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APPENDIX.
POST CARDS.
The prepaid rate of postage on every post-card is a halfpenny, and
on every reply post-card a penny. A post-card posted unpaid is
chargeable on delivery with a postage of one penny.
Cards used as post-cards must be made of ordinary cardboard, not
thicker than the material used for the thickest official post-card, and not
thinner than the material used for the thinnest. They may not exceed
5i inches in length by 3^ inches in width, or be less than 4 inches in
length by 2f inches in width.
Nothing may be attached, except stamps, in payment of postage
or stamp duty, and (on the address side) a gummed label (not to
exceed 2 inches long and f-inch wide) bearing the address of the
person to whom the card is sent ; a similar label bearing the name and
address of the sender ; and engravings, illustrations, drawings, and
photographs, on very thin paper, and completely adherent to the card.
A post-card may not be folded, nor may it be cut or altered in such a
way as to reduce the size below 4 by 2f inches. Stamps in payment of
postage must be affixed to the face of the card (i.e. to the side which
bears the address). A post card may not be fastened against inspection
in any way. If any of these rules be infringed, the card is treated as a
letter.
INLAND PARCEL POST.
1. In order that a packet may be sent by Parcel Post, it must be
presented at the counter of a Post Office for transmission as a parcel,
and should bear the words "Parcel Post." It is desirable that the
sender's address should appear either inside the parcel or on the cover,
but in such a position as not to be mistaken for the address of the
parcel. Parcels may also be accepted by Rural Postmen. The
parcel should not be left until the weight, size, and postage have been
tested by the officer who accepts it.
2. Every Post Office is open to the public for Parcel Post business
on week days during the same hours as for general postal business.
Parcels are neither accepted for transmission nor delivered on Sundays.
On Christmas Day and Good Friday, in England and Ireland, there
is one delivery of parcels, but parcels are not accepted for transmission.
In Scotland, Parcel Post business is transacted as usual during the time
the office is open.
3. The size allowed for an Inland Parcel is —
Greatest length, . . . . 3 ft. 6 in.
Greatest length and girth combined, . 6 ft. o in.
For example —
A parcel measuring 3 ft. 6 in. in its longest dimensions may
measure as much as 2 ft. 6 in. in girth, i.e., round its
thickest part ; or
A short parcel may be thicker ; thus, if it measure no more
than 3 ft. in length, it may measure as much as 3 ft. in
girth, i.e., round its thickest part.
The greatest weight allowed for an inland parcel is 1 1 lbs.