'Iraqi Post and Telegraph Guide 1930' [‎29v] (61/483)

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or parcel that its contents cannot be tonched without
visible damage, as aforesaid, being caused ;
(ry) wherein the case of the loss of halves of cnirencj notes,
the halves which are safe have not been made over to the
Post Office ;
(//) where the insured articles was for a destination beyond the
Post Office at which insurance is available, which is lost
or damaged in that part of the journey beyond the offices
at which insurance is available,
00 where the contents of the insured article were gold coins
or bullion or both of a value exceeding Rs. 300/-.
(J) where the damage arose from the nature of the article
insured ; or
(k) where the insured article contained anything the trans
mission of which by post is prohibited.
109. Compensation. (1) Compensation will be payable one
month after the date on which intimation of loss is given by the sender
to the Post Office, except in cases in which the Director General may
consider that the circumstances demand the withholdihg of payment
pending inquiry. (2) If, after compensation has been paid for the lo^s
of a postal article or of any portion of its contents, the contents or any
portion thereof are subsequently recovered, the recovered contents will
be dealt with as follows, namely :...
(a) If the value of the recovered contents added to the amount
of compensation paid is not in excess of the amount of
the loss, the recovered contents will be restored to the
sender ;
{b) If the value of the recovered contents added to the amount
of compensation paid is in excess of the amount of the
loss, the Post Office will be entitled either to restore the
recovered contents to the sender on his repaying the
amount of such excess, or to retain and dispose of so
much of the recovered contents as may be held by the
Director General to represent such excess and restore the
rest of the recovered contents, if any, to the sender.
110. Cases in which Insurance is Compulsory....Coin,
bullion, precious stones, jewellery, currency notes or any portion
thereof, must be sent in insured letters or insured parcels if they are
presented for transmission at post offices at which insurance is available
and are addressed to post towns to which the insurance service extends.
In other cases they may be sent in registered letters or ordinary
parcels, but entirely at the senders’ risk. If a letter or parcel found to
to contain any such object of value is presented at the counter of a post
Office, at which insurance is available and is addressed to a post-town
to which the insurance service extends, it will be accepted for trans
mission by post, unless the sender insures it,, (see clause 41.)