Postal_Guide_September_1961 — Page 70

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AFFIXING STAMPS

It is no part of the duties of the Post Office to affix stamps to correspondence, or to see that servants purchase or affix the proper amounts, nor can postal officials, in any circumstances, undertake to do so.

CERTIFICATES OF POSTING

Unregistered postal packets. If proof is desired that an unregistered commercial paper, letter, postcard, printed paper, sample, small packet, or newspaper has been posted to a particular person, it must be handed in at a post office and a certificate of posting asked for. The charge is 5c., payable by means of a postage stamp which must be affixed by the sender to the form of certificate.

A single certificate for several packets of the same kind posted at the same time can be obtained if a list of the names and addresses borne by the packets be presented with them. The fee will be 5c. for each article.

It must be clearly understood that packets for which these certificates are issued are not registered and that they will be treated as if they had been posted in a letter-box; that in the event of loss, damage, or delay, the certificate will confer no title to compensation; and that it furnishes no proof of the nature of the contents.

Registered postal packets. A certificate of posting for a registered packet is issued free of charge at the time of posting, and the sender should preserve it carefully for use in the event of inquiry regarding the packet.

Insured letters, boxes and parcels. A certificate of posting is issued free of charge and must always be obtained by the sender or his representative at the time of posting. Particulars of the amount for which the packet is insured are entered on the certifi- cate, and the sender or his representative should at once satisfy himself that the entry is correct.

Uninsured parcels. A certificate of posting is given as a number of course for every parcel whether insured or not.

CHANGE

Postal officials are not bound to give change when receiving a payment, nor are they authorized to demand it when making a payment; and when money is paid at a post office, whether as change or otherwise, no question as to its right amount, goodness or weight can be entertained after it has been removed from the counter.

CHEQUES

Postmasters are empowered to accept cheques tendered in payment for licences, private box and bag rents, and, under certain conditions, stamps, postal orders, customs or trade charges and so on.

Firms and other organizations transacting considerable business with a post office are invited to consult the Postmaster General concerning payment by cheque. Cheques should be drawn in favour of the Postmaster General and crossed.

CIRCULARS POSTED IN BULK

Circulars should be tied in bundles, with all the addresses in one direction, and should be posted early in the day to secure due despatch.

ENQUIRIES. Sec Inquiries.

EVASION OF POSTAGE

Nothing sent through the post may contain an enclosure which is directed to a name and an address different from the name and address borne on the cover, and which is enclosed with the intention of evading postage. Any such forbidden enclosure if observed is liable to be taken out and forwarded to the addressee charged with separate postage at the rate properly prepayable.

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