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SPECIFICATION OF TAXES, DUTIES, &C.
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
. . . . . .
4icp.
Note.—There is also an Express Delivery System for letters and ocher 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. T h e "Cash yo Delivery" system is designed to meet the requirements of persons w h o
wish to pay for articles sent to them ac the time of receipt of the articles and also to meec 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 uot 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.
• i. Every Cash on Delivery parcel or packet posted or delivered in Cyprus shall be chargeable
with such special fees a3 may be prescribed for that purpose.
5. T h e fee due 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 :—
T h e sender shall—
(rt) write on the cover of the parcel or packet his name and full address, the amount in
British currency of the Trade Charge infiguresand 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 Trooaos and Platres which includes a declaration that the Cash on Delivery parcel
or packec is senc in fulfilment of au order (if the sender desires to correct the entry of
the Trade Charge he shallfillup a fresli form) ; . -.
(c) prepay ia addition to the ordinary postage and other charges, the Cash on Delivery
fee provided for that purpose by affixing to the Request Form a poscage stamp or
stamps denoting the amounc of such fee.
The seuder shall then hand in the parcel or packec at the councer, where he shall be supplied
with a certificate 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 packec has been insured, the amounc of the insurance
shall not exceed the amount of the Trade Charge, and in the event of loss the amount of
indemnity shall be governed, without regard to the amount of che Trade Charze,bv the ordinary
rules relating to parcels, insured leccers or registered packets.
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8. The amount of the Trade Charge shall noe exceed che amounc of che Declared Value
together wich the postage and the fees payable on che parcel or packet in connection with the
Cash on Dehverv
svstem.
9. Any conversion of mou y that may be nec ss y shall be effecced ac the Office of
De tination.
10 Where the sender of a Cash on Delivery parcel or packec wishes to reduce or cancel the
Trade Charges on a parcel or packet, he snailfillup a special form to be obtained ac all District
Post Offices ana affix.thereto a postage stamp or stamps denoting the-amounc of che fee Described
ror toac purpose.
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11 Where a Cash on Delivery parcel or packec-(l) has been irregularlv accepted for a
country to winch the system of Casu on Delivery does not extend ; or: (2) bears a Trade Charge
winch exceeds the m a x i m u m prescribed in the country of destination ; or (3) lacks some essencuil
particulars, it m a y be reeurned co the sender.
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12* If a Cash on Delivery parcel or packet is not claimed by the Addressee within a period
of 1 o days, exclusive of the day of arrival, it will be treated as undeliverable
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FEES.
For each Cash on Delivery parcel or packet posced in Cyprus in addition to th-
usual postage aud registration and other fees
Fcr can-jelling or reducing the charges on a Cash on Delivery parcel or packet...
ror delivery of each Cash on Delivery parcel or packet:
Where the Trade Charge does not exceed £ 5
•• exceeds £ 5 but not £ 1 0
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£10
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£]5
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,. £15 „ £ 2 0
cp.
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3
5
7
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AUTHORITY*.
Notification No. 4104
published in the Gasette
No. 580 of the 21st Jan.,
1S98, and Notification
No. 7539 published in
Gasette No. 321 7tii
April, 1905.
Order of High Commis–
sioner in Council No.
9162,2nd June, 1908, and
Notice No. 9177 pab.
lished in Gasette No.
992 of
the
26th June
r
1908.