Postal_Guide_1939 — Page 116

IMPERIAL AND FOREIGN POST

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Non-Delivery

LETTER POST

An undeliverable letter, postcard, small packet, printed paper, commercial paper or sample returned to this Colony from abroad, if it bears on the outside the full name and address of the sender, is returned direct and unopened on payment of any charges due. Any other such undeliverable packet is opened by an officer deputed for the purpose; and if it contains the sender's address is returned to him.

An undeliverable printed paper of no value is not returned unless the sender, by means of a note on the outside of the packet, has asked for its return.

PARCELS

A parcel which cannot be delivered abroad is usually returned to the sender at his expense, without previous notification, unless he has requested at the time of posting that it be treated as abandoned if undeliverable.

If parcels addressed to certain places abroad can- not be delivered, the sender is advised, and his instruc- tions for the disposal of the parcels are then communi- cated to the Post Office at which they are lying.

The cost of returning a parcel includes postage (generally equivalent to the outward charge) and in many cases charges levied abroad for warehousing, and so on. Customs duty raised on a parcel abroad is generally cancelled if the parcel is returned; but on parcels sent back from the Republic of Colombia, Do- minican Republic, Spain and certain French colonies, the Customs charges are not cancelled, and must be paid on delivery, in addition to the other charges due.

EARLY RETURN TO SENDER

In case of non-delivery, the return of a postal packet to the sender is facilitated if the sender's name and address appear on the outside of the packet. The sender's name and address should be written or print- ed, either on the back of the envelope or wrapper, or inconspicuously on the left-hand half of the address side in such a manner as not to obscure, or prevent the easy and quick reading of, the name and address of the addressee.