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POST OFFICE EEGULATIONS,
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of id., Id., Ifd., 2 d., 2id.,3d., 4d., 4id., 5d., 6d.,
9d." lOd., Is., 2s. 6d., 5s., 10s., £1, and £5.
Stamped Envelope.". — The embossed postage en-
velopes are of three sizes, viz, A. 4f bv 3|-,j inches
(white), C. 5^ by 3 inches (white), and "Commercial"
(white), and are sold at the following prices : —
A. (Square shape, white.)
s. d.
- ]i I 5-
- 2| I 10 -
- 3i I 20-
- 4| I
C Size.
s. d.
- IJ I 6 -
- 21 I 8 -
- 3^ I 12 -
- 4i I 24 -
Commercial,
s. d.
5 -
10 -
20 -
240 -
Foreign — L Size.
s. d.
bh
ll"
1 10
s. d.
6^
8|
1 1

1^

h\

H

4i
2|
6J
8
lOf
1 li
-22
& s. d.
5|
io|
19
110
s. d.
1 4
Foreign — M Size.
s. d.
2f
5i
8|
11
1 H
s. d
1 4i
Envelopes bearing an embossed halfpenny stamp
suitable for circulars, &c., entitled to transmission
in open covers at the Book Eate of Postage are also
for sale. They are in two sizes, and the prices are —
"Commercial" size, 20 for lid.; "Foolscap" size,
20 for Is., and so on in proportion.
Registered letter envelopes, for foreign as well
as inland letters, bearing a twopenny stamp em-
bossed on the flap for the payment of the registra-
tion fee, are of five sizes, and are sold at the
following prices : — F. 5J by 3 J inches, and G. 6 by
Sjinches, 2jd. each, or 2?. 2^d. per packet of twelve;
H. 8 by 5 inches, and H'^. 9 by 4 inches, 2|d. each,
or 2s. 7d. per packet of twelve; and K. 11^ by 6
inches, 3d. each, or 2s. lOd. per packet of twelve.
duty on the bill or note, and Is. when the bill or note
is stamped with Is. or upwards).
Proxies liable to the duty of Id.
Keceipts ("duty Id.)
Transfers of shares in cost book mines (duty 6d.)
Voting papers (duty Id.)
Warrants for goods (duty 3d.)
iV.P.— Postage Stamps cannot be used for Inland or
Foreign Bills payable other\yise th.in on demand — for
Promissory notes, for Law or other fees, nor for any docu-
ments other than those above enumerated.
Newspaper wrappers are sold at the foUowino
prices: —
Bearing Halfpenny Stamp.
Id.
4
- 2Jd.
7
- 4d
Hd.
5
- 3d.
14
- 8d
l4^d.
6
■ 3.id.
21
- Is.
- 8|d.
- Is. 5d.
- 2s. Ud.
and so on at the rate of 4d. for every complete 7.
£1 2s. lOd. per parcel of 480.
Bearing Penny Stamp.
1 - l|d. I 4 - 4Jd.
2 - 2|d. I 5 - S^d.
3 - 3|d. 6 - 6U.
I 7 - 7|d.
and so on at the rate of 8^d. for every complete 8.
£1 Is. 3d. per parcel of 240.
Uncut sheets of wrappers impressed with half-
penny postage stamps can be obtained at any Post
OiBce by giving two or three days' notice. They are
sold only in quarter reams of 120 sheets; each sheet
containing 14 wrappers, and the price per quarter
ream is £3 18s.
Inland Post Cards are sold at the following
prices : —
Stout Cards.
6
lid.
2d.
2id.
3d.
9
10
5s. per parcel of 100,
Thin Cards.
¥■
6 -
lid.
7
Ifd.
8 -
2jd.
9 -
2|d.
10 -
s. per pa
reel of 240
3fd.
4id.
6d.
Hi.
6d.
3^d.
4d.
4^d.
6d.
" Court " Cards, square in shape, are sold at the
same rates as Stout Cards.
Uncut sheets of these Cards can be obtained
at any Post Office by giving two or three days' no-
tice. They are sold only in quarter reams of 120
sheets; each sheet containing 42 cards, and the
prices are £12 6s. per quarter ream for stout or court
cards, and £11 8s. for thin cards.
Reply Stout Cards.
1
HA.
6
7id.
2
- - - 2Ad.
7
- - - 8^d.
3
- - - 3fd.
8
- - - 9Jd.
4
- - - 5d.
9
- - - lid
5
- - - 6d.
10
- - - Is.
5s. per parcel of 50.
Reply Thin Cards.
1
2
3
4
5
l^d.
- - - 2|d.
- - - 3id.
- - - 4Ad.
- - - 5|d.
6 - - - 6|d
7 - - - 7|d
8 - - - 9d.
9 - - - lOd
10 - - - lid
lis. per pa
•eel of 120.
The Reply Cards are not sold in sheets like the
Single Cards.