Postal_Guide_1939 — Page 24

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Examples of Admissible Documents. (1) Bills of Lading.

(2) Copies of or extracts from deeds under pri- vate seal written on stamped or unstamped paper.

(3) Documents of all kinds drawn up by public

functionaries.

(4) Invoices.

of works

(5) Manuscript of

or of newspapers for- warded separately.

(6) Musical scores or sheets

(7) Open letters and post-

cards which are out of date and have already fulfilled their original purpose, and copies thereof.

(8) Papers of legal proce-

dure.

(9) Pupils' (9) Pupils'

exercises in original or with cor- rections but without any note which does not relate directly to the execution of the work.

(10) Receipts.

(11) Statements of Accounts. of music in manuscript. (12) Way Bills.

Documents may be accompanied by reference slips showing the following or similar particulars: a list of the papers included in the packet, references to corres- pondence exchanged between the sender and the addressee.

Inadmissible Articles.

Postage stamps or forms of prepayment, whether obliterated or not, or any paper representing a mone- tary value, are inadmissible; but out-of-date correspon- dence may bear cancelled postage stamps which served to prepay the original postage.

Samples

The prepaid postage rate is as follows:-

10 cents for the first four ounces and 5 cents for each additional two ounces or part of two

ounces.

Limit of weight is 5 lbs.

The limits of size are 2 feet in length, 18 inches in width and 18 inches in depth; or if made up in the form of a roll, 3 feet 3 inches for the length and twice the diameter combined, and 2 feet 8 inches for the greatest dimension.

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