REDIRECTION
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LETTER POST
Letters, phonopost packets, postcards, small packets, printed papers, commercial papers and samples may be redirected to the same addressee at another address by an officer of the Post Office, or by an agent of the addressee after delivery under the following conditions and provided that, for redirection abroad, they satisfy the conditions required for transmission to the new country of destination:
Redirection is free provided that the redirection is made not later than the day after delivery, not counting Sundays and public holidays. This does not exempt from additional postage a postal packet which, though fully prepaid for the first trans- mission, is redirected to a country to which the postage is higher than that originally prepaid. Thus a letter or packet prepaid at the inland rate, sent from one place to another in this Colony, and afterwards redirected to a place abroad, should have additional stamps affixed to it representing the difference between the inland and the foreign rate of postage, otherwise the difference will be charged on delivery. Excep- tionally, additional postage is not required in the case of a letter or packet which has been postmarked Official Paid or bears the Official Paid design sent from one place to another in this Colony and afterwards redirected to a place abroad.
In the case of a letter or packet fully prepaid for the inland service of a country abroad and redirected to this Colony, additional postage is chargeable if the postage to this Colony is higher than that originally prepaid. 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.
Whenever it may be thought necessary, a receipt may be required from the addressee of a redirected letter or packet at the second address.
Packets upon which fresh postage is payable. 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 so that he may rectify or complete the address is not, when reposted, treated as redirected, but is liable to fresh postage.
Sender's restriction upon redirection. Redirection cannot be undertaken if the sender has forbidden redirection by means of a note on the address side of the packet, in a language known in the country of destination.
Air mail packets. In the case of air mail packets for which retransmission by air is desired, the appropriate air postage for the second transmission must be prepaid.
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 packet 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.
REGISTERED POSTAL PACKETS
A registered packet on being redirected must not be dropped into a letter-box, but must be taken to a post office, to be dealt with as registered. No additional registra- tion fee will be charged if the packet is presented for re-registration not later than the day after delivery; but if it is presented after that time it will be treated as freshly posted, and a fresh registration fee will be payable. As regards postage, the rules given in the preceding paragraphs apply.
If an inland registered packet is redirected to an address abroad, it becomes liable to the regulations and limitations in force in the international service.
If any registered packet when redirected is dropped into a posting box instead of being given back to the Post Office to be dealt with as registered, it is treated in all respects as a letter intended for registration but irregularly posted.