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POST OFFICE REGULATIONS.
6. Samples of saleable value must not be sent to
any foreign country, or to any of the British Pos-
sessions which are comDrised in the Postal Union.
Samples of eider down, raw or thread silk, woollen or
goats' hair thread, vanilla, or isinglass, are considered
to fall under this rule if they weigh more than three
ounces,
7. Such articles as scissors, knives, razors, forks,
steel pens, nails, keys, watch machinery, metal
tubing, pieces of metal or ore, provided that they be
packed and guarded in so secure a manner as to
afford complete protection to the contents of the
mail bags and to the officers of the Post Office,
•while at the same time they may be easily ex-
amined, may be sent as samples to places abroad.
Explosives of all kinds are absolutely prohibited.
Under conditions specified in the Post Office Guide,
glass, grease, liquids, and colouring powders may now
be sent to certain foreign countries and colonies by
sample post.
8. The limit of weight is not the same to all
countries. For particulars, see page 13.
9. A packet of patterns or samples sent to any
place comprised in the Postal Union must not exceed
12 inches in length, 8 in width, or 4 in depth. If,
however, the packet be in the form of a roll the
limit of size will be 12 inches in length and 6 inches
in diameter. The size of a packet for a non-Union
country or colony is limited to 24 inches in length
and 12 inches in width or depth.
Foreign Post Cards.
Official Post Cards, Single and Reply, are trans-
missible to all parts of the world. Single cards
are issued with impressed stamps of Id., and Reply
Cards bearing stamps of the value of Id. on each
half.
Inland Post Cards are also transmissible abroad
if the additional postage required is supplied by
means of postage stamps affixed to the cards.
Nothing must appear on the front of a Post Card
but the stamps required for postage, postal directions
such as " Registered," " Acknowledgment of De-
livery," &c.), the name and address of the recipient
in writing or on a gummed label not exceeding in
size 2 inches by | inch, and the name and address
of the sender indicated in writing, or by means of a
stamp, or any typographical process. Nothing what-
ever may be attached to a post card except adhesive
postage stamps, or an address label as described
above.
Post cards not in accordance with the regulations
are treated as insufficiently paid letters.
Post cards of one country are not available as
such if posted in another country. If so posted
they are charged as unpaid letters, and the reply
halves of double post cards are available only for
return to the country of origin.
Private Post Cards.
Private Post Cards bearing adhesive stamps of the
value of One Penny, and Private Reply Post Cards with
Penny adhesive stamps on each half, may also be sent
as Post Cards to places abroad. They must be of
the same size and substance as the Official Cards
(Inland or Foreign). Such Cards, single and double
alike, must have the words " Post Card " printed on
them without the Royal Arms. The reply halves
must bear in print the words " Post Card — Great
Britain and Ireland," and " Reply." Private Post j
Cards not in accordance with the regulations are ;
treated as insufficiently paid letters. s
Letters for Non- Commissioned Officers, Soldiers, \
and Seamen in Her 3Iajesty's Service. |
1. Non - commissioned officers, schoolmasters, '
schoolmistresses, private soldiers, seamen, writers
in Her Majesty's Navy, whether serving on sea or
land, in a British Possession or Foreign Country,
the Cape Mounted Rifles, and enrolled pensioners
in Canada, can send and receive prepaid letters
not exceeding the weight of half an ounce for a
postage of Id.; but if any such letters have to pass
through a foreign country they are subject, in
addition, to the foreign postage, whatever that may
be. As the ordinary postage to a large number o?
British Possessions and Protectorates is now only
Id. per half ounce, it follows that the foregoing
privilege is only of use in connection with the re-
maining Colonies and Foreign Countries, see page 13.
When sent by private ship, such letters are in
addition liable to the Captain's gratuity.
2. The person claiming the privilege must at the
time be actually employed in the service of Her
Majesty, and must not be either a commissioned
officer or warrant officer in the armj', or assistant
engineer, gunner, boatswain, or carpenter in the navy;
the privilege not extending to these officers.
3. The name of the soldier or seaman, with his
class or description, must appear in the direction;
and the officer having the command must sign his
name, and specify the ship or regiment, corps or
detachment, to which the soldier or seaman belongs;
the name of the ship or regiment being entered in
full. The foregoing particulars must be given in
one of the following forms : —
Seamen,
From A.B., Seaman, H.M.S.
(Here the direction of the Letter to be inserted)
C.D., Captain (or other Commanding Officer),
H.M.S.
To A.B.,
Seaman, H.M.S. •
(Here the direction of the Letter to be finished.)
Soldiers,
From A.B., Sergeant, &c. Regt.
(Here the direction of the Letter to be inserted)
CD., Colonel (or other Commanding Officer),
To A.B.,
Private (or Sergeant, Corporal, &c.) Regt.
(Here the direction to be finished.)
4. If the letter be posted in the United Kingdom
for a place abroad, unpaid or insufficiently paid, or
if the class or description of the soldier or seaman
be not written in the address, it will be detained and
returned to the writer for payment of the postage.
Letters, 4'c., hy Private Ships,
Book Packets and Packets of Patterns may be
sent by Private Ship for the same postage as by
Mail Packets.
Letters intended to be sent by a private ship
must be addressed " By Private Ship," and if by a
particular vessel the name of the ship must be added.