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Inland Service: Express Delivery; Business Reply Service
Charges
The normal postage plus express fee of 20c
The normal postage plus the express fee of 20c must be prepaid. Any amount
insufficiently prepaid will be collected from the addressee on delivery or, should
he refuse to take delivery, from the sender to whom the article would be returned
in case of non-delivery.
Distinctive Marking and Posting
Letters and parcels for Express Delivery and intended for registration must be
handed in at a Post Office counter and a receipt obtained. All other articles may
be similarly handed in or may be posted in a letter box.
In all cases the word “Express” must be boldly and legibly written above the
address on the left-hand side of the cover.
The Post Office does not undertake to ensure the special delivery of an article
which is not marked in the prescribed manner.
Limit of Weight
Letters: 4 lb
Parcels: 7 lb
All other articles: The normal limit according to the appropriate!
class of article provided it does not exceed 7 lb I
in weight.
Delivery
Delivery of express articles will be restricted to the hours of 8.00 in the morn­
ing and 7.00 in the evening on week days and 12 noon on Saturdays.

BUSINESS REPLY SERVICE

DESCRIPTION
Under this service a person who wishes to obtain a reply from a client without
putting him to the expense of paying postage, may enclose in his communication
an unstamped reply card, envelope, folder or gummed label of the special design‘
shown below. He may also incorporate in his advertisements in newspapers and
other publications a special design to be used as an address label adhering,1
completely to cards or envelopes or as a folder suitable for transmission by
post under Post Office Regulations. The client can post the card and so on, in
the ordinary way, but without a stamp and the addressee will pay the charges on
all the replies he receives. Delivery will be effected once daily, by the second
distribution.
This service is available only for articles posted and delivered within the island
of Jamaica.
CONDITIONS
Licence: Before any person uses business reply cards and so on, a licence must
be obtained from the Postmaster General.
Deposit: The licensee will be required to pay in advance such sum of money
(not less than two dollars) as the Postmaster General shall think sufficient in
respect of the charges likely to be incurred on postal articles transmitted and
shall from time to time whilst his licence is in force pay on demand such further
sum as the Postmaster General may think necessary.