Page 35 - Jamaica Post Office Guide 1977

POST OFFICE GUIDE 33

INLAND POST
The regulations of the inland post apply generally to any postal packet sent
between one place and another within the island.
Items which are admitted to the inland post are classified as follows:—
Letters
Postcards
Printed Papers
Literature for the Blind
Newspapers
Parcels

LETTERS
RATE OF POSTAGE
First 4 oz .. 10c
Over 4 oz to 8 oz .. 15c
Over 8 oz to 12 oz .. 20c
Over 12 oz to 1 lb .. 30c
Over 1 lb to 2 lb .. 60c
Over 2 lb to 4 lb .. 90c
INSUFFICIENTLY PREPAID LETTERS
A letter (except under the business reply service) which is wholly unpaid or
insufficiently prepaid is charged on delivery with double the deficiency.
WEIGHT AND SIZE
Limit of weight: 41b
LIMITS OF SIZE
Letters other than in the form of a roll:

Maximum:
2 ft. in length and 18 inches in breadth or depth.
Minimum:
5i inches by 3$ inches

Letters in the form of a roll:
Maximum:
Length and twice the diameter 3 ft. 3 inches, the greatest dimension
not to exceed 2 ft. 8 inches.
Minimum:
Length and twice the diameter 6$ inches, the greatest dimension not
to be less than 4 inches.

POSTCARDS
RATE o f POSTAGE
Single .. .. .. 5c
INSUFFICIENTLY PREPAID POSTCARDS
Postcards wholly unpaid or insufficiently prepaid are forwarded but are
charged on delivery with double the deficiency.