Printed papers
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numbers, the number of days allowed for reading, the name of the person wishing to consult the work, and other brief notes referring to the works in question.
Printed cards. Illustrated cards, printed visiting cards, Christmas and New Year cards may bear good wishes, greetings, congratulations, thanks, condolences or other formulae of courtesy, expressed in not more than five words or by means of not more than five conventional initials.
Proofs of printing. Alterations and additions concerned with corrections, form and printing, and also such notes as Passed for Press, or similar notes concerned with the execution of the work. In case of want of space, these additions may be made on separate sheets.
Fashion plates and maps. Colours.
Price-lists and so on. Price-lists, tenders for advertisements, stock and share lists. market quotations, trade circulars and prospectuses may bear figures and any other notes representing essential elements of the price. The figures which price-lists may bear may represent dates, percentage, quantities available and so on.
Books. Books, pamphlets, newspapers, photographs, engravings, sheets of music and in general all literary or artistic productions, whether printed, engraved, lithographed or mimeographed, may bear a dedication consisting of a simple expression of regard, and, on photographs or engravings, a very brief explanatory caption and other short notes referring to the photograph or engraving.
Cuttings from newspapers and periodicals. The title, date, number and address of the publication from which article is taken.
Notices of change of address. The old and the new address of the sender and the date of the change.
ENCLOSURES
The sender may enclose in a packet of printed papers, a card, envelope or wrapper bearing his address which may be prepaid for return by means of postage stamps of the country of destination of the packet. The invoice may be enclosed with articles listed in the paragraph Books above: the copy may be sent with proofs of printing, whether connected or not, see Proofs of Printing above; a deposit note bearing the printed particulars of a current postal account may accompany newspapers, periodicals. books and so on, admissible at the reduced rate; and cut-out patterns may be enclosed with fashion papers of which, according to the indications appearing on them, they form an integral part.
INADMISSIBLE ARTICLES
The following articles are not admissible :
Postage stamps or forms of prepayment (except as provided above), whether cancelled or not, or any paper representing a monetary value;
Receipts, invoices (except as provided above) and statements of account otherwise than in blank ;
Blank paper, note paper or envelopes (with or without printed address) and all articles of stationery pure and simple; exceptionally, blank forms not exceeding three of a kind or three of each kind of dissimilar forms may be admitted; Gramophone records and films of any kind.
LIABILITY TO CUSTOMS DUTY ABROAD
Advertising matter is subject to customs duty on entry into certain countries, notably Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. In some cases books also are liable to duty. Printed matter is not however debarred from transmission at the printed paper rate because of liability to customs duty.
PACKETS CONTAINING PRINTED MATTER, COMMERCIAL PAPERS AND SAMPLES
It is permissible to enclose in the same packet printed matter (except literature for the blind), commercial papers and samples, provided that each article taken singly is within the limits applicable to it as regards weight and size, and that the total weight does not exceed 64 lb. to any destination, if it contains an article transmissible as a printed paper; 5 lb. to a place in the British Commonwealth, territories under British Trustee- ship, British Post Offices in the Persian Gulf; Burma. Israel and Jordan. or 4 lb. to other countries, if it contains an article transmissible as a commercial paper but does not contain an article transmissible as a printed paper. The minimum charge for such a packet is 40c. if it contains commercial papers, and 15c. otherwise.
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