HONG KONG POSTAL GUIDE
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60.-The postage on Sample Packets, which must be fully prepaid, is 2 cents per 2 ozs. with a minimum charge of 4 cents.
61.-Packets of samples, when they do not accord with the regulations, are returned to the senders when possible.
62.-Printed papers,
papers, commercial
commercial papers and samples of merchandise may
be enclosed in the same packet provided that :-
(a) Each articles taken separately shall not exceed the limits of weight
and size applicable to it.
(b) The total weight shall not exceed 5 lbs. if intended for any place in the British Empire or a Non-Union country and 4 lbs. 6 ozs. for foreign countries in the Postal Union.
(c) The minimum rate of postage for each packet shall be 10 cents if it contains commercial papers and 4 cents if it consists of printed papers and samples.
Dutiable Articles by Letter Post.
63.-Articles liable to Customs duty may be sent in packets prepaid at the letter rate of postage to the countries and places mentioned below. A green label giving precise particulars of the nature, weight and value of the contents must be affixed to each packet. The labels may be obtained at any Post Office. Any letters sent in contravention of the regulations may be returned, subjected to fines, or confiscated, according to the laws of the country of destination.
Abyssina
Dominican Republic Dutch Guiana
Dutch West Indies Ecuador
Albania
Algeria
Arabia
Argentine Republic
Fiji
Ascension
Australia
Austria
Azores
Bahamas
Barbados
Belgian Congo
Belgium
Bermuda
British Guiana
Bulgaria
Cameroons (French Sphere)
Canada
Cayman Islands
Ceylon
Chile
Cuba
Costa Rica
Czechoslovakia
Dahomey
Danzig (Free City) Denmark
Egypt Esthonia
Finland
France
French Colonies
Gambia
Germany
Gibraltar
Gilbert and Ellice Islands
Grenada
Guatemala
Hawaii (or Sandwich Islands)
Hayti
Holland
Hungary
Iceland
India (British)
Iraq
Ivory Coast
Jamaica
Kenya and Uganda Latvia