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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 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 Dehvery " system is designed to meec 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 othera 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 Dehvery "
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 maximum 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 3uch special fees as may be prescribed for that purpose.
5. The fee due to the Office of Origin shall be paid at the time of posting. The fee due to
the Office of Delivery shall lie 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 Dehvery to the sender. These deduc–
tions are to be provided for by the sender and included in the amount desired to be collected.
(>. Cash on Delivery parcels or packets are to be accepted at every District Post Office in
Cyprus and ac Troodos and Platres on the following conditions :—
The sender shall—
(a) write on che cover of the parcel or packet his name and full address, the amount in
British currency of the Trade Charge infiguresand words, and che name of the Office
ou which the Money Order or Postal Order is to be drawn. These particulars may be
written ou 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 encry of the amount 3hall be
allowed. A n incorrect entry shall be completely obliterated and a fresh entry made;
(/• till up a Request Form obtainable at all District Post Offices and the Pose Offices
at Troc-dos and Platres which includes a declaration that the Cash on Delivery parcel
or packet is sent in fulfilment of an order (if che seuder desires to correcc the encry of
che Trade Charge he shallfillup a fresh form) ;
(c) prepay in addition to the ordinary postage and other charges, the Cash on 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 hand in the parcel or packet at the counter, 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 I >elivery parcel or packet has been insured, the amount of the insurance
shall noe exceed che amounc of the Trade Charge, and in the evenc of loss che amounc of
indemnity shall be governed, wichout regard to the amount of the Trade Charge, by the ordinarv
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 packec wishes to reduce or cancel the
Trade Charges on a parcel or packec, he shallfillup a special form to be obcained ac all District
Post Offices and affix thereto a postage stamp or stamps denoting the amount of che fee prescribed
for chac purpose.
11. Where a Cash on Delivery parcel or packec-(l) has been irregularly accepced for a
country to winch the system of Cash on Delivery does not extend ; or (2) bears a Trade Charge
which exceeds the maximum prescribed in the couuery of destination ; or (3) lacks some essential
particulars, it may be returned to the sender.
12. If a Cash on Delivery parcel or packec is not claimed by the Addressee within a period
of 15 days, exclusive of the day of arrival, it wdl be created as undeliverable.
FEES.
For each Cash on Delivery parcfel or packet posced in Cvprus in addition to the
usual postage and registration and other fees ...
For cancelling or reducing the charges on a Cash on Dehvery parcel or packet...
r/or delivery of each Cash on Dehvery parcel or packet:
Where the Trade Charge does not exceed £ 5
., ,, exceeds £ 5 but not £10
» --S10 „ £15 ... '." \\\
-• £15 „ £ 2 0
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AUTHORITT.
Notification No. iio<
published in the Gazttti
N o . 580 of the 21st J
M
1398. and Notifictttioi
N o . 7539 published ia
GazetU No. 8*1 7th
I April, 1905.
Order of High Com-nii*
sioner in Coancil Jfo
9162,2nd June, 1908, ind
Notice No. 9177 pub.
lished in Gazette No
992 of the 26th June.
1908.