Page 8 - Jamaica PO Guide 1952

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Denom·
inll.tion Description Colour Date of issne
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td. Ile!tcl of J(ing George VI Yellow Or,tohcr 2r.th, 19iil
l<l. Ditto Green Ditto
I! d. Ditto Chocohlle Oct.nber lOth, I tl38
2d. Columlm~ Cove ttud head of Grey aml Green December lOth, 1938
Sovereign
3(1. BtloMa Plnutatio n Bh1e and Green August liit'\, l !J.I9
1d. Ci Lrus Grove Brown and Green December lOth, 1!138
6d. PricsLman's Ili ver and head of Grey P urple and Ditto
so,·ereign Dlack
,,. Sugar J ndustry Green a ncl Brown Dit.to
9d. Kingston fbrbour (aerial view) Lake Ditto
21- Bamboo Walk Tllue and Brown Ditto
5/- SymbC'llic des~n (" Wood and Blue ftn• l Orange Ditto
Water") !ln head of Sovereign
10/- lie!I.CI of ICing George VI Green Ditto
20/- Tolncco Growing ami Givar
?dnk"ng Mnuve nnd 'ilrown :i.11g11St l5i,h, I ().J\)
All stmnp• are printed on p>lper water-mm ked C A in srript.
Cost of a full set £~ Os. 3d.
HOUSE DELIVERY
T here are four house-to-honse deliveries of letters on week-days from the General
Post Office, Kingston; and two deliveries from the Post Offices of Cross Roads, Tialfway
Tree, Constant Sprin~. Lig,wnea, Vineyard Town, \Vindwanl Road, Jones Town, Whit-
field Town, Spanish Town, lV[ontego Bay. At L\11 other oflices letters must be called for.
(See Poste Rest.Bnte, p. 8).
TRAIN POST OFFICE SERVICE
Limited train Post Offices are maintained on the through line between Kingston and ,
Montego Bay and Port Anto r1io where postage stamps, etc., ma.v he bought and telegraph
forma obtained.
REDIRECTION
I. By I he Pubt,·c. Letters, postcards, printed papers, samples and newspapers are
retransmitted by post without additional charge, provided that the packet is repooted
not later th!lll the day after delivery, Sundays and Public Holiclays not being counted and
that it hns not. previous to redirection, been opened or tampered with. If LUl ndhesiv6
label be u~ed for the purpose of indicating the new address, the name of the original
addressee must not be obscm~d, otherwise the pflcket will bP. liable to snrcl>arge as unpaid.
Hedirecled packets reposted later than the day aft.cr deJi,·ery will he liable to charge
at the prepaid rate. Any packet which appears to have been opened or tampered with
will be chargeable as freshly posted and unpaid.
Any registered packet on being re,lirected must not. be dropped into a letter box,
but must be taken to a post omcc, to be dealt with as registered. No adtlitional regis-
tration lee will be charged if the packet is presented for re-registration not luter than
the day after delivery; but if it is presenter! t\fter that time it will be trea ted as frP.shly
posted, and a fresh registration fee will be payable. As regards postage, the rules given
in the preceding paragraphs apply.
If an inland registered packet is redirecLcd to an address abroad, it becomes liable
to the regulations aud lim itations in force in t.hc international service.
Tf any registered packet when redirected, instead of being given back to the Post
Office to be dealt with as registered, is dropped into a letter box, it is treated in all respects
as a let~er intended for registration but irregularly posted.
II By the Post O.Jlice. Notices of remol'al and applications for redirection must be
signed by the persons to whom any })ORtal packets to be redirected are addressed,
and should be sent to the local dehery office servi ug the old address or lmndcd to the
postman. When possible the printed forms which can be obtained from any post office
should be used and the Post Oflice may require this to be done in any case.