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brought under the notice of the officer at fault, and also reported to
the Secretary. It is most important that date-stamp impressions
should be perfect in every respect, and any failures will be severely
noticed.
(b.) Form P.O. 79 is to be used at chief post-offices for
communicating with sub-offices at which the date-stamping is
observed to be indistinct. Chief Postmasters are to provide for
frequent revision of the work of date-stamping at sub-offices, with
a view to maintaining its clearness and correctness.
(c.) A copy of poster 57, “Postage-stamps not Obliterated or
Imperfectly Obliterated,” is to be exhibited permanently in the
mail-room at each permanent and railway office and in each rail-
way travelling post-office.
- (a.) The impression of the date-stamp on letters, post-
cards, books, parcels, and newspapers should be as follows:\
On the Front
All articles when first posted (excluding newspapers and
intrinsically valueless packets prepaid in cash), whether
prepaid or not. The impression must be legibly made on
the postage-stamps unless the stamps are affixed in
contravention of any of these rules.
All articles missent.
Unclaimed letters, &c. (at sub-offices in black ink; at chief
offices in red ink).
Redirected letters, &c. (at office where redirected).
Delivered letters returned to the post-office.
Newspapers bearing stamps posted at Auckland, Christchurch,
Dunedin, and Wellington are not to be date-stamped, the obliterating
of the postage-stamps being done with felt stamps. These stamps
may also be used at the same offices for postmarking packets in
cases in which clear impressions with steel stamps cannot be
obtained.
On the Back.
Letters received at any office (except chief post-offices, railway
travelling post-offices, and the larger sub-offices) from
another office
Insured letters.
Letters for delivery at counter.
(b.) Post-cards, newspapers, commercial and printed papers,
books, pattern and sample packets, and parcels need not be date-
stamped, except at the offices at which they are posted.
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Letters or packets which appear to contain photographs,
cards, or other fragile articles are to be stamped lightly. -
At offices at which letters are stamped on the back
the letters received from a sub-office should be placed on the
stampung-table with the point of the flap turned away from the
stanper, and those received from a chief office with the point
of the fiap turned toward the stanper.
TYING AND SEALING MAIL-BAGS.
- A wooden device is to be used for the measuring of string
in suitable lengths for the tying of mail-bags. The string is to be
wound around the wood lengthwise and then cut at one end
This will give pieces of string of sufficient length. The device is
to be used at all permanent offices and the more important rail-
way offices. In order to use the many spare pieces collected of
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Online Sources for this page:
VUW Te Waharoa —
NZ Gazette 1922, No 60
NZLII —
NZ Gazette 1922, No 60
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