has to be brought up to what it would
have been if the letter had been sent direct to its final destination in the first instance.
A letter originally posted unpaid, or a packet of any kind posted insufficiently paid,
and subsequently redirected, though not chargeable for redirection, is subject to sur-
charge on delivery.
PACKETS UPON WHICH FRESH PosTAGE IS PAYABLE. A packet which appe:J.rs to have
been opened or tnmpered with will be chargeable as freshly postnd and unpaid.
A packet returned to the sender that he may rectify or complete the adrlress is not,
when reposterl, treated as redirected, but is liable to fresh postage.
SENDER'S RESTRICTION UPON REDIRECTION. Redirer.tion cannot be undertaken if the
sender has forbidden redirection by means of a note on the address side of the packet, in a
language known in the country of destination.
Am MAn, PACKETs. In the case of air mail packets for which re-transmission by air
is desired, the appropriate air postage for the seeond transmission must be prepaid.
REGISTERED OR INSU RED ARTICLES. Registered Or insured articles on being redireded
may not be dropped into a letter bo.<, hut must be taken to a post office to be dealt
with. No additional registration or insurance fee will be charged if the packet is pre-
sented for re-registration or re-insurance not later than the day after delivery.
An insured letter cannot be redirected to a place abroad unless there is an insured letter
service to the country concerned, with a sufficiently high limit of value.
Poste Restante
The rules applicable to postal packets arriving from places abroad and addressed
to a poste restante will be found on pagn 8.
In accordance with the international regulations, the addref;S of any outgoing postal
packet addressed poste restante must give the names of the addressee; the use of initials,
figures, Christian names \vithout surnames, fictitious names or conventional marks
of any kind are not Rllowed.
In some foreign countries the addressee is charged a special fee on postal packets
addressed pos!e restank
Prepayment in Money
Postage on postal packets (except parcels) addressed to places abroad may be pre-
paid in money under arrangements similar to those shown on page 8 for inland packets.
PARCEL POST PARCELS
PARCEL PosT P.\RCELS are accepted for transmission to the countries against which
parcel post rates of postage, etc. are shown in pages 53 to 101.
Weight and Size
The maximum weight as a rule is 22 pounds; but in some countries the limit is lower,
see pageR 53 to 101.
The maximum dimensions are: Length, 3 feet 6 inches; Length and girth combined,
6 feet.
Rates of Postage
See individual entries, pages 53 to 101.
Insurance
See ahove, "Insured Parcels", pages 41 and 45.
GIFT PARCELS. "Gift Parcel" means a package addressed to an individual in the
United Kingdom and certain European countries* which (a) contains only clean worn
clothing, medical supplies, or any i tern of locally produced foodstuffs, such as:-
biscuits, cakes and puddings, canned pineapple and citrus juices, canned tomato soups
and juices, cashew nuts, coffee, crystallised fruits, foodyeast, honey, preserved jellies
and jams, sugar and sugar confectionery, etc.; (b) is a bona fide unsolicited gift, not being
exported as merchandise, or intended for sale; (c) is clearly marked as a gift, and
(d) does not exceed 22 lh gross. The limit of weight for any single item of content~
of a gift parcel may not exceed 7 lb.
*See individual entries, pages 53 to 101.