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British Commonwealth, British Single, 15 cents; Reply, 30 cents Post Offices in Morocco and the

Persian Gulf Ports,

Republic of Ireland.

and the

All other destinations.

SIZE

Single, 25 cents; Reply, 50 cents

No postcard may exceed 53 inches in length by 43 inches in width, or be less than 4 inches in length by 24 inches in width. The material for private cards to be used as postcards must be ordinary cardboard or paper not less than one-hundredth of an inch thick and not more flexible than that used for postcards issued and sold by the Post Office.

CONDITIONS

The right-hand half at least of the address side is reserved for the address of the recipient and any necessary postal service indications, for example, Registered, Advice of Delivery, and the postage stamps must be affixed in the top right-hand corner of this portion. The remaining space is available for the use of the sender for written communications. An address label or a slip to fold back, completely adherent to the card and bearing the name and address of the person to whom the card is sent, may be affixed to the address side of the card. A sample of merchandise or other similar article may not be attached to a postcard. A postcard may not be folded or enclosed in a cover of any kind.

If any of the foregoing rules be infringed, the card will be treated as a letter.

The right-hand half of the address side is reserved exclusively for the postage stamp and the address. Contravention of this regulation may result in the card being withheld from delivery.

UNPAID POSTCARDS.

A postcard if posted unpaid is charged on delivery with double postage; if posted underpaid, with double the amount of the deficiency.

REPLY-PAID POSTCARDS

In addition to conforming with the foregoing regulations for. postcards, reply-paid postcards of private manufacture must bear at the top of the face of the first half the words Carte postale avec réponse payée and in a similar position on the second half carte Postale: Réponse. They should be made up in such a way that when one half is folded over the other, the fold forms the upper edge, and the address side of the reply half, which must bear the return postage stamp, is on the inside. The sender may address the reply half to himself and may also print on the back of that half a

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