✨ Postal Regulations and Procedures
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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 47
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368. All unpaid or insufficiently prepaid correspondence must be stamped “T.”
369. The single rate for newspapers, printed papers, samples and patterns, and commercial papers is the postage on the weight of 2 oz., and for letters on ½ oz., for despatched and for English and Australian received correspondence, and on 50 grammes and 15 grammes respectively for other received correspondence.
370. The conversion of shillings and pence for purposes of surcharging is fixed at the rate of 10 centimes to 1d. Thus—
½d. = 5 centimes.
1d. = 10 centimes.
1½d. = 15 centimes.
2d. = 20 centimes.
3d. = 30 centimes.
10d. = 100 centimes = 1 franc.
1s. 2d. = 1 franc 40 centimes, &c.
The manner of marking the deficiency should therefore be as follows :—
A letter on which 2½d. is due, posted wholly unpaid, “T. 25 cts.”
A letter on which 5d. is due, prepaid 2d., “T. 30 cts.,” &c.
371. Missent correspondence of all kinds must be stamped on the address side with the date-stamp of the office to which it has been missent, and forwarded without delay to its destination by the quickest route.
372. Correspondence between Postal administrations, or between Postal administrations and the International Bureau of the Universal Postal Union, Berne, the reply halves of double post-cards returned to the country of origin, articles redirected or missent, undelivered articles, acknowledgments of delivery, post-office money-orders or advices, parcel-bills, and all other documents on postal business, are treated as “Official, form no account,” and must be excluded from the weights advised on the letter-bill.
373. Franked correspondence for British colonies or countries which cannot be forwarded in closed mails direct should invariably be forwarded on British offices, even if the route be circuitous. Such correspondence, if sent forward on a foreign office, is liable to be returned to the colony as inadmissible under Postal Union rules.
374. The articles of which a foreign mail consists should be classified and treated as follows :—
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