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SPECIFICATION OF TAXES, DUTIES,
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PARCEL POST " FREE DELIVERY SYSTEM."
(For the delivery of Parcels, in the United Kingdom and Egypt free of any charges,, arranged
to be paid by the sender :—.)
Fee payable per parcel
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4£cp.
Note.—There is also an Express Delivery System for letters and other Postal packets but the fee
is payable by the addressee on the delivery of the letter or other Postal packet.
COLLECTION OF TRADE CHARGES ON POSTAL PACKETS.
1. The "Cash on Delivery" system is designed to meet the requirements of persons who
wish to pay for articles sent to them at the time of receipt of the articles and also to meet the
requirements of traders and others who wish to recover through the agency of the Post Office the
value of articles supplied by them.
2. Throughout these Regulations the amount to be collected under the "Cash on Delivery"
system is called the " Trade Charge."
3. The amount of Trade Charge shall not exceed the limits accepted by the country of '
destination and the m a x i m u m shall in no case exceed £ 2 0 including the fees payable to the Office
of Destination and Postage.
4. Every Cash on Delivery parcel or packet posted or delivered in Cyprus shall be chargeable
with such special fees as may be prescribed for that purpose.
5. The fee dne to the Office of Origin shall be paid at the time of posting. The fee due to
the Office of Delivery shall be deducted, with the Commission on the Money or Postal Order
from the amount of the Trade Charge collected from the addressee of a Cash on Delivery parcel
or packet and shall be forwarded direct from the Office of Delivery to the sender. These deduc–
tions are to be provided for by the sender and included in the amount desired to be collected.
6. Cash on Delivery parcels or packets are to be accepted at every District Post Office in
Cyprus and at Troodos and Platres on the following conditions :—
The sender shall—
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(a) write on the cover of the; parcel or packet his name and full address, the amount in
British currency of the Trade Charge iufiguresand words, and the name of the Office
on which the Money Order or Postal Order is to be drawn. These particulars m a y be
written on the back of the parcel or packet if there is no room for them to be written
clearly on the front. N o erasure or alteration of the entry of the amount shall be
allowed. A n incorrect entry shall be completely obliterated aud a fresh entry made ;
(b) fill up a Request Form obtainable at all District Post Offices and the Post Offices
at Troodos and Platres which includes a declaration that the Cash oti Delivery parcel
or packet is sent in fulfilment of an order (if the sender desires to correct the entry of
the Trade Charge he shall fill up a fresh form) ;
(c) prepay in addition to the ordinary postage and other charges, the Cash ou Delivery
fee .provided for that purpose by affixing to the Request Form a postage stamp or
stamps denoting the amount of such fee.
The sender shall then hnud in the parcel or packet at the counter, where he .shall be supplied
with a certiiicate of posting which he shall give up when he presents the Money or Postal Order
to be cashed.
7. Where a Cash on Delivery parcel or packet has been insured, the amount of the insurance
shall not exceed the amount of the Trade Charge, aud in the event of loss the amount of
indemnity shall be governed, without regard to the amount of the Trade Charge, by the ordinary
rules relating to parcels, insured letters or registered packets.
8. The amount of the Trade Charge shall not exceed the amount of the Declared Value
together with the postage and the fees payable on the parcel or packet in connection with the
Cash on Delivery system.
9. Any conversion of money that may be necessary shall be effected at the Office of
Destination.
10. Where the sender of a Cash;on Delivery parcel or packet wishes to reduce or cancel the
Trade Charges on a parcel or packet, he shallfillup a special form to be obtained at all District
Post Offices and affix thereto a postage stamp or stamps denoting the amount of the fee prescribed
for that purpose.
11. Where a Cash on Delivery parcel or packet—(1) has been irregularlv accepted for a
country to which the system of Casli ou Delivery does not extend ; or (2) bears" a Trade Char<*e
wnich exceeds the maximum prescribed in the country of destination : or (3) lacks some essential
particulars, it may be returned to the sender.
12. If a Cash on Delivery parcel or packet is not claimed by the Addressee within a period
of 15 days exclusive of the day of arrival, it will be treated as undeliverable.
FEES.
For each Cash on Delivery parcel or packet post d in Cyprus in ddition to the
usuul postage and registration and other fees
For cancelling or reducing the charges on a Cash ou Delivery parcel or packet...
*'or delivery of each Cash on Delivery parcel or packet:—
Where the Trade Charge does not exceed £ 5
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exceeds £ 5 but not £ 1 0
„ £ 1 0 „ £15
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,, £ 1 5 ,, £ 2 0 ... ... ... ...
S. cp.
Ar/THOBITT.
Notification No. 4104
published in the Gazette
No. 580 of the 21st Jan.,
181)8, and Notification
No. 7589 published in
Gazette No. 831 7th
April, 11)05.
Order of High Commis–
sioner in Council No.
9162,2nd June, 1908, and
Notice No. 9177 pub-
lishcd in Gazette No,
992 of the 26th Jane,
1908.
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