30 Insurance service
No labels may be affixed except those of the postal service. If the packet is tied round with string or tape, a seal must be placed on the ends where they are tied as close to the knot as possible. The seals on an ordinary envelope should be placed as shown below:
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Where a long envelope with a seam down the centre is used, the seam should be secured with scals placed not more than 3 inches apart.
An insured article may not be addressed to initials or in pencil, and it may not bear any erasure or correction in the address at the time of posting.
INSURED BOXES: SPECIAL CONDITIONS
Articles of gold and silver, precious stones, jewellery and other articles of a like nature, which are prohibited from transmission in insured letters, may be sent in insured boxes to the places shown as participating in the service, sec under country of destination in Section II of this Guide, up to the maximum indicated.
Insured boxes may not contain letters, notes or documents having the character of actual personal correspondence, bank-notes, currency notes, or securities of any kind or instruments payable to bearer, but an open invoice in its simplest form, as well as the sender's and the addressee's name and address, may be enclosed.
RATE OF POSTAGE
The prepaid rate, exclusive of the insurance fee, and registration fee is $1.50 for the first 10 ounces and 30c. for each additional 2 ozs. or part of 2 ozs.
WEIGHT AND SIZE
The maximum weight is 2 lb.
The maximum dimensions are 12 inches in length, 8 inches in width, 4 inches in depth.
The minimum dimensions are: One surface 4 inches in length, 24 inches in width, unless provided with a strong address label at least 64 inches in length and width combined and 11⁄2 inches in width.
PACKING AND MAKE-UP
A strong box of metal or wood must be used. With a wooden box the wood must be at least one-third of an inch thick,
An insured box must be tied crosswise with a strong string in one piece without joins and the two ends of the string must be secured under a seal of fine wax as close to the knot as possible bearing a private mark of the sender. The string must also be sealed to the box on the four sides with seals identical with that used for the ends of the string. The box must not be wrapped but the surfaces of the top and bottom must be covered with white paper for the inscription of the addressee's name and address and the insured value of the contents and for the impression of the official stamps.
Space must be left between the postage stamps and between the postal labels. They must not be folded over the edge of the box.
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