Page 84 - Jamaica Post Office Guide 1977

84 POST OFFICE GUIDE

Overseas Post: Printed Papers— Customs Treatment Abroad, Combined
Packets, Literature for the Blind.

Inadmissible articles:
No printed paper articles shall consist of or contain:—
(a) any documents produced on a typewriter of any type;
(b) any copies obtained by means of tracing, or any handwritten or type,
written copies;
(c) any copies obtained by means of stamps with or without movable type;
(d) any articles of stationery proper, bearing reproductions, when it ii
clearly shown that the printed part is not the essential part of the article;
(c) any films or sound recordings;
(f) any punched paper tapes anil automatic data processing cards bearing
any perforations, marks or signs which can be regarded as notes;
(acknowledgement of radio contact) & SL Cards.
(*) articles sent from one private individual to another;
(h) postage stamps or forms or prepayment, whether obliterated or not, or
any paper representing a monetary value;
(i) personal correspondence.

CUSTOMS TREATMENT ABROAD
Particulars of the countries which admit packets containing articles liable to |
customs duty under the Green Label system, arc given at pages 94 to 254.

COMBINED PACKETS
It is permissible to enclose in the same packet articles on which different
charges are payable (except literature for the blind), provided that each article
taken singly is within the limits applicable to it as regards weight and size, ao-1
that the total weight docs not exceed 4 lb.
The postage payable is that applicable to the class of enclosure subject to 4* |
highest rate of postage.

LITERATURE FOR THE BLIND
Books or papers impressed or intended to be impressed in “Braille” or o'd* I
special type and any articles used specially by the blind posted unsealed I
accepted for conveyance to all destinations by surface mail as follow s: ™ 1
Up to 15 lb in weight (maximum)—Postage free.
Books or papers impressed in Braille or other special type and any articles u*'
specially by the blind, plates for embossing literature for the Blind and sot)j|
records intended solely for the use of the blind posted unsealed may be sent ‘ I
air wail to any destination at the special rate of two cents for every two ouncesf |
fraction thereof.
In order to be eligible for this special rate the article must either be posted^ I
recognized institution for the blind in Jamaica or be addressed to a rccog0<^|
institution for the blind in another country.
Packets of Literature for the Blind whether intended for conveyance by s u r^ |
or air mail must not exceed 15 lb in weight.