'Iraqi Post and Telegraph Guide 1930' [‎30r] (62/483)

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Explanation. —In this rule, the expression “articles of
gold or silver’’ includes articles made wholly or partly of gold
or silver, but not electro or other plated goods. The expression
“currency notes’’ does not include defaced notes, i. e.. notes
from which the signature has been cut off after cancellation,
remitted on behalf of the Currency Department.
Note. —The fee of two rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. imposed under this rule will be
recovered from the sender if the article is refused by the addressee or
if the addressee cannot be found.
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111. Description. —The value-payable service is a system which
provides for the collection from the addressee, for remittance to the
sender, of the value of articles transmitted by post, which have not
been paid for in advance.
112. Articles which may be sent value-payable.— Registered
letters, registered packets and parcels may be transmitted by the Inland
Post as value-payable ; provided (I) that the amount specified by the
sender for remittance to himself in the case of any such articles does
not exceed 1,000 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. and does not include a fraction of an anna, and
(2) that such letters, packets and parcels do not contain coupons,
tickets, certificates of introduction designed for the sale of goods on
what is known as the “ Snowball system”.
113. Post Offices from and to which V. P. articles may
be sent. —Postal Articles may be posted as value-payable at any post
office that is a money order office (with a few exceptions), for transmis
sion to any other post office that is a money order office.
114. Declaration necessary- —The sender of a value-payable
postal article must declare that it is sent in execution of a bona-fide
order received by him.
Explanation. — An article may he sent by the Value-Payable
Post even though it possesses no intrinsic value. Thus, legal
documents, bonds, policies of insurance, promissory notes,
railway receipts, bills-of-landing, or ordinary bills for collection
may be sent as value-payable postal articles. In the case of a
railway receipt or bill-of-lading sent as a value-payable
postal article, it will be sufficient for the purposes of this rule
if the article to which the railway receipt or bill-of-lading
relates has been sent in execution of a bona-fide order. In the
case of the other documents specified, the document must he
sent in execution of a bona fide order to send the document
itself-
115. Manner of Posting. —(1) Every postal article intended for
transmission as value-payable must be presented at the post office with
the prescribed printed form (obtainable gratis) in which the sender must