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16 Printed papers

ADMISSIBLE DOCUMENTS

The following articles or documents are transmissible as printed papers in the British Commonwealth and foreign post:

Address cards

Advertisements

Albums containing photographs Books, sewn or bound

Catalogues

Drawings

Engravings

Greetings and visiting cards (subject to the conditions published under Printed cards, see Additions and Alterations Maps

Newspapers

Notices of various kinds printed, en- graved, lithographed, mimeographed or photographed

Pamphlets

Paper patterns to be cut out

Periodical works

Photographs

Pictures

Plans

Prospectuses

Proofs of printing, corrected or uncor- rected, with or without the relative manuscript

Sheets of music (but not perforated sheets intended for use with automatic musical instruments)

A card bearing the heading Postcard or its equivalent in any language, if it conforms to the general conditions relating to printed papers.

Reproductions of manuscript, or typewritten master copy. Such reproductions, when obtained by a mechanical manifolding process, hectography and so on, are accepted for transmission as printed papers if:

They are handed in at a head or branch post office or, subject to their being found to be in order when examined at the head post office, or one of the sub-offices authorized to receive them;

Special attention is drawn to the fact that they are reproductions of the kind specified;

At least twenty packets containing precisely identical copies are handed in at the same time; and

A form of declaration, P116, is signed by the poster stating that all the copies are identical in text and bear nothing which is not permitted under the regulations relating to printed papers.

The same regulation applies to circulars printed in imitation of typewriting.

ADDITIONS AND ALTERATIONS

The sender may, either outside or inside a packet of printed papers: —

Indicate by hand or by a mechanical process, the name or business name, status, profession and address of the sender and of the addressee; the date of despatch, the signature, telephone exchange and number, telegraphic address and code, the current postal or banking account of the sender; a serial or registration number referring solely to the packet;

Correct errors in printing;

Strike out, underline or ring round certain words or certain parts of a printed text, unless this is done with the object of constituting correspondence.

The following and similar documents and so on, may bear additions and alterations made by hand or by a mechanical process, to the extent indicated in each case:

Advices of the departures and arrivals of ships or aircraft. The dates and times of departures and arrivals, as well as the names of the ships of aircraft and the ports of departure, call and arrival.

Travellers' advices. The traveller's name, the date, time and place of his intended visit, and the address at which he is staying.

Order forms. Order forms or subscription forms or forms of offer for publications, books, newspapers, engravings and pieces of music may bear the names of the works and number of copies asked for or offered; the price and notes representing essential elements of the price; the method of payment; the edition and names of the authors and publishers; the catalogue number and the words Paper Covered, Stiff Covered or Bound.

Forms used by the lending services of libraries. The titles of the works, the number of copies asked for or sent, the names of the authors and publishers, the catalogue