Page 93 - Jamaica Post Office Guide 1977

POST OFFICE GUIDE 93

Overseas Post: Insurance, contd.

No labels may be affixed except those of the postal service. If the packet is
tied round with a string or tape, a seal must be placed on each knot. However, if
the packet is tied with a string and sealed as in paragraph 1, the string itself need
not be sealed.
Insured letters which have the exterior appearance of a box must fulfil the
following additional conditions:
(a) they shall be of wood, metal or plastic and sufficiently strong;
(b) the walls of wooden boxes shall have a minimum thickness of 8 milli­
metres ; (5/16 of an inch);
(c) the top and bottom shall be covered with white paper to take the address
of the addressee, the declaration of the insured value and the impression
of the official stamps; they shall be sealed on the four sides; if required
for ensuring inviolability, the boxes shall be tied round crosswise with
strong string without knots, the two ends being joined under a wax seal
bearing a private mark of the sender.
In addition, the following provisions shall apply;
(a) the postage may be represented by the amount (in figures) of the sum
collected, as for example: (Charge collected: S___c___ ); this amount
shall be written at the top right-hand corner of the address side and an
impression of the date-stamp of the office of origin placed beside it;
(b) items addressed to initials or the address of which is shown in pencil and
those which have erasures or corrections in their address will not be
accepted.
The seals on an ordinary envelope should be placed as shown below:

In the case of a long envelope with a scam down the centre, the seam should
oe secured with seals placed not more than 3 inches apart.

!NSURED PARCELS: SPECIAL CONDITIONS
Parcels can be insured for transmission to the countries against the names
which a limit of insured value is shown in the section of the Guide headed
Overseas Post”. The general limit of insurance is $800 but in some countries
°wer limits are in force and these arc specially indicated in the summary together
"''•h any other limitations of the service. There are certain countries which do not
5ay compensation for damage to fragile items etc. posted in insured parcels e.g.
I Australia, Canada.

Peking and make-up
.Packing: Every insured parcel must be substantially packed with due regard
I 0 Ihe nature of the contents and to withstand the risks of oversea travel.