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HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE
Private Boxes
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10.-Private boxes may be rented in the General Post Office for an annual fee of $10 payable in advance.. Each boxholder is provided with a key and an account book.
11.-For the purpose of receiving correspondence from the English Mail (which are sorted on board), each boxholder must provide two stout bags (preferably of Chinese nankin) with his name clearly marked in English and Chinese on both sides. These bags should have no strings but two iron rings at the mouth. The bags must be returned to the General Post Office as soon as emptied. The only safe method of emptying a bag is to turn it inside out.
12. By renting a box, correspondence is received with greater expedition and accuracy. Access to boxes is afforded to boxholders at all hours of the day and night.
13.-Boxes must be cleared by boxholders after the arrival of American and European Mails; otherwise, boxholders may elect to have their correspondence left in their boxes until called for or delivered at their addresses.
14.-Boxholders may send their letters to the post in sealed boxes for which a receipt will be given in the accompanying book. Such receipts are for "one box", not for so many letters. Such boxes should be sealed with a recognized device, and not merely locked. No attention can be paid to such remarks as "to be registered written in the book.
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15. Unpaid and underpaid correspondence is delivered to boxholders and the deficit charged monthly. As a rule no details of this aceount can be given and it is advised that the covers of all unpaid correspondence should be filed in order to check this.
16.-Correspondence cannot be stamped at the Post Office and charged to a boxholder's account.
17. Boxholders may perforate their stamps with minute holes, not larger than the perforation at the edge of stamps.
18.-Boxholders' accounts are sent out for settlement on the first day of the month. If not settled promptly the box is liable to be closed.
Stamps, Etc.
19.-Hongkong Postage Stamps, etc., of the following values can be purchased:-
Postage Stamps-
1 cent
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25
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1 dollar. 2 dollars.
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Post Cards-
1 cent.
2 cents (with reply paid).
4 cents.
8 cents (with reply paid).
Wrappers-
2 cents.
Embossed Envelopes-
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4 cents size 9 (53′′ × 18′′) 13 (43" x 3") Envelopes are sold in packets of 5, and in addition to the par value of thestamps embossed thereon, 1 cent is charged per packet of 5 envelopes.
Registration Envelopes bearing a 10 cents stamp, embossed on the flap for the payment of the registration fee are of the following sizes:-
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F. 5 ins. x 3 ins. G. -6
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34
H. -8 H2-9
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Books of Stamps (containing 16 four cents, 12 two cents and 12 one cent) at $1.
Postal Guides 50 cents.
20.-Coupons, exchangeable for stamps of the value of 25 centimes (24d.) each in any country participating in the arrangement, can be purchased at the General Post Office for 12 cents each for the purpose of prepaying replies to letter. (See Appendix I.)
21:-Private Post-cards must be of cardboard or paper sufficiently stout not to hinder their manipulation. The minimum dimensions are 10 cm. x 7 cm. (4 in. by 24 in.). The title "Carte Postale" is not obligatory for single (ie., not reply paid) post-cards of private manufacture.
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The right half of the face is reserved for the postal directions and address. The left- hand half is available for purposes of the sender, subject to restrictions as to attaching articles. The stamp may be affixed on the back of the card.
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