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IMPERIAL AND FOREIGN POST
Samples
RATE OF POSTAGE
The prepaid rate is:
4 OZ.
Each additional 2 oz.
WEIGHT AND SIZE
The limits of weight and size are:
Maximum
weight
10 cents
5 cents
Maximum
size
British Empire.
5 lb.
(with exceptions
see tables)
Other countries..
1 lb.
(including Egypt)
2 feet in length and 1 foot in breadth or depth.
3 feet in length, breadth and depth combined; maximum dimension in any one direction 2 feet.
For packets in the form of a roll the length and twice the diameter must not exceed three feet three inches, and the greatest dimension must not exceed two feet eight inches.
DEFINITION
The use of the sample post is restricted to genuine trade samples or patterns of merchandise without sale- able value. Exceptionally, the following articles are regarded as eligible for transmission by sample post:
Printers blocks, keys sent singly, cut fresh flowers, articles of natural history (dried or preserved animals or plants, geological specimens, and so on), tubes of serum and vaccine, and patho- logical objects rendered innocuous by the mode of preparation and packing.
These articles, except tubes of serum and vaccine sent in the general interest by laboratories or institu- tions officially recognised, may not be sent for a com- mercial purpose.