HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE
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As all the routes available for ordinary letters are not available for insured letters, the latter may be longer in transit than the former.
(«) The maximum amount for which a letter packet may be insured is $1,200. () The rates of insurance are:-
(The dollar being taken at 1/11.)
$120
..fee 25 cents.
$720
.fee 75 cents.
240
35
840
85
**
"
360
45
960
$1.00
"
"
""
""
480
19
600
55 65
1,080
1.10
19
""
77
1,200
1.20
"
19
(c) The fee for insurance is in addition to postage and fee for registration. (d) Insurance to an amount greater than the real value of the contents of a
letter is prohibited.
(e) The infringement of the above rule with intent to defraud deprives the
sender of any right to compensation.
(ƒ) It is forbidden to enclose in insured letters:-
(a) Coin;
(b) Articles subject to Customs' duty, except paper money;
(c) Articles of gold or silver, precious stones, jewellery, and other articles
of a similar nature.
(g) The sender of a letter containing insured articles receives gratis at the time
of posting a summary receipt for his letter.
() The sender of a letter containing insured articles can have sent to him an acknowledgment of the delivery of the packet to the addressee, or can, subsequent to posting of a packet, ask for information as to its disposal, under the same conditions as for registered articles.
() An application for an indemnity for loss of an insured letter is only enter-
tained if made within a year of the posting of the insured letter.
(j) Letters containing insured articles can only be accepted if enclosed in a strong envelope fastened by means of seals in fine wax, with spaces be- tween, reproducing a private mark, and affixed in sufficient number to hold down all the folds of the envelope. The employment of envelopes with coloured borders is forbidden.
(4) The condition of every letter must be such that its contents cannot be got
at without external and visible damage to the envelope or the seals. (1) Space must be left between the postage stamps used for the prepayment, so that they cannot serve to hide injuries to the envelope. They must not be folded over the two sides of the envelope so as to cover the edge.
( m ) Letters containing insured articles addressed to initials or directed in pencil
are not accepted.
(4) The amount of the value insured must be expressed in francs and centimes, or in dollars and cents, and must be written by the sender on the cover of the packet in words and in figures, without erasure or correction, even if certified on the left and upper corner.
(») The sender's name and address must be endorsed on the left-hand lower
corner on the face of the cover.
FOREIGN PARCEL POST.
Between Hongkong and the United Kingdom, and between Hongkong aud certain Foreign countries, British countries and colonies, through the United Kingdom, and between Hongkong and certain Foreign countries, British countries and colonies.
etc.
GENERAL REGULATIONS. Postage, Dimensions and Weight,
202.—For postage, maximum dimensions and weight, see Table of Rates of Postage,
PREPAYMENT, ADDRESS, METHOD OF POSTING, CERTIFICATE OF POSTING, 203.—The rules as to the method of address, as to the method of posting, and as to certificates of posting, are similar to the rules for local parcels given in Rule 82 respec- tively.
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