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20 Commercial papers

ADMISSIBLE DOCUMENTS

Bills of lading

Copies of or extracts from deeds under private seal written on stamped or unstamped paper

Documents of all kinds drawn up by

public officials

Invoices

Manuscripts of works or for newspapers

sent unaccompanied

Musical scores or sheets of music in

manuscript

Out-of-date correspondence (unclosed letters and postcards) which has already fulfilled its original purpose, and copies thereof

Papers of legal proceedings Proposals and policies of insurance and formal papers necessarily incident to insurance

Pupils' exercises in original or with cor- rections, but without any note which does not relate directly to the per- formance of the work

Receipts

Statements of accounts Way bills

Exceptionally, correspondence exchanged between students at school, even when it is current and personal, is admitted at the commercial papers rate, provided that it is sent through the intermediary of the principals of the schools concerned.

Documents may be accompanied by reference slips or covering statements showing the following or similar particulars: a list of the papers included in the packet; references to correspondence exchanged between the sender and the addressee.

INADMISSIBLE ARTICLES

Postage stamps or forms of prepayment, whether cancelled or not, or any paper representing a monetary value, are inadmissible; but out-of-date correspondence may bear cancelled postage stamps or franking impressions which served to prepay the original postage.

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, see under heading "Printed Papers".