IMPERIAL AND FOREIGN POST
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NOTE.-Letters transmitted to destinations in the first column of the following table by Imperial Airways Air Mail Services will be carried by air to the places named in the second column of the table and thence by surface transport:-
Iran
First Column. ·
Cyprus and Malta Europe
United States of America... Foreign destinations in Af- rica and in the Near East. Foreign destinations via
Australia
Portuguese India and
Afghanistan
Second Column.
Basra.
Alexandria.
Athens, Rome, Brindisi, Marseilles or Southampton.
Southampton.
Alexandria.
Australia.
British India.
Small Packets
DEFINITION AND RATE
The small packet post is specially provided for the transmission of goods, whether dutiable or not, in the same mails as printed papers, which as a rule travel more quickly than the parcel mails.
The prepaid' rate is 50 cents for the first 10 ounces and 10 cents for each additional 2 ounces or part of 2 ounces.
The limits of size are three feet in length, breadth and depth combined, but the greatest dimension may not exceed two feet. For packets in the form of a roll the length and twice the diameter combined may not exceed three feet three inches, nor the greatest dimen- sion two feet eight inches.
The limit of weight is two pounds.
MODE OF PACKING AND ADDRESS
Small packets must be sent in such a manner as to be easy of examination. The sender is required to show his name and address on the outside of the packet, and he is recommended to mark the packet conspicuously SMALL PACKET in the top left-hand
corner.
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