HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE
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15.-Correspondence cannot be stamped at the Post Office' and charged to a boxholder's account.
16.-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.
17.- Hongkong Postage Stamps, etc., of tl e following values can be purchased:-
Postage Stamps-
Post Cards-
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8
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10
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20
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25
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Registration Envelopes (price
11 cents each) bearing a 10 cents stamp, embossed on the flap for the payment of the registration fee are of the following sizes:-
F. 5 ins. x 3 ins. G-6
30
50
1 dollar. 2 dollars.
3
5
10
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1 cent.
11⁄2 cent.
4 cents.
Wrappers-
2 cents.
Embossed Envelopes-
4 cents size 93 (53′′ × 48′′)
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13 (43"x3")
Envelopes are sold in packets of 5, and in addition to the par value of the stamps embossed thereon, 1 cent is charged per packet of 5 envelopes.
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Books of Stamps (containing 16 four cents, 12 two cents and 12 one cent) at $1.
Postal Guides 50 cents.
18.-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.)
19.-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 2 in.). The title "Carte Postale" is not obligatory for single (ie., not reply paid) post-cards of private manufacture.
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 the restrictions in Sections. 20-23. The stamp may be affixed on the back of the card.
20.--In addition to stamps for prepayment, post-cards may bear gummed labels not exceeding 2 cm. by 5 cm. ( in. by 2 ins.) shewing the name and address of the sender and of the addressee; and engravings and photographs may be affixed to the back and left-hand half of the address side provided they are completely adherent.
21.-Cards bearing the title "Post-card" or its equivalent are admitted at the rate for printed matter provided that they conform to the general regulations respecting printed papers. If they do not conform either to these regulations or to the rules applicable to post-cards, they are treated as letters.
22.-A Post-card must not be folded, cut, or otherwise altered, nor may it be enclosed in a cover of any kind.
23.-Payment of postage cannot be made by means of imperfect or defaced postage stamps. Stamps are considered defaced when marked on the face with any written, printed, or stamped characters. Stamps may, however, be perforated with initials (but not with names or trade-marks) provided that the perforating holes are no larger than those dividing one stamp from another in a sheet of stamps.
Mails
24.-The dates and hours of closing all mails in the General Post Office are published twice daily in a special Mail Notice, except on Sundays and Holidays.
25.-This information is also given on the Mail Notice Board in front of the Office; in case of doubt this should be consulted, as notifications of sailings, etc., are often received too late for insertion in a mail notice.
26.-Inward mails are advertised as above whenever practicable.
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