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The sender must fill up a special trade charge card with all the particulars required on the card, except the number of the parcel and those in the space headed Service Instructions.. No erasure or alteration of the entry of the amount of the trade charge is allowed. If the sender desires to correct the entry of the amount he must make out a fresh card. The trade charge card will eventually be returned to the sender as a money order for the full amount entered on it and on the relative parcel by the sender.
The sender must prepay by means of postage stamps affixed to the parcel, a special cash on delivery fee of 20 cents. This fee is in addition to the ordinary postage.
Disposal instructions in the event of non-delivery. The sender should provide for the disposal of the parcel in the event of non-delivery in the same way as for ordinary and insured parcels.
Delivery abroad, A delivery fee of 4d. in addition to the amount of the trade charge, is collected from the addressee of a cash on delivery parcel addressed to Great Britain, and 15 cents for a parcel addressed to Malaya. The amount of the trade charge collected is remitted to the sender of the parcel through an international trade charge money order. On payment of the order a commission of one percent is deducted from the amount.
Incoming parcels. Incoming cash on delivery parcels will be notified in the same way as ordinary and insured parcels and the period of retention and demurrage charges will be the same.
A cash on delivery parcel will not be given up or allowed to be opened by the addressee until the amount of the trade charge and any other charges due have been paid.
A delivery fee of 20 cents in addition to the amount of the trade charge, is collected from the addressee of a cash on delivery parcel. A receipt for the trade charge plus delivery fee is given. When a trade charge has been collected, the Post Office undertakes the responsibility of remitting the amount to the sender of the parcel; and, therefore, a trade charge, once collected is in no circumstances refunded to the addressee.
DELIVERY ABROAD
In some countries a small fee is charged for delivery.
In a number of countries parcels have to be collected from the Post Office by the addressees. Where this is the case the local Post Office, or other concern handling postal parcels, may notify the addressee when a parcel is available for collection.
Such information as is available will be found under the country headings.
Enquiries regarding disposal or delay to a parcel for abroad should be made by means of form 5500340 (Pos-28B), which is obtainable at any Post Office. A $1.00 postage stamp must be affixed to the form.
INCOMING PARCELS
DELIVERY
Parcels from other countries are not delivered to the addressee at his residence or business premises. Notice of arrival of a parcel is sent to the addressee, who must then claim it at the post office at which it is held.
Any parcel remaining unclaimed after a period of 10 days of the posting of a notifica- tion of arrival shall be liable to a demurrage charge of $2.00. If not collected after 20 days it may be removed to the Returned Parcel Office and if after that time it has not been returned to sender or otherwise disposed of, it may be recalled on payment of a further charge of $2.00. An unclaimed parcel bearing an alternative address provided by the sender will after the expiry of 20 days be offered for delivery to the alternative address, demurrage charges raised against the first-addressee will be cancelled and the parcel treated as a new arrival. A receipt will be given for charges collected.
Demurrage charges imposed on undelivered parcels cannot be evaded by local redirec- tion to another address or to another delivery office.
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