'Iraqi Post and Telegraph Guide 1930' [‎15r] (29/483)

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11. Addition of Sender’s Name and Address on Cover.—
It is advisable, especially in the case of registered articles, that the
sender should enter his own name and address on the lower left hand
corner of the cover, preceded by the word ‘'Fronv'.
DELIVERY.
12. Delivery Defined— The delivery of a postal article at the
house or ofhce of the addressee or to the addressee or his servant or agent
or other person considered to be authorised to receive the article
according to the usual manner of delivering postal articles to the
addressee is deemed to be delivery to the'addressee under the Iraq
Postal Regulations.
13 ; Duties of Postman— Postmen are forbidden to deliver
any article on which any sum of money is due to the Post Office,
whether on account of postage, customs duty or on any other account,
without receiving immediate payment of the amount due ; or to
deliver any registered letter or parcel without obtaining the signature
of the addressee on the receipt and acknowledgment. Postmen are
also forbidden to deviate from their prescribed beats and cannot there
fore be required to call again to receive payment of sums due. They
are not bound to give change.
14. Refusal of Articles— The addressee of an article is not
bound to pay the amount due on it to the post office if he forthwith
returns it to the postman unopened. In this case he should write the
word ’‘Refused” across the cover.
15. Acceptance of Articles— When a person takes delivery
of or opens an article on which any sum is due to the Post Office, he
must pay the amount marked on it. Any complaint of overcharge
should be made to the postmaster of the office of delivery to whom the
article should be taken before being opened, otherwise no question as
to the correctness of the charge can afterwards be entertained.
16 Remedy of Post Office for Recovery of Charges Due—
If a person, after taking delivery of an article on which any postage
or other sum or customs duty is payable, refuses to pay the amount
marked as due, it will be recovered from him in the same way as a
line imposed under the Iraq Postal Regulations ; and the Post bffice
has further the power of withholding from him, until such charge be
paid or recovered, any article addressed to him not being on “State
Service.’’
17. Articles Maliciously Sent Unpaid. —If the Director-
General is satisfied that any article has been maliciously sent for
the purpose of annoying the person to whom it is addressed, he may
remit the amount of postage charge upon it.
18. Indefinite or Fictitious Address. —No article will be
delivered unless it bears a definite address; nor will parcels, money
orders or other articles presented at a post office for transmission