Page 58 - Jamaica Post Office Guide 1977

POST OFFICE GUIDE 57

General Information: Special Packing Regulations For Certain Articles,
Prohibitions

Racquets: Badminton, squash and tennis: Badminton, squash and tennis
racquets must firmly be tied to a wooden board or wooden cross slightly larger
than the racquet and stout enough to give adequate protection both to the frame
and the handle. The strings must be fully protected on both sides by some rigid
material.
Sharp instruments: These may be sent by post only if the edges or points are
carefully covered so as to prevent risk of injury to any officer of the Post Office
or damage to other packets.
Suit, attache, dressing and similar cases: These should be protected by wooden
boards covering the side.
Umbrellas, walking-sticks, fishing rods: These and similar articles should be
protected by two stout strips of wood, each strip being as long as and slightly
wider than the article protected.

PROHIBITIONS
It is prohibited to send by post:
1. Dangerous articles (including explosives), inflammable, noxious, filthy,
deleterious or otherwise harmful substances; sharp instruments, not
properly protected; Matches. See list of dangerous articles below.
2. Any indecent or obscene print, painting, photograph, lithograph, engraving
cinematograph film, book, card, written communication, or any indecent
or obscene article.

3. Any article having thereon or on the cover thereof any words, marks or
designs of an indecent, obscene, seditious, scurrilous, threatening or
grossly offensive character.
4. Any article consisting of or containing opium, morphia, cocaine or other
narcotics except those forwarded for medical or scientific purposes to
countries which permit them to be so sent.
5. Any article containing medicine of any kind unless the formula or the
content is printed clearly on the container in English or French. Medica­
ments intended for external or internal treatment of venereal disease are
not permitted even if they comply with this condition.

6. Living animals except bees, silkworms and leeches packed in accordance
with the regulations.
2. Articles which from their nature or packing may expose postal officials
or any other person to danger or may soil or damage other articles or
postal equipment in course of conveyance.
8. Any article containing or bearing any fictitious postage stamp or any
counterfeit impression of a stamping machine; purporting to be prepaid
with any postage stamp which has been previously used to prepay any
other postal article or any other revenue duty or tax; or having thereon or
on the cover thereof any words, letters or marks (used without due author­
ity) which signify or imply, or may reasonably lead the recipient thereol
to believe that the postal article is sent on Government Service.