Page 89 - Jamaica Post Office Guide 1977

POST OFFICE GUIDE 89

REGISTRATION

Subject to the limitation shown on pages 94 to 254 any letter, parcel or postal
packet may be registered.
Registration Fee (additional to postage):
Each article .. .. .. 40c

Compensation
The registration fee on an article addressed to anywhere outside Jamaica
covers compensation up to a maximum of S14.33. If it is desired to provide for a
higher maximum the insurance service should be used. There is no insured
service with the United States of America.
No indemnity is payable in the case of:
(1) Force Majeure, i.e. tempest, shipwreck, earthquake, war, etc.
(2) Any packet containing a prohibited article.
(3) Any packet in respect of which a claim is not made within a year of the
date of posting.
(4) Any packet which the Post Office cannot account for in consequence
of the loss of official documents through a cause beyond control.
(5) Any packet confiscated under the internal legislation of the country to
which it is addressed.
The final decision upon all questions of compensation rests with the Postmaster
General.
Instructions for Registering
An article to be registered must be handed in at a Post Office and a receipt
obtained for it, it must not be dropped into a letter-box.
Every letter presented for registration must be enclosed in a strong cover
appropriate to its contents and securely fastened with wax, gum or other adhesive
substance in such a manner as to render impossible the opening thereof without
damage to the cover. It will not be accepted if it shows any sign of having been
opened and refastened before posting.
If a letter is fastened by means of adhesive paper or tape, each strip must bear
some word or mark distinctive of the sender, such as his name or initials or must
be initialled by the person who tenders the article for registration. Letter packets
not fastened with any adhesive matter but tied with string will be accepted provi­
ded the ends or knots of the string are sealed with wax or by means of a lead
seal crushed with a press.

The above instructions regarding fastening and sealing do not apply to packets
containing literature for the blind, and printed papers intended for regis­
tration as these must be open to inspection whether registered or not.
A postal article addressed to initials cannot be registered.
The address must be clearly written in English but can be repeated in another
language. It must be written in ink or copying pencil.
The full postage and registration fee must be prepaid at the time of posting.
If in the opinion of an officer of the Post Office to whom an article is tendered
for registration the packing is inadequate or if the article is unsuitable for regis­
tration for any other reason, registration of the article may be refused.