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IMPERIAL AND FOREIGN POST
Commercial Papers
RATE OF POSTAGE
The prepaid rate is:
10 oz.
Each additional 2 oz.
WEIGHT AND SIZE
The limits of weight and size are:
Maximum weight
25 cents
5 cents
Maximum
size
British Empire 5 lb. 2 feet in length and 18
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Foreign countries
(including Egypt)
inches in breadth or
depth.
4 lb. 3 feet in length, breadth and depth combined; maximum dimension in any one direction, 2 feet.
For packets in the form of a roll, the length and twice the diameter combined must not exceed three feet three inches, and the greatest dimension must not exceed two feet eight inches.
DEFINITION
Commercial papers comprise all papers and all documents wholly or partly written or drawn, not having the character of current and personal corres- pondence.
MAKE-UP
Packets of commercial papers should be clearly marked in the upper left-hand corner COMMERCIAL PAPERS. They are subject to examination in the post, and must be made up in such a way that they can be easily examined. They may be placed in a wrapper, upon a roller, between boards, in an open case, or in an unclosed envelope furnished with a blunt fastening easy to raise and replace; or they may be secured with a string easy to untie.
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