IMPERIAL AND FOREIGN POST
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but a printed volume for any destination abroad sent singly may weigh as much as 61 lb.
The limits of size are:
British Empire....
Foreign countries
(including Egypt)
2 feet in length and 18 inches in breadth or depth.
3 feet in length, breadth and depth combined, the maximum dimen- sion in any one direc- tion not to exceed 2 feet.
For packets in the form of a roll, the length and twice the diameter combined must not exceed three feet three inches, and the greatest dimension must not exceed two feet eight inches.
Printed matter sent unenclosed in the form of a card, whether folded or not, may not measure less than 4 inches in length by 24 inches in width.
DEFINITION
In general, the printed paper rate in the Imperial and Foreign Post applies to all impressions or copies obtained upon paper or other similar material, parch- ment or cardboard, by means of printing, engraving, lithography, mimeography, or other mechanical process easy to recognise, except the typewriter, the copying- press and hand stamps with or without moveable type.
Printed matter which bears any marks whatsoever capable of constituting a conventional language, or, with the exceptions mentioned on page 69 under the heading Additions and Alterations, of which the text has been modified after printing is not admissible at the printed paper rate in the Imperial and Foreign Service.
MAKE-UP
Packets of printed papers should be clearly marked in the upper left-hand corner PRINTED PAPERS. They are subject to examination in the post, and must be made up in such a way as to be easily examined. They may be placed in a wrapper, upon a roller, between boards, in an open case or in an unclosed envelope furnished with a blunt fastening easy to raise and replace; or they may be secured with a string easy to untie. Printed matter of the form and substance of a card may be sent unenclosed without band, envelope,