Postal_Guide_January_1953 — Page 7

POSTAGE STAMPS

1c, 2c, 4c, 5c, 8c, 10c, 20c, 25c, 30c, 50c, 80c.

$1, $2, $5, $10.

POSTAGE DUE STAMPS

1c, 2c, 4e, 6c, 8c, 10c, 20c, 50c.

REVENUE & RECEIPT STAMPS

15c.

REGISTERED LETTER ENVELOPES

Embossed with 30c, registration fee on the flaps:-

8 in. by 5 in. at 60c.; 11 in. by 6 in. at 65c.

AIR LETTER FORMS

Impressed with 40c. stamps, at 40c. each.

MISCELLANEOUS REGULATIONS CONCERNING STAMPS

USE OF POSTAGE STAMPS. The Post Office staff are not bound to affix stamps to mail.

Stamps obliterated, defaced or mutilated are not valid for payment of postage. Stamps are cancelled by the Post Office as evidence of service rendered, and the re-use of stamps with intent to cause loss to the Post Office is a punishable offence.

Stamps should be affixed to the top right-hand corner of the address side of the envelope or wrapper of the article. When stamps are so affixed that one stamp overlaps another, concealing part of its surface, the stamp thus covered is not taken into account in prepayment.

OBSOLETE STAMPS. Postage stamps issued in the reigns of Queen Victoria, Kings Edward VII and George V, are no longer valid for the payment of postage, and are not repurchased by the Post Office. Also, stamps of the King George VI pre-1945 issues of the values of $1.00 and above are no longer valid.

PERFORATION WITH INITIALS. Stamps may be perforated with initials (but not with names or trade marks) provided that the perforated holes are no larger than those dividing one stamp from another in a sheet of stamps. The work of perforating stamps with initials cannot be undertaken by the Post Office. Any officer of the Post Office who undertakes the business does so in his private capacity and not as an agent of the Postmaster General, who has no responsibility in the matter.

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