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POST OFFICE REGULATIONS.
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Letter Cards.
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At Post Offices which are not Money Order Offices,
sub- postmasters are requu-ed to keep ^d. and Id.
stamps, post cards, aud registered letter envelopes
only; but they are bound, on application, to pro-
cure postage stamps of other values, embossed
postage envelopes, and newspaper wrappers.
Inland BiU Stamps of the respective values of
Id., 2d., 3d., 6d., 9d., and Is., are for sale at the
Chief Office, Branches, &c.
Dog, Gun, and private Brewers' Licenses are issued
at all Money Order Offices.
Licenses for Gamekeepers, Game, Carriage and
Civil Service Fee Stamp»i, Patent, Design, and Trade
Mark Stamps aud Forms, can be obtained at the
Head Office.
Every rural messenger is authorized to sell penny
postage stamps and rejiislered letter envelopes, or (if
he have no stamps in his possession) he must receive
the postage in mone}% and on his arrival at the
Post Office affix stamps carefully to the letters.
Payment of postage cannot he made by means of
imperfect or defaced postage stamps, or of embossed
or impressed stamps cut out from the envelopes, cards,
wrappers, or telegraph message forms (even although
the stamps have not been before used or sent by post).
Applications for allowance on spoilt or pnused post-
age stampi, embossed envelopes, post cards, or news-
paper wrappers, which have not passed through the
post, should be made to the Distributor of Stamps,
Inland Revenue. Such application*, however, can
oaly be entertained if the stamps or other articles have
been spoilt or become useless within the period of six
months preceding the date of application. In the case
of envelopes, cards, or wrappers, the applications must
be accompanied by these articles intact, as no allow-
ance can" be granted on the embossed, or impressed
stamps if cut therefrom.
Postage Stamps purchased from the Public.
All postmasters in the United Kingdom at whose
offices money order business is transacted, are per-
mitted, though not compelled, to purchase postage
stamps from th-<^ public (provided the stamps be not
soiled or otherwise damaged), at a charge of 2J per
cent.; the charge, however, never being 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, ^d.
Above Is. 8d., and not exceeding 3s. 4d., Id.
" 3s. 4d,, " " 5s. - l|d.
" 5s., " " 6s. 8d., ad.
" 6s.' 8d., " " 8s. 4d., 2|d.
and so on.
To prevent the temptation to steal stamps attached
to letters, which might be affi)rded by facilities for
selling them, single stamps cannot be purchased.
They must in all cases be presented in strips of not
less than two.
In consequence of representations made to the
Post Office by various firms, that there is reason to
believe that their postage stamps were purloined by
persons in their employ, the Department has recom-
mended that the initials of firms, &c., be perforated
through the stamps by means of a machine devised
for the purpose, and Postmasters have been in-
structed not to purchase such stamps. The perfora-
tion of the stamps on post cards, newspaper wrap-
pers, and embossed envelopes with initials is also
not objected to.
Paper and cardboard taken by the public to the
Inland Revenue Office can be impressed with postage
stamps under conditions which may be ascertained on
application at that office.
Articles not allowed to l^ sent by Post.
1. No indecent or obscene print, pointing, photo-
graph, engraving, book or card, or any article having
theieoD, or on the cover thereof, any words, marks,
or designs of an indecent, obscene, or grossly offensive
character can be sent by post, nor can any explosive,
dangerous, noxious, or deleterious substance, nor
any filth, nor any sharp instrument not properly
protected, nor any living creature, nor anything likely
to injure the contents of the mails or any otiicer of
the Post Office. Liquids, glass, china, crockery,
eggs, fruit, fish, meat, butter, &c., may not be sent
except by Parcel Post, and if so sent must be packed
with special care.
2. No postal packet may contain another packet,
whether of the same or of a different description, ad-
dressed to a different person at a different address,
unless a separate postage is paid for each packet.
MISCELLANEOUS REGULATIONS AND
SUGGESTIONS.
1. The Post Office is not liable, by law, for any
loss or inconvenience which may arise from the non-
delivery, mis-sending, or mis-delivery of any letter,
book, or other postal packet; but habiUty for actual
loss or damage is accepted on certain conditions in
the case of parcels and registered packets.
2. Postal packets which are likely to suffer from
great pressure should be placed in strong covers.
3. No information can be given respecting letters
or any other postal packets except to the per-
sons to whom they are addressed ; and in no other
way is official information of a private character
allowed to be made public. A Postmaster may,
however, give an address if he has no reason to
believe that the person whose address it is would
disapprove of his doing so.
4. Provision having been made, by means of the
Post Office Guide and the Glasgow Local Guide,
to supply full and authentic information on all postal
matters, the public should abstain, as much as
possible, from applying for such information to the
officers of the department. For any error in a
reply to a verbal application the Department does not
hold itself responsible.
5. Postmasters are not allowed to return any
letter or other packet to the writer or sender, or to any
one else, or to delay forwarding it to its destination,
according to the address, even though a request to
such effect be written thereon.
6. Postmasters are not bound to give change,
nor are they authorized to demand change; and
when money is paid at a Post Office, whether as
change or otherwise, no question as to its right
amount, goodness, or weight can be entertained after
it has been removed from the counter.