No labels may be affixed except those of the postal service. If the packet is tied with string or tape, a seal must be placed on the ends where they are tied: The seals on an ordinary envelope should be placed as shown below:-
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As insured article may not be addressed to initials or in pencil, and it may not bear any erasure or correction in the address at the time of posting.
All the seals on an insured article must be of the same kind of wax, and must bear distinct impressions of the same private device. A coin or button may not be used for impressions, and the device may not consist merely of straight, crossed or curved lines which could easily be imitated.
If an article tendered for insurance does not, in the opinion of the officer of the Post Office to whom it is tendered, fulfil the foregoing conditions as to packing and sealing, it is his duty to refuse to insure it. Nevertheless, the onus of properly enclosing, packing and sealing an article lies upon the sender, and the Post Office assumes no liability for loss or damage arising from defects which may not be observed at the time of posting. For further information regarding the make-up of insured articles see pages 47 and 48 under the special con- ditions relating the Insured letters, Insured boxes and Insured parcels.
INSURED VALUE
The amount for which an article is insured must be written in ink by the sender both in words and figures, at the top of the address side of the cover, thus, INSURED FOR ONE HUndred dOLLARS: $100. In the case of a parcel the amount must also be written in the appropriate space on the despatch note if one is used. No alteration or erasure of the inscription on the letter, box or parcel, or on the despatch note in the wrong place, a fresh despatch note must be prepared. No letter, box or parcel can be insured for more than the actual value of the contents and packing, or for more than the actual value of the contents and packing, or for more than the sum indicated in the table commencing on page 58 against the name of the country to which it is addressed; but it may be insured for part of its value; a letter, box or parcel of which the contents have no pecuniary value may be insured for a nominal sum in order
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