Postal_Guide_September_1961 — Page 12

Section I: POSTAL SERVICES AVAILABLE

RATES OF POSTAGE

SURFACE MAIL SERVICES

LETTERS

Hong Kong, China and Macau. The prepaid rate of postage for letters addressed to places in the Colony, China or Macau is 10 cents for each oz. or part of an oz.

British Commonwealth, territories under British Trusteeship, British Postal Agencies in Bahrain, Muscat, Qatar and the Trucial States and the Irish Republic. The prepaid rate of postage is 20 cents for the first ounce and 15 cents for each additional ounce or part of an ounce.

Foreign, except China and Macau. The prepaid rate of postage is 40 cents for the first ounce and 25 cents for each additional ounce or part of an ounce.

WEIGHT AND SIZE

The limit of weight to all destinations is 4 lb.

The limit of size are:-

GENERAL REGULATIONS

The word Letter should be placed on the address side of letter packets, which, by reason of their size or make up, could be mistaken for other classes of packets.

Letters other than in the form of a roll

Maximum

British Commonwealth.

2 feet in length, 18 inches in width, 18 inches depth.

All other countries. 3 feet in length, width and depth combined, but the greatest dimension must not exceed 2 feet.

Minimum

All destinations. 4 inches in length, 23 inches in width. Smaller sized items may be admitted if they bear a rectangular address label of cardboard or strong paper of which the two adjacent sides measure not less than 64 inches and the smaller side not less than 1 inches.

Letters in the form of a roll

Maximum

All destinations. The length and twice the diameter combined must not exceed 3 feet 3 inches, and the greatest dimension must not exceed 2 feet 8 inches.

Minimum

All destinations. Length plus twice the diameter not less than 64 inches with greatest dimension not less than 4 inches. Smaller sized items may be admitted if they bear a rectangular address label of cardboard or strong paper of which the two adjacent sides measure not less than 64 inches and the smaller side not less than 14 inches.

Unpaid and underpaid letters-Letters for registration posted out of course.

An un- registered letter posted unpaid or underpaid is forwarded and charged on delivery with double the amount of the deficiency. An unregistered letter found to contain valuables of any description will be compulsorily registered, and a letter intended for registration, not handed in over the counter, will be surcharged as "Posted out of course".