Postal_Guide_1939 — Page 82

IMPERIAL AND FOREIGN POST

MAKE-UP AND ADDRESS

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It is recommended that every sample should be indelibly marked SAMPLE: NOT FOR SALE, or otherwise defaced in such a way as to render the article unsale- able in the ordinary way of trading.

Samples must be sent in such a manner as to be easy of examination and, when practicable, must be sent in covers open at the end. The upper left-hand corner of the packet should be clearly marked SAMPLE.

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 covers described on page 30.

Packing is not obligatory for articles consisting of one piece, such as pieces of wood or metal, which it is not the custom of the trade to pack.

The address of the addressee must be indicated, as far as possible, on the packing or on the article itself. If the packing or the article itself is not suitable for the inscription of the address and service indications or for affixing the postage stamps, a tie-on label, pre- ferably of parchment, must be securely attached. The same applies when the date-stamping is likely to injure the article.

A sample enclosed in a linen or paper envelope of little strength must have a label, preferably of parch- ment, attached with the address of the addressee and the postage stamps in prepayment. The address should if possible be repeated on the article itself.

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 the packet.

SPECIAL PACKING

REGULATIONS

CERTAIN ARTICLES

FOR

Dry colouring powders (for example, aniline

blue):

These are admissible only if enclosed in a stout tin box, placed inside a wooden box with sawdust between the two covers.

Dry non-colouring powders:

These must be placed in a box of metal, wood or cardboard, the box itself being enclosed in a bag of linen or parchment.