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ordinary letters, if satisfied that the claim for refund is a proper one. The receipt for refund should be taken on the face of the surcharged cover. Postage which is thus authorised to be refunded is to be claimed in the Daily Cash Account, which should be accompanied by the cover, together with an explanatory memorandum. (See Rule 477.)
STAMPING.
483. The date and the index letter or figure of the date-stamp must be carefully adjusted at the beginning of each day, and the index changed punctually throughout the day at the appointed times. A clear impression of every date-stamp in use must be made in the impression-book each time the date or the index is changed, and the officer making the impression must initial the book. Chief Postmasters will decide how often the index is to be changed at offices under their control. G and J are not to be used as index letters. As the object of the date-stamp is to indicate the day, so the object of the index is to indicate the hour at which a letter is received or despatched. If, therefore, the index is not changed punctually, a Postmaster may be blamed for a delay for which he is not really responsible. Postmasters supplied with date-stamps having type symbols for hour and minute will note that, as far as possible, regular half-hourly changes should be made, and that the time shown should always be later than the actual time of stamping. Thus, a letter posted at 4.50 p.m. would bear the time 5 p.m., and a letter posted at 5.2 p.m. the time 5.30 p.m.
484. The date-stamp must not on any account be altered from the current date. Any mark required of another date must be written.
485. Postmasters must take precautions for the safe custody of the official seals and date-stamps, and must prevent these being handed to members of the public on any pretext whatever, or being kept in such a position that the public can obtain and use them. It is forbidden to give impressions to the public.
Care should also be taken that any stranger representing himself to be an officer of the Post and Telegraph Department produces satisfactory evidence of that fact before he is allowed to have access to or to use the date-stamps, &c.
486. The impression of each stamp should be not only legible, but perfect in every particular. To secure this, attention should be paid to the following points, namely:—
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