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APPENDIX.
Payment of postage cannot be made by means of stamps which have
been torn, cut, or otherwise rendered imperfect ; or of embossed, or
impressed, stamps cut out from envelopes, &c. , even although the stamps
have not been previously used.
Postmasters of Money Order Offices are permitted, though not com-
pelled, to purchase postage stamps from the public (provided the stamps
be not soiled or otherwise damaged) at a charge of i\ per cent. ; the
charge, however, never being less than one halfpenny. Single or
perforated stamps cannot be purchased.
Articles not allowed to be sent by post.
No indecent or obscene print, painting, photograph, lithograph,
engraving, book, card, or any article having thereon, or on the cover
thereof, any words, marks, or designs of an indecent, obscene, or grossly
offensive character may be sent by Post at all, nor 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 officer of the
Post Office. If any such postal packet be tendered for transmission it
is refused, or, if detected in transit, it is detained. The contents of any
such packet are liable to be dealt with in such manner as the Postmaster-
General may direct, and the sender of it is liable to prosecution by the
Department.
Liquids, glass, china, crockery, eggs, fruit, fish, meat, butter, &c,
may not be sent by any Post but the Parcel Post, and, if so sent, must
be packed with special care.
Any postal packet sent by Letter Post which cannot from the nature
of its contents be transmitted thereby -.is, if admissible by Parcel Post,
transferred to that Post, and treated and charged as a parcel posted out
of course. If inadmissible by Parcel Post, the packet is liable to be
detained and dealt with as the Postmaster-General may direct.
No postal packet may contain an enclosure addressed to a name and
an address differing from the name and address borne on the cover of
the packet. If any packet is observed to contain such enclosures, when
tendered for transmission, it is refused, or, if detected in transit, each
forbidden enclosure is liable to be taken out, and forwarded to the
addressee thereof, charged with a separate rate of postage.
Delivery.
Postmen are prohibited, whether on duty or not, from distributing
any letters, newspapers, parcels, &c, except such as have passed through
the Post.
*No person living within an official delivery, unless he rent a private
box, can have his letters, &c, or parcels delivered at the office window
if a delivery by Postman or a despatch by messenger is about to take
place; but letters, &c, or parcels which arrive by a mail after which
there is no immediate delivery by Postman', may be obtained by any
person on application at the office window, so long as the office is open
for delivery.
* All letters, &c, must be delivered as addressed ; but, by payment of a fee of
£i is a year, Firms or persons can have letters addressed to their offices delivered at
their private address, and vice versa, provided that both addresses are served from
the same delivery office. By paying 5s a year any person may obtain his registered
letters at the Post Office, even although he does not rent a Private Box.