Page 79 - Jamaica Post Office Guide 1977

POST OFFICE GUIDE 79

Overseas Post: Postcards: Small Packets, comd.

INSUFFICIENTLY PREPAID POSTCARDS
Postcards posted totally unpaid or insufficiently prepaid are forwarded but
arc charged on delivery with single the defficicncy plus the handling charge
imposed by the country of destination.

CONDITIONS
The right-hand half at least of the address side is reserved for the address and
any necessary postal service indications. The postage stamps should be affixed to
the top right-hand corner of this port:on. The remaining space is for the use of
the sender.
All postcards, other than picture postcards of private manufacture must bear
on their face the word “POSTCARD” or its equivalent in another language.
Nothing may Ire attached to a postcard except:—
(1) Stamps in payment of postage.
(2) A label or strip of paper completely adherent to the card, and bearing
the name and address of the addressee.
(3) A similar label (not to exceed 2 inches long and i inch wide) bearing the
name and address of the sender of the card; and
(4) Engravings, drawings, photographs, and printed matter on very thin
paper and completely adherent to the card.
A postcard may not be folded, nor may it be cut or altered in such a way as to
reduce the size below 5j inches by 3i inches. A postcard may not be enclosed in a
cover of any kind.
If these conditions are not fulfilled the card will be treated as a letter.
The articles specified in (3) and (4) above, may be affixed either to the back of
the card or to the left-hand half of the address side.

SMALL PACKETS

Extent of Service
Small packets may be sent to all countries. The following countries do not
accept small Packets above a maximum weight of I ll>, viz: Australia, Bolivia
Burma, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Cuba
Definition
The small packet post is specially provided for the transmission of goods,
whether dutiable or not, in the same mails as printed papers, which as a rule,
travel more quickly than the parcel mails. Nothing other than the goods, an
open invoice reduced to its simplest form and the name and address of the sender
and addressee may be enclosed.
Postage—Surface Mail
To all destinations:—
Up to 4 ounces 20c
Over 4 ounces up to 8 ounces 36c
Over 8 ounces up to 1 lb 65c
Over 1 lb up to 2 lb SI.08
Limit of weight: 2 lb