Queenslander (Brisbane), Saturday
27 November 1886, page 858
Notices to
Correspondents
I consequence of the penalties inflicted upon us by the Post Office
authorities for parcels irregularly posted or insufficiently stamped, we have
given instructions to our messenger to receive in future no parcel or
manuscript on which insufficient postage or other penalty is charged on delivery.
Persons forwarding MS to us by post are requested to bear in mind that a
penny stamp is sufficient only for a package weighing less than 2oz and that an
additional penny is required for every 2oz after the first. We would repeat
also that the envelope must be open at each end and be endorsed "MS only
for publication.” This repeated notice is necessary as we have since the above
notice appeared had to pay fines on several parcels..
