Postal_Guide_September_1961 — Page 18

PRINTED PAPERS

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RATES OF POSTAGE

Hong Kong, China and Macau.

aditional 2 ozs. or part of 2 ozs.

5 cents for the first 1 ounce and 5 cents for each

All other destinations. 15 cents for the first 2 ounces and 10 cents for each additional 2 ozs. or part of 2 ozs.

WEIGHT AND SIZE

The limit of weight is normally 6 lb.

Exceptionally the limit of weight for a packet of books sewn or bound, for any destination abroad is 11 lbs.

The limits of size are:

Packets other than in the form of a roll

Maximum

British Commonwealth, territories under British Trusteeship, British Postal Agencies In Bahrain, Muscat, Qatar and the Trucial States, and the Irish Republic. 2 feet in length, 18 inches in width, 18 inches in 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, 24 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 14 inches,

Packets 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

Length plus twice the diameter not less than 64 inches with the greatest dimension not less than 4 inches. Small sized items may be admitted if they bear a rect- angular address label of cardboard or strong paper of which the two adjacent sides measure not less than 61 inches and the smaller side not less than 14 inches.

DEFINITION

A packet which is admissible at the printed paper rate in the inland post is not necessarily admissible at that rate in the British Commonwealth and foreign post. For example, receipts, invoices and statements of account, which are admissible at the printed paper rate if addressed to places in this Colony, are only admissible as printed papers in the British Commonwealth and foreign service when they are in blank; when filled in, such documents for places abroad fall into the category of Commercial Papers. In general, the printed paper rate in the British Commonwealth and foreign post applies to all impressions or copies obtained upon paper or other similar material, parchment or cardboard, by means of printing, engraving, lithography, mimeography, photography, or other readily recognizable mechanical process, except those obtained by means of the typewriter, tracing and hand stamps with or without movable type. Books are defined as publications or works of a literary character, whether containing written dedications or not, and any other written, printed or imitation typewritten matter not being in the nature of a letter, on paper or some other substance ordinarily used for writing or printing, excluding items defined as Commercial Papers on page 19 are regarded as Printed Papers.

Printed matter which bears any marks whatever, capable of constituting a correspond- ence or, with the exceptions mentioned under the heading Additions and Alterations, the text of which has been modified after printing, is not admissible at the printed paper rate in the British Commonwealth and foreign service,