Page 80 - Jamaica Post Office Guide 1977

80 POST OFFICE GUIDE

Overseas Post: Small Packets, Printed Papers, conltl.

Limits of size:
Packets other than in the form of a roll:
Maximum:
3 ft. in length, breadth and depth combined, the greatest dimension
not to exceed 2 ft.

Minimum:
53 inches by 3i inches

Packets in the form of a roll:

Maximum:
Length and twice the diameter 3 feet 5 inches, the greatest dimension
not to exceed 2 feet 11 inches.

Minimum:
Length and twice the diameter 6} inches, the greatest dimension not less
than 4 inches.
Address
The sender is required to show his name and address on the outside of the
packet and must mark the packet conspicuously SMALL PACKET or the
equivalent of such words in a language of the country of destination in the
top left-hand corner.

Posting
Small packets may be posted in a posting box or handed over the counter.
They may be registerd but not insured.

Inadmissible Articles
Articles which may not be sent by letter post are also excluded from tran-
mission in small packets; and, in addition, the following may not be sent in small
packets: Coin, bank notes, currency notes; negotiable instruments payable to
bearer, platinum, gold or silver; precious stones; jewels and other valuable
articles; postage stamps whether obliterated or not, or any paper representing a
monetary value; traveller's cheques, letters, notes or documents having the
character of actual and personal correspondence, but an open invoice reduced to
its essential elements, as well as a copy of the name and address of the sender and
the addressee may be enclosed, gramophone records, tapes and wires bearing
sound or video recording, A.D.P. (automatic data processing) and Q.S.L. cards,
magnetic tapes.

Customs Declarations
A green customs label must, without exception, be affixed to the address side
of the packet, and, if the country of destination so requires, the packets must also
be accompanied by one or more customs declaration forms C2/CP3. In some
cases the country of destination requires that the customs declarations should be
made out in a language other than English. Details of these requirements are
shown under each country at pages 94 to 254.