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FULL AIKHAIL RATES FOR UNAUTHORISED AEROGRAMES

From April 1

The Post Office announced today that eterting rem Amil 1

aerograme forms which do not conform to the approved st.mdard will no longer

be granted the concounionary postage rute of 50 cents to all countries.

Unauthorised aerogramme forms will be subject to full airmail

charros, a Post Office spokesman said, and those that do not bear full

postego will either be treated as underpaid, and accordingly surcharged, or

diverted to surface mail.

The only aerogrammes eligible for the 50-cent postage rate will

be thone sold by the Post Office or those manufactured under a current

licence issued by the Postmaster General, the size and format of which are

in accord with a pattern formula adopted for international we by the Universal

Postal Union.

The spokesman explained that all current licence holders bear a

serial number in the 100 range, and members of the public can identify the

approved forms by reading the number shown in the "sender's address" portion

of each form.

Local manufacturers were informed of the new requirements in

September 1971, and it was considered that sufficient time had elapsed for

stocks of the old forms to be used up, he added.

To avoid inconvenience and embarrassment, the spokesan urged members

of the public to use only approved aerogramme forms.

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