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Her Majesty's Mails
·
William Lewins
387
FOREIGN
AND
COLONIAL
LETTER-POSTS.
For
information
of
the
despatch
of
foreign
and
colonial
mails;
rates
of
postage;
and
as
to
whether
prepayment
be
optional
or
compulsory;
see
the
"British
Postal
Guide,"
published
quarterly.
Letters
addressed
to
places
abroad
may
be
prepaid
in
this
country
either
in
money
or
stamps,
but
such
payment
must
be
made
either
wholly
in
stamps
or
wholly
in
money.
The
only
exception
to
this
rule
is
when
the
rate
of
postage
includes
a
fractional
part
of
a
penny,
for
which,
of
course,
there
are
no
existing
English
stamps.
With
certain
exceptions,
the
only
admitted
evidence
of
the
prepayment
of
a
foreign
letter
is
the
mark
agreed
upon
with
the
particular
foreign
country
or
colony.
When
prepayment
is
optional,
any
outward
letter
(e.
g.
going
abroad)
posted
with
an
insufficient
number
of
stamps
is
charged
with
the
deficient
postage
in
addition,
unless
the
letter
has
to
go
to
Holland,
or
to
the
United
States,
or
to
a
country
through
France,
in
which
case
it
is
treated
as
wholly
unpaid,
the
postal
conventions
with
these
countries
not
allowing
the
recognition
of
partial
prepayment.
When,
however,
prepayment
of
the
whole
postage
is
compulsory,
a
letter,
or
aught
else
posted
with
an
insufficient
number
of
stamps,
is
sent
(by
the
first
post)
to
the
Returned
Letter
Office.
Letters
for
Russia
and
Poland
are
also
treated
as
wholly
unpaid,
if
the
full
postage
has
not
been
paid
in
the
first
instance.
Letters
to
or
from
Ceylon,
Australia,
New
Zealand,
British
West
Indies
(except
Turk's
Island),
Honduras,
and
St.
Helena,
posted
wholly
unpaid,
or
paid
less
than
one
rate,
are
detained
and
returned
to
the
writers
for
postage.
If
the
letters
should
be
paid
with
one
rate
(paid
for
half
an
ounce,
for
instance,
when
the
letter
weighs
more
than
half
an
ounce),
they
are
forwarded
(except
in
the
case
of
New
Zealand),
charged
with
the
deficient
postage
and
sixpence
as
a
fine.
Letters
for
New
Zealand
must
be
fully
prepaid.
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