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Printed papers
MAKE-UP
Packets of printed papers should be clearly marked in the upper left-hand corner of the address side Printed Papers. They are subject to examination in the post, and must be made up in such a way as to be easily examined. They may be placed in a wrapper, upon a roller, between boards, in an open container or in an unclosed envelope furnished with blunt clips easy to unfasten and refasten; or they may be secured with a string easy to untie. Printed matter of the form and substance of a card may be sent unenclosed without wrapper, envelope, or fastening, and must then conform to the conditions for postcards except as regards postage rate and maximum dimensions. If, however, the word Postcard appears on the card it should be deleted, or the card will be liable to be surcharged. Similarly, printed papers may be sent unenclosed if they are folded in such a way that they cannot become unfolded during transmission, and that there is no risk of their entrapping other articles.
In view of the risk of other packets being entrapped when open covers are used, posters are reminded that embarrassing packets generally are prohibited from the post and are recommended to use the type of covers suggested in the paragraph headed "Trap" packets, under "PROHIBITIONS, Embarrassing Packets."
ADMISSIBLE DOCUMENTS
The following articles or documents are transmissible as printed papers in the British Commonwealth and foreign post:--
Address cards
Advertisements
Albums containing photographs
Books, sewn or bound
Catalogues
Drawings
Engravings
Greetings and visiting cards (subject to the conditions published under Printed cards, see Additions and Alterations Maps
Newspapers
Notices of various kinds printed, en- graved, lithographed, mimeographed or photographed
Pamphlets
Paper patterns to be cut out
Periodical works
Photographs
Pictures
Plans
Prospectuses
Proofs of printing, corrected or uncor- rected, with or without the relative manuscript
Sheets of music (but not perforated sheets intended for use with automatic musical instruments)
Reproductions of manuscript, or typewritten master copy. Such reproductions, when obtained by a mechanical manifolding process, hectography and so on, are accepted for transmission as printed papers if:
They are handed in at a head or branch post office or, subject to their being found to be in order when examined at the head post office, or one of the sub-offices authorized to receive them;
Special attention is drawn to the fact that they are reproductions of the kind specified;
At least twenty packets containing precisely identical copies are handed in at the same time, and
A form of declaration, P116, is signed by the poster stating that all the copies are identical in text and bear nothing which is not permitted under the regulations relating to printed papers.
The same regulation applies to circulars printed in imitation of typewriting.
ADDITIONS AND ALTERATIONS
The sender may, either outside or inside a packet of printed papers:
Indicate by hand or by a mechanical process, the name or business name, status, profession and address of the sender and of the addressee; the date of despatch, the signature, telephone exchange and number, telegraphic address and code, telex number and answer back, the current postal account and banking account of the sender; serial or registration number referring solely to the packet;
Correct errors in printing;
Strike out, underline or ring round certain words or certain parts of a printed text, provided this does not give to the printed text the character of current and personal correspondence.