Page 4 - Jamaica_PO-Guide-1919
P. 4
POST OFFICE HANDDOOK.

rrintcd circulnrs mny be unted in manuscript or by n mcchnnicnl proccss,.nnd t.he name
nod nudrcss of the sender nnd of the recipient, ns well ns nn indication of his trade or pro-
fession, mo.y be Added. Corrections and insertions may be made in manuscript or by a
mechnnic:\1 process in relnt.ion t.o nnmes 'of commercial travellers, dntca of their journey,
llliU the J})nCCS they intend to' visit; t)l\: U:lliiCii llll names of persons imited to meetings, and the place, d:Lte, and object of the mcctin~;s·
and the dntc of despatch may be inserted in ad vices of despatch of goods. '
On printed l'isitillg t:\tds fi:H.I Chri!ltrnn~ nnd Ne11' Year cards tl1e ndJr<'.ss nnd t.itle of
the sender mny be \\'rittcn, and com·cnt.ionnl initials, such ns "p.p.c., "as well as good wishes
congrntulntions, thnnks, condolences, or ot.her formulas of courtesy, in e:tch cnse expressed
in not more than five words. ·
Packets of Christmas and New Year cards mny r.onta.in the rela.tive invoices. This
provision applies to books, newspapers, music, pboto:;raphs and cngra. vings, which may
also bea.r a presentation inscription.
Prti:\'TEnS"'Pn OOF.) mny be corrected in mnnuscript; aduition.s which rebt.e to
accuracy, form, nod printing mn.y be mnue, nnd in cnscof w:mt of space acl.dit.ional sheets
may be used; the author's manuscript may be enclosed; printers' errors iu other printed
documents may al~o be ~orrected, nnd ii~ures ma.y be inserted or corrcct.cd in prices
current, tenders for :HI\'erliscuwnt., tmdc circulnrs, prn~pcet.llfie~, and ~;t.or:k and Rharc li! Iu forms of order <>r subscription for books, the works required. or o!Tcred runy be indi-
ca.ted. in .manuscript.
To cuttin"s from nen·sp:tpers and periodical public:J.tions ma.y be ndded in manuscript
or b~· n mechnnical proces~ the title, date, number a.nd address of the public:ltion from.
which the a.rticle is extracted.
cm C.ULA ns which are in other respects admissible, but which arc printed or Jitho-
grnphcd in characters rcscml:>ling tho.~e of the typr.writcr, llr arc produced by means of any
mechanica( p1·oee.~s frnm. type-tcl'illcn ori!JillaL~. "'ill be ndmit.ted nt the rate for printed
papers. pro,-idcd thn.t the~· are handed in ~t the Post. Office, t.hllt special a.ttent.ion is dmwn
to the fnct that Lhcr :~re printed or reproduced iu type-written chara.cters, and that at
)cast. tu:enty copic.~ a.re posted at the sa.me time.
The undermentioned ,,rticlC$ :lre c.uludcd from transmission at the rate applicable to
printed papers:-
l'osbgc stnmps. whct.I\Cr oblitcrntcd. or not, nnu in general nil pri.nt.cd articles con-
stituting the sign Q[ a monetary value.
Blank paper, note paper or em·elopes (with or without printed address), a.nd all other
artidc~.of .stal.ion<'ry . pure .and.sirnple.
V. Cnmmcrcial. Pa;>ers comprise all papers or documents writ.Lcn or UT:l\\'11 wholly or
parlly by hand (crcrpt letters or commnnication.s i>l the nnturc of letter~. or other pnpers or
documents haYin)!: the c'Jaracter of an act.ual and personal correspondence), documents of
lc;:aJ· procedure, Deeds drawn up by public iunct.ion:lrics. copies of or extracts from Deeds
under pri\'ate seal wri:tcn on st:~mped or uusta:upcd paper, Way Bills, Bills of Lading,
Invvic<·s, receipts for ::ood.; or mon~~-. and other documents of n mcrc:utt.ile ch:lracter,
documents of lnsuranc!' nud o;hcr public Companies, nil kiuds of Manuscript. i\lusic, t.he
MariiiRcript. of Books and other literary works, letters and post-cards oi old date which
hnve already serred th~ir original purpose, and pupils' exercises either in original or with
corrections, but without any comment on the work, and other papers of a simila.r descrip-
tion.
The lncnl ralc of po~I:I!!O on" Pr!nlc for~ign mail the rat~ diO'crs. S\Oe p. 3S.
VI. Parcels--The postage on a parcel must be fully prepaid or it cannot be for-
warded..
Und.cr Scnle (1) 11 Parcel may not exceed 1lb. in weight, 2 feet in length nor 1 foot io
widtb or depth.
Under Scnlc (2) a pnrccl rn:\y not excPed lllbs. in weight nor 1,000 cubic inches in
size, l,hrcc feet iu length llnd 1 foot in width or dcpt.h.
   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9