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GENERAL REGULATIONS.
A U T H O B L I T T .
LIMITS OF WEIGHT AND SIZE OF POSTAL PACKETS.
ARTICLES ADDRESSED TO THE UNITED KINGDOM, BRITISH COLONIES OR
POSSESSIONS, TO EGYPT OR NON-UNION COUNTRIES.
Notification No. 547
published in Gazette
No. 2065 of 13th
June, 1930.
Letters
Small
Packets...
Postcards...
Samples ...
Printed Pa–
pers and
Commercial
Papers
"Blind Lite–
rature "
Weight
4-lb.
2-ft. ...
5-lb. ...
5-tb.
(Printed Vol–
umes sent
singly may
weigh as
muchas6Jlb.)
6-^-tb. ...
L I M I T or S I Z E
Not in the form of a Roll
2 feet in length by 18 inches in
width or depth
2 feet in length by 12 inches
in width or depth
Not exceeding 5 | inches in
length by 4 | inches in width,
or be less than 4 inches in
length by 2 | inches in width
2 feet in length by 12 inches in
width or depth.
2 feet in length by 18 inches in
width or depth
do.
If in form of Roll
30
30
inches in length and
4 inches in diameter
—-
—
inches in length and
4 inches in diameter
do.
(Except
Egypt)
ARTICLES ADDRESSED TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES IN THE POSTAL UNION.
Limit of
Weight
LIMIT OF SIZE
Not in the form of a Roll
If in form of Roll
Letters
Small
Packets.
Postcards .
4-lb.
2-a>.
Samples ...
Printed Pa
pers an
Commercial
Papers
1-tb.
"Blind Lite–
rature"
4-lb. ...!
d(Printed Vol
nines sent
singly may
weigh xs
muchas6Jlb.)
6-^-ft>. .
18 inches in any direction
18 inches in length, 8 inches in
width, and 4 inches in depth
Not exceeding 5$ inches in
length by 4£ inches in width,
or be less than 4 inches in
length by 2f inches in width
18 inches in length, 8 inches in
width and 4 inches in depth
18 inches in any direction
do.
30 inches in length and
4 inches in diameter
18 inches in length and 8
inches in diameter
18 inches in length and
6 inches in diameter
30 inches in length and
4 inches in diameter
do.
(Includ–
ing
Egypt)
ARTICLES POSTED or CTPRTJB FOR DELIVERY WITHIN THE COLONY.
Limit of
Weight
LIMIT OF SIZE
Not in the form of a Roll
If in form of Roll
Letters
Postcards.
Printed Pa–
pers
Parcels
4-lb.
5-lb.
ll-tt>.
2 feet in length by 18 inches
in width or depth
Not exceeding 5f inches in
length by 44- inches in width,
or be less than 4 inches in
length by 21 inches in width
2 feet in length by 18 inches
in width or depth
Greatest length 3 feet 6 inches
Greatest length and girth com–
bined 6 feet
30
inches in length and
4 inches in diameter
30
inches in length and
4 inches in diameter