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IMPERIAL AND FOREIGN POST

Imperial and Foreign Post

The regulations of the Imperial and Foreign Post apply generally to any postal packet addressed to any place outside the Colony of Hong Kong.

The classes of postal packets admitted to the Im- perial and Foreign Post are: Letters, postcards, small packets, printed papers, commercial papers, samples, blind literature, insured boxes and parcels.

Universal Postal Union

All countries, except a few unimportant territories, are included in the Universal Postal Union, the affairs of which are controlled by an International Conven- tion. The regulations governing the letter post to places abroad are therefore part of an international scheme applicable to all countries alike, and have been adopted as part of the international obligations of the British Post Office under the Convention. The parcel post to places abroad is governed by separate agree- ments with the countries concerned.

Letters

RATE OF POSTAGE

The prepaid rate of postage for letters addressed to places mentioned below, is 15 cents for the first ounce ahd 10 'cents for each additional ounce;

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Antigua

Ascension

Bahamas

Barbados

Bermuda

British Guiana

British Honduras

British Somaliland

Cyprus Dominica

Falkland Islands Gambia

Gibraltár

Grenada

Gold Coast Colony

Jamaica

Cameroons (Brit. Sphere) Malta

Cayman Islands

Monserrat