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POST OFFICE REGULATIONS.
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they do not exceed J oz. in weight) to school-
masters or schoolmistresses in the army, or non-
commissioned officers, private soldiers, or seamen
employed on active service in any of her Majesty's
colonies, or on any foreign station, and who, he-
fore receiving the letters, may have started on
their return home, or to another station, may be
re-directed to such officers, private soldiers, or seamen,
&c., when these have removed upon service, and will
be delivered to them without any charge for re-
direction. The same privilege extends to the letters
of non-commissioned officers, schoolmasters in the
army (of all but the first-class), schoolmistresses in
the army, private soldiers, and seamen (but to these
only), re-directed from one part of the United
Kingdom to another, or from the United Kingdom to
a place abroad, provided the original postage be
prepaid, and the letters do not exceed 4 oz. in weight.
8. Notices of removal, and application for the re-
direction of letters must, in all cases, be duly signed
by the persons to whom the letters are addressed,
and forwarded to the Postmaster.
9. A Postmaster is not bound to re-direct letters
for a person temporarily leaving his home, and not
having a private bag or box, unless the house be
left uninhabited.
(15.) Postage Stamps.
1. Every Head-postmaster is required to keep for
sale to the public a sufficient stock of the different
postage stamps in use, as also envelopes bearing an
embossed peony stamp, newspaper wrappers bearing
an impressed halfpenny stamp, and post cards, both
inland and foreign. The stamps are of the respec-
tive values of |d., Id., l|d., 2d., 2|d, 3d., 4d., 6d.,
8d., Is., 2s., and 5s. The embossed envelopes
are made of four sizes, viz, 4f inches by 3|^
(square shape), 4§ by 2f inches, 5J by 3 inches,
and 5|- by 3f inches ; and are sold at the following
prices : —
Size, 4f inches by 3j J, square shape: —
s. d.
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The newspaper wrappers and the inland post-cards
are not sold smgly.
The wrappers are sold in packets of 12 for 6jd.
The "stout" Post Cards are sold at the rate of 8d. for
12 cards, or 4d. for 6 cards. The " thin" cards are
at the rate of 7d. for 12 cards, or Sg^d. for 6 cards.
Poreign Post Cards are sold at the rate of 1 Jd. each.
2. Sub-p Si masters are required to keep ^d. and
Id. stamps and p st- cards only, but they are bound
on application lo p ocure any stainps of other
values, eriibosed envel pes, or newspaper wrappers.
3. Every rural mes engrtr is authorized to sell penny
postage stamps at tUf. u-ual p ic;e of Id. each; and
when any person appli'S to him for postage stamps
>the messenger must either supply them, or (if he
have none in his pnssession) must without extra
charge receive the postage in money, and on his
arrival at the Post Office obtain postage stamps for
the amount, and affix them carefully to the letters,
4. Payment of postage cannot be made by means
of postage stamps which have been toin, cut, or
otherwise rendered imperfect; or of embossed or
impressed stamps cut out fiom the envelopes, cards,
or wrappers on which such stamps were embossed
or impressed (even although the stamps have not
been before used or sent by post;, or of receipt or
other inland revenue stamps.
5. To discourage the transmission of coin by post
all postmasters in the United Kingdom at whose
offices money order business is transacti-d, are per-
mitted, though not compelled, to purchase postage
stamps from the public (provided the stamps be not
soiled or otherwise damaged), at a charge of 2J per
cent.; the charge, howevt-r, never beini^ less than
one halfpenny. Under this arrangement the pay-
ments are as follows : —
The full
price minus
For stamps not exceeding Is. 8d. in value, -Jd.
Above Is. 8d., and not exceeding 3s. 4d., Id.
" 3s. 4d., " " 5s. - l|d.
" 5s, " " 6s. 8d., 2d.
" 6s. 8d., " " 88. 4d , 2id.
and so on.
6. In order to prevent the temptation to steal
stamps attached to letters, which might be afforded
by facilities for selling them, no separate stamps can
be purchased. They must in all cases be presented
in stiips contaioing at least two stamps unseparated
from one another.
7. In consequence of representations made to the
Post Office by various firms, that there is reason to
believe that their postage sta'nps were purloined by
persons in their employ, the Depariment has recom-
mended that the name or initials of firms, &c., be
either printed on the hack of the ,-tamps (by sirrange-
ment with the Inland Revenue Oftiie, Somerset
House), or the initials perforated thr.ugh the stamps
by means of a machine devii-el for the purpose; so
that, the sale of such si amps being i hereby rendered
difficult (Postmasters bavmg been instructed Lot to
purchase any of them), there may be little or no
tempi ai ion to steal them.
8. Paper taken by the public to the Inland
Revenue Office can be impressed with postage stamps
under conditions which may be learnt on application
at that office.
9. Application from persons not in the service of
the Post Office for licen-es to sell postage stamps
should be made to the distribu or of stamps in the
inland revenue office of the district.
(16.) Registration {Inland and Foreigti).
1. The fee for registering a letter, newspaper, or
book-packet passing between any two places in the
United Kingdom is fourpence.
2. The fee chargeable for registration to places
abroad will he found in the column headed "Regis-
tration fee" in the Table of Coloni-il and Foreign
postage. To some countries, as shown in that Table,
a letter can he registered only to the port of arrival;
it being left, in those cases, to the postal authorities
of the country to which that port belongs to continue