the catalogue numbers, the number of days allowed for reading, the name of the person wishing to consult the book, and other brief notes referring to the books in question.

Printed cards: Pictorial cards, printed visiting cards, Christmas and New Year cards may bear good wishes, congratulations, thanks, condolences or other formulae of courtesy, expressed in five words or by means of five conventional initials.

Proofs of printing:

Alterations and additions concerned with corrections, form and printing, and also such notes as Passed for Press, or similar notes concerned with the execution of the work. In case of want of space, these additions may be made on a separate sheet.

Fashion plates and maps: Colours.

Price-lists: Price-lists, tenders for advertisement, stock and share lists, market quotations, trade circulars and prospectuses may bear figures and any other notes representing essential elements of price. Books: Books, pamphlets, newspapers, photographs, engravings, sheets of music and all literary or artistic productions, whether printed, engraved, lithographed or mimeographed, may bear dedication consisting simply of an expression of regard, and, on photographs or engravings, a very concise description OL note referring to the photograph or engraving.

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Cuttings from newspapers and periodicals: The title, date, number, and address of the publication from which the article is extracted.

Notices of change of address: The new address of the sender and the date from which the change takes place, or the old address and the date when the change was made.

ENCLOSURES

The sender may enclose in a packet of printed papers, a card, envelope or wrapper bearing his address and having a postage stamp of the country of destination affixed for the prepayment of the return postage. In the case of articles falling under the category of the paragraph Books above, the relative invoice may be enclosed and with proofs of printing, whether corrected or not (see Proofs of printing above), the copy itself may be sent.

INADMISSIBLE ARTICLES

The following articles are not admissible:

Postage stamps or forms of prepayment, whether obliterated or not, or any paper representing a monetary value;

Receipts, invoices and statements of account;

Blank paper, notepaper or envelopes (with or without printed address), and all articles of stationery pure and simple; exceptionally, blank forms not exceeding three of a kind or three of each kind of dissimilar forms may be admitted;

Gramophone records and cinematograph and photographic films.

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