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In view of the risk of other packets being entrap- ped when open covers are used, posters are reminded that embarrassing packets generally are prohibited from the post and are recommended to use the type of cover described on page 30.
In order to secure the return of a packet which cannot be delivered, the name and address of the sender should be printed or written outside.
EXAMPLES OF ADMISSIBLE DOCUMENTS
Bills of lading
Copies of or extracts from deeds under private seal written on stamped or unstamped paper
Documents of all kinds drawn up by public
functionaries
Invoices
Manuscript of works or of newspapers forwarded separately
Musical scores or sheets of
music in manuscript
Open letters and postcards which are out of date and have already fulfilled their original purpose, and copies thereof Papers of legal procedure Pupils' exercises in ori-
ginal or with corrections, but without any note which does not relate directly to the execution of the work
Receipts
Statements of accounts 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
between the sender and
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or forms of prepayment, whether obliterated or not, or any paper representing a mone- tary value, are inadmissible; but out-of-date correspon- dence may bear cancelled postage stamps which served to prepay the original postage.
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