Apart from the articles mentioned in the summary referred to above many kinds of goods are, in the present exceptional circumstances, entirely prohibited from entry into certain countries, particularly countries of the British Commonwealth, or are admitted only under licence, and exporters are advised not to despatch goods until they have satisfied themselves that the importer has obtained or will be able to obtain the necessary licence from the appropriate authority of the country of destination, or that such a licence is not required.
The Hong Kong Post Office accepts no responsibility for the return or seizure of any packet through the failure of the sender of addressee to comply with the necessary formalities.
EMBARRASSING PACKETS
Packets embarrassing to the Post Office staff are also prohibited, for example:-
1. A packet having anything printed or otherwise upon or attached to the address side which, either by tending to prevent the easy and quick reading of the address or by inconvenient proximity to the postage stamps or in any other way, is likely to impede the officers of the Post Office in dealing with it. Cards, envelopes, labels and wrappers are, however, admitted if the writing or printing is confined to the left-hand half of the address side, the right-hand, half being reserved exclusively for the postage stamps and address;
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A packet bearing on its address side an adhesive label or printed design either resembling a postage stamp in shape or size or in the form of a frame for a postage stamp;
A packet having a postage stamp affixed elsewhere than at the
right-hand top corner of the address side;
4. A packet having its address parallel to the breadth instead of
to the length of the envelope;
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A pictorial card or packet containing a collection of views of places which does not conform to the following conditions:-It must not be less than 4 inches in length by 23 inches in width, and must, whenever possible, be square or oblong in shape. If an irregular shape be used, the lower edge and the left- hand edge should be straight and at right angles to one another, but those edges may be serrated provided that the packet will stand upright upon them when sorted with other articles;
A packet or envelope of a red colour or of any other colour likely to cause strain on the eyes of the officers of the Post Office. Cards, labels or envelopes should be white, but objection is not taken to pale shades of buff, yellow, green or blue. It is essential, however, that the ink used on coloured paper should be in sharp contrast with the tint of the paper. The foregoing also applies to the visible portion of enclosures in envelopes with transparent panels;
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