Page 78 - Jamaica Post Office Guide 1977

78 POST OFFICE GUIDE

Overseas Post: Surface Mail—Letters, Postcards, contd.

LIMIT OF WEIGHT
4 m
LIMITS OF SIZE
Letters other than in the form of a roll.
Maximum to all Countries:
3 feet in length, breadth and depth combined, the greatest dimension
not to exceed 2 feet.
Minimum to all Countries:
5} inches by 3} inches
Letters in form of a roll: to all Countries:
Maximum:
Length and twice the diameter 3 feet 5 inches, the greater dimension
not to exceed 2 feet 11 inches.
Minimum:
Length and twice the diameter 6J inches, the greatest dimension not to
be less than 4 inches.
UNDERPAID ORDINARY LETTERS AND POSTCARDS
Which are intended for transmission by airmail are given airmail conveyance
provided up to 50% of the required postage has been paid; in which case the item
is taxed with the deficiency of the amount prepaid.
If less than 50% of the required postage has been paid the item is forwarded by
surface mail. If there is a deficiency in the postage which has been prepaid it is
taxed with this deficiency.
DUTIABLE ARTICLES BY LETTER POST
Dutiable articles may be sent to certain countries in letters or packets prepaid at
the letter rate of postage. A green label giving precise particulars of the weight
and the value of the articles must be affixed to the address side of each packet.
These labels may be obtained at any Post Office. If the country of destination so
requires, one or more customs declarations, as required for parcels, must be
enclosed in or securely fastened to the packet. Details of these requirements are
shown on pages 94 to 254. Any letters sent in contravention of the regulations
may be returned, subjected to fines or confiscated according to the laws of the
country of destination. The affixing of the Green Customs Label to a letter does
not entitle it to compensation in the event of loss, damage or delay.

POSTCARDS
RATE OF POSTAGE
To all countries .. .. 12c
LIMITS OF SIZE
No card may exceed 5g inches in length by 4 | inches in width nor be less than
5j inches in length by 3j inches in width The material for private cards to
be used as postcards must be ordinary cardboard or paper not less than one-
hundredth of an inch thick and not more flexible than the postcards sold by the
Post Office.
Postcards must be rectangular and must not have projecting or raised relief
parts. Samples of merchandise or similar articles must not be affixed or attached
to them, nor must they be embellished with cloth, embroidery, spangles or
similar materials. Such cards may be sent only in closed envelopes.