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IMPERIAL AND FOREIGN POST
Imperial and Foreign Post
The regulations of the Imperial and Foreign Post apply generally to any postal packet addressed to any place outside the Colony of Hong Kong.
The classes of postal packets admitted to the Im- perial and Foreign Post are: Letters, postcards, small packets, printed papers, commercial papers, samples, blind literature, insured boxes and parcels.
Universal Postal Union
All countries, except a few unimportant territories, are included in the Universal Postal Union, the affairs of which are controlled by an International Conven- tion. The regulations governing the letter post to places abroad are therefore part of an international scheme applicable to all countries alike, and have been adopted as part of the international obligations of the British Post Office under the Convention. The parcel post to places abroad is governed by separate agree- ments with the countries concerned.
Letters
RATE OF POSTAGE
The prepaid rate of postage for letters addressed to places mentioned below, is 15 cents for the first ounce ahd 10 'cents for each additional ounce;
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Antigua
Ascension
Bahamas
Barbados
Bermuda
British Guiana
British Honduras
British Somaliland
Cyprus Dominica
Falkland Islands Gambia
Gibraltár
Grenada
Gold Coast Colony
Jamaica
Cameroons (Brit. Sphere) Malta
Cayman Islands
Monserrat