would be applied to a letter or packet fully prepaid for the inland service of a foreign country and redirected to this Colony. On a letter from abroad redirected from this Colony, the postage has to be brought up to what it would have been if the letter had been sent direct to its final destination in the first instance,
A letter originally posted unpaid, or a packet of any kind posted insufficiently paid, and subsequently redirected, though not chargeable for redirection, is subject to surcharge on delivery.
In the case of air mail packages for which retransmission by air is desired, the appropriate air postage for the second transmission must be prepaid.
A packet which appears to have been opened or tampered with will be chargeable as freshly posted and unpaid.
A packet returned to the sender that he may rectify or complete the address is not, when reposted, treated as redirected, but is liable to fresh postage.
Redirection cannot be undertaken if the sender has forbidden redirection by means of a note on the address side of the package, in a language known in the country of destination.
Registered or Insured Articles. Registered or insured articles on being redirected may not be dropped into a letter box, but must be taken to a post office to be dealt with. No additional registration or insurance fee will be charged if the package is presented for re-registration or re-insurance not later than the day after delivery.
An insured letter or box cannot be redirected to a place abroad unless there is an insured letter or box service (as the case may be) to the country concerned, with a sufficiently high limit of value.
PARCELS
A parcel from abroad is redirected free from one address to another in the Colony.
A parcel redirected from one country to another is charged the full postage.
Customs charges on redirected parcels. In most cases Customs charges raised in a country abroad are cancelled on the redirection of a parcel to another country; but there are certain exceptions (see paragraph under NON DELIVERY on page 41).
Insured parcels. When an insured parcel is redirected from one country to another, a further insurance fee becomes payable for each transmission. If the fees are not prepaid they are collected from the addressee on delivery.
DELIVERY OF PARCELS FROM ABROAD ·
In Hong Kong parcels from other countries are not, like letters, delivered to the addressees. Notice of the arrival of a parcel is sent to the addressee, who must then claim it at the post office where it is held.
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