Page 7 - Jamaica PO Guide 1952

MISCELLANEOUS
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LOCATION OF DEPAR'lMENTS
The Ut~NEll.<L PosT O;·t·ICI·: b housed in the we3lCI'II block or l'uhlic Buildinb'S at
1\ ing and Burry Streets, 1\:inJ;!ilOII.
The Cireul~ttion Hmnch (J.cLtcr flection) is on the ground floor; the Mlmini>lrn,tive
nncl Accounting Offices ami the Cenlml Tolcgrt1ph Olllcc are on the HC<'ond floor.
The l'nrccl Post Section liuf'inding C:.O.D. and Detained l'uckcl Otiiccs), the Money
Ot~ler, Pwtal Ord!'r, nt,d Ccncrul C':~~hicr's Offices arc situate iu tht: former "Grnce"
building nt No. 33 ()liver !'lace, nl the rcur of the Circulation Urnndt.
Tiouns OF BusiNEss (Week DayH).
The office hours of the Circulation nrnnch arcS n.m. to ·I p.m.; nml of nil other branches
(except Telegraph Offirc), ft'Om 9 n.m. to :J p.m. on :\iondny to Friday; nud 8 a. m. to
J p.m. for Circullltion Brunch, nnd !) a. m. to I p.m. for Parcel Post Hranch on Saturdays.
The Telegraph Office is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. ou 1\ [ontlay to Sa~nr•l>\y.
All Country Post Offices arc o pen rrom 8 a. m. to 5 p.m. on l\(onday to Raturday.
On S undays all Post Ofliccs ru·c closcrl.
On Puhlic Holidays the Circulation and Puree! Post branches of the C:.l'.O. are open
for business from!) n.m. to noon, and the Central Telegmph Ollicc ftom 8 n.m. to 10 n.m.
All Country OOices are open from 8 n.m. to 10 a. m.
For Telegraph arrangements on Sundays, Public Holidays, etc., see T~.t.t(GRuts, page
107.
POS'l'AGE STAMPS, POSTCARDS, ETC.
Pos'I'Am; STAMPS of the following rle110minations are sold:-
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~ d., ld., ltd., 2d., 3d., 4.<1., Od., !)d., Is., 2~ • !is., 10s., £ 1.
n ooks containing eighteen 1<.1. nml twcll'e ~d. stamp~; ure is~ucd, price :?s. each.
TNLAND PosTCAUos are snlrl nt Id. c:wh; reply-paid flt 2d. BtuTJ~Il CoMMONWEAL'l'n-
PosTCAnos at 2tl.; reply-paid Jd. A Id. st:cmp must he aflixcd to each 2d. postcard
addressed to n foreign country.
N&WSI'-'PER WRAPPERS nre sold a~ !d. each.
Am l.ETTER snr:ETs impressed \\ith a Gd. st.amp are sold at 6d.
H&GJSTEREO J.ETTER ENVEJ.OPBS (lincn·lincd) bearing a 4h!. stump embossed on the
flap arc of two sizes a11d are sold <1~ 5d. and 5}d. each. The necessary amount of postage
strtmps must be added ~o cover the postage and registration fee.
J IJDICIAL STA~n·s of the valuc8 6d., Js., 2s., 5s., Ss. and 6d., 10s., and £1 are sold at all
Post Offices where there is a demand for them.
lMPRt;;SsED SrAMPS, title deeds, and blank slips are on sale at all Post Offices.
Q u i NINE is also sold at all Post Offices in }d. and ld. packages.
The following is a deacription together with the dates of issue of all postage stamps
io circulation.