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POSTAGE RATES... .
The following rates of postage axe collected upou correspondence seat from Cyprus to
Foreign Countries, and upon correspondence exchanged within the Island :—
FOREIGN POSTAGE.
For conveyance to the United Kingdom and those British Possessions, Colonies,'
Protectorates, etc., which have adopted the Imperial Penny Postage for each letter not
exceeding in weight 1 oz. ... ...
30 paras
For every additional 1 oz. in weight
30 paras
For conveyance to any place beyond the sea (except the United Kingdom and cp.
certain British Colonies and Possessions), for letters per 1 oz
2
For every additional 1 oz
1-fc
For printed papers for every two ozs. ... ."
-^
For commercial papers the same as for printed papers bat with a minimum charge
on packets weighing under 8 ozs. of... ... *... ...
2
for patterns or samples icp. for every two ozs. minimum charge ...
1
£mic a post-card
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1
.fu&i,-curds of private manufacture authorised by the Island Postmaster are permitted
io patni at the ratesfixedfor official post-cards.
Foreign Post-cards addressed to the United Kingdom may have newspaper cuttings
attached thereto.
For registration
...
...
2
For acknowledgement of receipt of a registered article
2
For a Post Card addressed to the United Kingdom, Egypt, and Colonies, etc., which
have adopted the Imperial Penny Postage
30 paras
Foreign Registered letters of value addressed to the United Kingdom, Egypt and to most
other Colonies and Countries may also be insured subject to the limitations of and rates
applicable to the Countries concerned.
AUTHORITY.
Order of High Commis–
sioner in Council No. 435
of 28th October, 1907,
published in Gazette No.
900 of the lst Nov. 1907.
Order of High Com*
missioner in Coancil No.
444 of 17th Feb., 1908,
published in Gazette No.
908 of 2nd Feb., 1908.
Order of High Com–
missioner in Council No.
484 of 16th July, 1907,
published in Gazette No.
892 of 26th July, 1907.
INLAND POSTAGE.
Rate3 of postage coUected upon correspondence exchanged within the Island of Cyprus.
Letters, for every i oz. ... ... .. ... ... ... ^
C
p,
For a post-card ... ... ... ... ... ... ... |
C
p
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 uot exceeding 2 ozs. in weight
Printed matter and books, for every *2 ozs.
For registration
Acknowledgement of receipt of a registered article
o paras
10 ,,
2cp.
2cp.
PARCEL POST.
INLAND.
The following rates of postage are collected on parcels sent between places within the
Island :—
8
.
cp>
For a parcel not exceeding 3 lbs. in weight ... ... ... ... Q 2
For a parcel exceeding 8 lbs. but not exceeding 7 lbs. in weight .
For a parcel exceeding 7 lbs. but not exceeding 11 lbs. in weight...
0
0
F O R E I G N .
Parcels may be forwarded co, and received from, all countries which have adopted the
Parcel Post System, at various rates.
Direct Parcel Post exchanges are maintained between Cyprus aud England, Cyprus and
Egypt, and Cyprus and France.
Order of High Commis–
sioner in Council, N a
7,666 of 30th June, 1905,
published in Gazette No.
828 of 30th June, 1905.
Order of High Commis–
sioner in Council, No.
441 of 10th January,
1908, published in
Gasette No. 906 of 24th
January, 1908.
Order of High Commis–
sioner in Council. No.
429 of 22nd May, 1907,
published in Gazette No.
889 of Uth June, 1907.
GENERAL REGULATIONS.
DIIIENSIONS AND WEIGHT.
I. No parcel shall be conveyed by Parcel Post the dimensions of which shall exceed in
length three feet six inches or exceed 3ix feet in length and girth combined, or which shall exceed
in weight eleven pounds.
FORBIDDEN, PERISHABLE, AND DANGEROUS ARTICLES.
*>. It shall be prohibited to forward parcels which bear on the outside auy writing or
drawing of an indecent or offensive nature or within which any contents of a like nature may be
observed, and parcels containing gunpowder, cartridges, oil-skins or other similar oiled goods
oiled paper, lucifer matches, or anything explosive or liable to sudden combustion, bladders
containing liquid, live animate, live or dead insects except live bees enclosed in special
receptacles, grossly offensive orfilthymatter, and anything in a condition likely to injure other
parcels or any Officer of the Post Office.