Postal_Guide_1939 — Page 79

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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

***

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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