✨ Postal Regulations for Printed Papers
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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 86
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(B.) PRINTED PAPERS (INCLUDING BOOKS).
- The postage to any place within or beyond New Zealand is—
Printed papers, except newspapers... ... ½d. per 2oz. or fraction thereof.
The following publications may be sent within New Zealand only at the rates mentioned :—
Hansard ... ... ... 1d. per lb. bulk rate.
Other General Government publications
weighing less than 1lb. per copy ... 2d. ,,
“School Journal” ... ... ... 2d. ,,
“Schoolmates” ... ... ... 2d. ,,
Definition.
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Printed papers generally comprise all impressions or copies obtained on paper, parchment, or cardboard, by means of printing, engraving, lithography, autography, or any other mechanical process easy to recognise, except single copies obtained by the copying-press or by type-writer; anything, not of glass, usually attached or appurtenant to any of the undermentioned articles in the way of binding, mounting, or otherwise; and anything convenient for their safe transmission by post. No writing whatever is allowed on printed papers, except as specified hereafter.
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Cards bearing the inscription “Post-card” are accepted at the rate for “printed papers,” as indicated in sections 4 and 9, page 5, provided they do not bear any communication of the nature of a letter.
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For places within New Zealand and Australia obliterated postage-stamps, if registered, may be sent at printed-paper rates of postage, but, with the one exception that stamped and addressed single envelopes or single post or letter cards to be used for replies may be enclosed with circulars, &c., packets of uncancelled stamps must be paid for at registered-letter or parcel rates. For all other countries postage-stamps, whether obliterated or not, and all printed articles or stamps constituting the sign of a monetary value, are excluded from transmission as printed papers, and must bear letter or parcel rates of postage.
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The following is a list of the more prominent articles accepted as “Printed Papers”:—
| Description of Article. | Remarks. |
|---|---|
| Books, magazines, &c. (stitched or bound), printed or engraved drawings, engravings, fashion-plates, maps, printed music, notices of all kinds entirely printed, proxy forms (blank), balance-sheets (wholly printed), papers impressed for the use of the blind (see under Book Post, page 7) or cardboard drawing-models stamped in relief, photographs and albums containing photographs, pictures, plans, valentines | A dedication may be written on books, sheets of music, photographs, and engravings, and the invoice relating to any such work enclosed. |
| Christmas or other seasonable or complimentary cards | A complimentary or conventional remark, and the names and addresses of the sender and addressee may be written. (For example: “To John Smith, with best wishes from Mary Smith, Christmas 1904.”) Cards bearing communications such as “Write soon,” “Hoping to see you shortly,” &c., must be paid for at letter rates. |
| Cards of invitation notices of meetings ... | The name of the person invited, and the date, object, and place of the gathering, may be added in manuscript. In notices of meeting of Friendly and other Societies the amount of any subscription due may also appear in writing. |
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