Page 63 - Jamaica Post Office Guide 1977

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General Information: Embarrassing Packets, Import—Prohibitions
(Special) could.

“Trap” Packets: A packet having an opening large enough to entrap small
letters or postcards.

Dimensions: A card, envelope or folder which is less than 5 mches in length
by 3i inches in width or a packet of such small dimension as to be likely to
impede the officers of the Post Office in dealing with it.

Used envelopes: An envelope which has previously been used for postal
purposes unless it has been suitably reconditioned by completely covering all
the old postage stamps, stamp impressions and addresses (including the address
of the sender if no longer relevant) with gummed white slips which must be well
Stuck down. Used registered envelopes must not be re-used for the unregistered
post unless they arc covered both back and front with suitable adhesive paper
in such a way as to hide effectively all marks. Stamps in prepayment of fresh
postage must always be affixed along the top of the reconditioned envelope at the
right-hand corner on the same side as the new address in a position convenient
for date-stamping.

IM PORT- PROHIBITIONS (Special)
Unless previous written permission has been obtained from the Minister of
Apriculture of Jamaica, it is prohibited to import into Jamaica by post the
following:—
Bees, honey and material used by bee raisers: boots used previously by
workmen on banana plantations: cotton and all plants of the cotton plant;
all plants and varieties of gossypium and all other plants originating in any
country other than Great Britain.

The written permit of the Minister of Agriculture which takes the form of a
label bearing particulars of the permit and the seal of the Department must be
forwarded by the importer to the supplier who shall attach it to the package
containing the plant to which the permit relates.

Import licences are required for many items and these should be obtained in
advance by the addressees.

Contagious abortion vaccine, live or dead (organisms of the Brucella group),
rabies vaccine, foot and mouth disease and contagious bovine plcuro-pneumonia
vaccine or antigen.

All specific organisms or agents (of bacterial, protozoan and virus nature)
except rat viruses, which are known to cause infectious animal disease, save and
except in the form of substances commonly known as vaccines, sera, toxins,
antitoxins, and antigens intended for use in the practice of human or veterinary
medicine, provided the said substances (vaccines, sera, toxins, antitoxins and
antigens) arc imported in a package labelled or marked distinctly on the outside of
the package, "Biological Products” and enclosing in the said package a Decla­
ration from the Exporter or supplier stating fully the contents of the said package
with a description of the nature of the substances therein and an indication of the
maker, place and country in which they were prepared.