Darling Downs Gazette (Qld), Friday 27 March 1908,
page 3
POSTAL AND TELEGRAPHIC TELEPHONIC
FACILITIES
FOR THE
PEOPLE OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA. POSTAGE STAMP BOOKLETS
Booklets
of 1d. and 2d. postage stamps may be purchased at a cost of £1 each— the face
value of the stamps obtained therein. The inside pages of the cover contain
printed columns showing date, item, and amount, and enable purchasers of the
booklet to keep a record of every stamp used therefrom.
REPAYMENT
IN CASH IN ONE SUM OF POSTAGE ON LARGE QUANTITIES OP MAIL MATTER.
The
postage on large quantities of letters, packets, or newspapers, for
transmission within the Commonwealth, or to New Zealand or Fiji, may be prepaid
in cash. The, amount of postage on such mail matter, posted at one time shall
not be less than £1. The posting may be done at the General Post Office and
certain of the principal post offices. The mail matter must be handed in at the
post office between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., but if handed in after 3
p.m. it will be subject to detention 'if its despatch interferes with the
despatch other mail matter.
Special
provisions exist regarding the hours of posting and minimum amount of postage
in the case of newspapers posted by registered newspaper, proprietors or by
news vendors.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
OF DELIVERY OF REGISTERED ARTICLES.
The
sender of a registered article may either at the time of registration of
thereafter upon payment of a fee of 2.5d, obtain an acknowledgment of its due
delivery to the addressee or other person to whom it is delivered.
REGISTRATION
OF POSTAL ARTICLES
When
sending articles of value through the letter or packet post the registration
system should, be availed of.
The fee
charged for the registration of any article is only 3d., and when registered
the article can be traced in its course through the post; if the article be
lost whilst in the post, the Postmaster-General will (subject to the provisions
of the Regulations) pay the value of the article up to a maximum amount of £2.
Any postal article (other than a parcel) may be registered.
PAYMENT'
OF CUSTOMS DUTY BY THE SENDER OF A PARCEL.
By paying
a fee of 6d., signing an undertaking to pay on demand the amount due, and
making a deposit at the rate of 1b. for each 4s. or part of 4s. of the declared
value of the parcel, the sender of a parcel addressed to Cape Colony, Germany,
the United Kingdom, and certain foreign
countries, via the United Kingdom, may take upon himself the payment of the
Customs and other charges ordinarily payable by the addresses.
A final
settlement takes place as soon as the amount of the charges due has been
ascertained from the country of destination.
