SAMPLES
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RATES OF POSTAGE
All destinations. 15 cents for the first 2 ounces and 10 cents for each additional 2 ozs. or part of 2 ozs.
WEIGHT AND SIZE
The limits of weight are:
British Commonwealth, territories under British Trusteeship, British Postal Agencies in Bahrain, Muscat, Qatar, the Trucial States and the Irish Republic. 5 lb.
All other countries. 1 lb.
The limits of size are:-
Packets other than in the form of a roll
Maximum
British Commonwealth, territories under British Trusteeship, British Postal Agencies in Bahrain, Muscat, Qatar, the Trucial States and the Irish Republic. 2 feet in length, 1 foot in width, 1 foot in depth.
All other countries. 3 feet in length, width and depth combined, but the greatest dimension must not exceed 2 feet.
Minimum
All destinations. 4 inches, in length, 23 inches in width. Smaller sized items may be admitted if they bear a rectangular address label of cardboard or strong paper of which the two adjacent sides measure not less than 6 inches and the smaller side not less than 11⁄2 inches.
Packets in the form of a roll
Maximum
All destinations. The length and twice the diameter combined must not exceed 3 feet 3 inches, and the greatest dimension must not exceed 2 feet 8 inches.
Minimum
All destinations, Length plus twice the diameter not less than 62 inches with greatest dimension not less than 4 inches. Smaller sized items may be admitted if they bear a rectangular address label of cardboard or strong paper of which the two adjacent sides measure not less than 61 inches and the smaller side not less than 14 inches.
DEFINITION
The use of the sample post is restricted to genuine trade samples or patterns of merchandise without saleable value. Exceptionally, the following articles are regarded as eligible for transmission by sample post:-
Printers' plates, cut-out patterns sent unaccompanied, keys sent unaccompanied, cut fresh flowers, articles of natural history (dried or preserved animals or plants, geological specimens and so on), tubes of serum and vaccine, medicines urgently required and difficult to obtain.
These articles, except tubes of serum and vaccine and medicines urgently required and difficult to obtain sent in the general interest by laboratories or institutions officially recognized, may not be sent for a commercial purpose.
PACKING AND ADDRESS
Every sample should be indelibly marked Sample: Not for Sale, or otherwise defaced in such a way as to render the article unsaleable in the ordinary way of trading. Samples must be sent in such a manner as to be casy of examination and, when practicable, must be sent in covers open at the end. The upper left-hand corner of the address side of the packet should be clearly marked Sample.
Because 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 cover suggested in the paragraph headed "Trap" packets, under "Prohibitions. Embarrassing Packets".
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