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SPECIFICATION OF TAXES. DUTIES, &C.
R A T E S O F POSTAGE—continued.
T h e articles which are entitled to be sent at the rate applicable to Printed Papers are
mostly impressions or copies obtained upon paper, parchment, or cardboard, by means of printing,
lithography, engraving, photography, or any other mechanical process easy to recognise.
This description includes tlie undermentioned articles wholly printed :—Newspapers, books
(stitched or bound), periodical works, pamphlets, sheets of music, visiting cards, address cards,
proofs of printing, plans, maps, catalogues, prospectuses, announcements, circulars, notices,
engravinp, photographs, and designs.
Besides these articles, there are some others which, though not printed matter, are admitted,
as, for instance, manuscript intended for the press (when 6ent with the relative proof), papers
impressed for the use of the blind, albums containing photogtaphs, and cardboard drawing
models stamped in relief.
Anything, not being of glass, usually attached or belonging to any of the before-mentioned
articles, in the way of binding, mounting, or otherwise, and anything convenient for their safe
transmission by post, may also pass at the rate applicabletosuch articles, provided it is contained
in the same packet.
Proofs of printing or of music may bear corrections with a pen and may have manuscript
annexed to them -, circulars, etc., m a y bear the signature of the sender, his trade or profession;
place of residence and a date. A book or Christmas and N e w Year's cards may have a dedication
or complimentary inscription in manuscript and printed or lithographed stock or share lists, prices
current and market reports m a y have the prices added in writing. Compliments uot to exceed
five words m a y be written on visiting cards sent at the Book rate of Postage. Mechanical repro–
ductions (not less than 20) of a manuscript or type-writteu origiual may pass as printed papers
if handed over the Post Office Counter. Albums containing photographs, and paper or books
impressed for the use of the blind may pass as printed papers.
Commercial Papers comprise all papers or documents written or drawn wholly or partly hy
hand (except letters or commuuicatious in the uature of letters, or other papers or documents
having the character of an actual and personal correspondence), documents of legal procedure,
Deeds drawn up by public functionaries, copies of or extracts from Deeds uuder private seal
written on stamped or unstamped paper, W a y Bills, Bills of Lading. Invoices, Receipts for
goods or money and other documents of a mercantile character, documents of Insurance and
other public Companies, all kinds of Manuscript Music, the Manuscript of Books aud other
literary works, letters aud post-cards of old date which have already served their original
purpose, and pupils' exercises either in original or with corrections, but without any comment on
the work and other papers of a similar description.
Printed Papers and Commercial Papers must lie posted either without a cover or in an
unfastened envelop, or in a cover which can be easily removed for the purpose of examination
without breaking any seal, or tearing any paper, or separating any adhering surfaces. A packet
posted without a cover may not be fastened or otherwise treated so as to prevent easy examination.
It may, however, lie secured with string. If closed agaiust inspection it will he surcharged at
double defficiency at the letter rate of postage. If there is any mixture of commercial and other
papers in the same packet the whole is treated as commercial jKijiers.
In order to secure the return of packets which cannot be delivered the names aud addresses
of the senders should be printed or written outside.
T h e undermentioned articles are excluded from transmission at the rate applicable to printed
papers:—
Postage stamps, whether obliterated or not, and in general all printed articles constituting
the sign of a monetary -value.
T h e use of the Sample Post is restricted to (a) bona-Jlde Trade Samples or Patterns of
Merchandise without saleable value, and (b) natural history specimens, dried or preserved animals
and plants, geological specimens, and scientific specimens generally, keys, fresh flowers, tubes of
serum and pathological specimens rendered innocuous by their mode of preparation and packing,
when sent for no commercial purpose. Packets containing goods for sale or consigned in
execution of an order (however small the quantity), or articles sent by one private individual to
another which are uot actually trade samples or patterns or scientific specimens, etc., cannot lie
forwarded by Sample Post.
It is recommended that every sample should be marked " Sample—not for sale " or other–
wise defaced in such a way as to render the article unsaleable in the ordinary way of trading.
INLAND POSTAGE.
Rates of postage -•ollected upon correspondence exchanged within the Island of Cyprus.
Letters, for every h oz. ... ... .. *. ... ... U-p.
For a post-card ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Jcp.
Post-cards of private manufacture authorized by the Island Postmaster
are permitted to pass at the rates fixed for official post-cards.
Post-cards may have newspaper cuttings attached thereto.
For a single newspaper and its supplement not exceeding 2 ozs. in weight
AUTHOaiTY.
Printed matter and books, for every 2 ozs.
o paras
1
0 *.
For registration
... ... ... •• ••• ••• 2cp.
Acknowledgement of receipt of a registered article ... ... ... *.'c*p.
Addresses of letters, etc.. must be plainly written and consist of the full names of the
addressees, their profession, trade, business, name of quarter, street and number of house, when–
ever possible, together with the place of destination written at the bottom of the addresses.
Order of High Commis–
sioner in Council, No.
7.6M of SOth June. 1905,
published in Gazette No.
82S of 30th June. 1905.
Order of High Commis–
sioner in Coancil, No.
441 of 10th Januarr,
1906, published in
Gazette No. 906 of 24th
January, 1908.