Page 90 - Jamaica Post Office Guide 1977

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Overseas Post: Registration, Advice of Delivery, Insurance, contd.

Money sent by registered post should be enclosed in one of the registered
letter envelopes sold by the Post Office. Coins must be packed in such a way that
they cannot move about inside the envelope.

Inquiries regarding loss or non-delivery
Inquiry as to the alleged loss or non-delivery of a registered article addressed
to a place abroad must be accompanied by a fee of 6c. This fee is refunded if it is
found that the inquiry has been rendered necessary by a fault of the postal service.

Articles Irregularly Posted
An article marked in any way to indicate that it should be registered which is
found posted amongst ordinary correspondence will not be registered but will be
treated as an ordinary item and despatched to destination by ordinary or airmail,
depending on the amount of postage with which it has been prepaid.

In the event of loss or damage no compensation is paid on an irregularly posted
article.
Undeliverable registered and insured articles and unregistered articles
found to contain anything of value which cannot be returned to sender arc retain­
ed in the Dead Letter Office for a fixed period in case they are claimed by cither
the sender or the addressee. If not claimed they arc disposed of in accordance with
regulations.
Advice of Delivery
The sender of a registered article addressed to an oversea destination may ob­
tain an advice of its delivery by prepaying in stamps at the time of posting, the
sum of 20c.

(a) Stamps denoting payment of such Advice of Delivery fee shall be affixed
to the registered article together with the stamps in payment of the
postage on the article.
(b) The article must bear on the front the letters “A.R.”
(c) The sender's name and address must appear on every article of which
an application is made for obtaining advice of delivery.

The advice of delivery form for an airmail registered article shall be attached to
the article when it is being weighed.
The forms must be returned to the sender by airmail at no additional cost to
the addressee and must have a blue airmail label affixed to it.
OVERSEAS POST: INSURANCE
The insurance service is not universal, but it extends to most oversea countries.
The maximum which can be covered is S800 but in some countries lower limits are
in force, as shown under each country set out on pages 94 to 254.
The service is governed by international regulations which prescribe the manner
in which insured packets must be made up, addressed, sealed and so on; and it is
essential that these regulations should be complied with in order to avoid disputes
about claims or delays in transmission.