'Iraqi Post and Telegraph Guide 1930' [‎33v] (69/483)

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Foreign Post.
printed papers. For example, a picture postcard bearing in writing in
addition to the name and address of the addressee only the date and the
name and address of the sender is admissible at the postage rate appli
cable to printed papers even though the card should bear the heading
“Carte Postale” or its equivalent in any language. Cards which do
not fulfil snch conditions are treatad as postcards or as letters as the
case may be (See also clause 125).
131. Penalty for Breach of Conditions. —Packets of printed
papers which are not fully prepaid or which contain letters or manu
script notes having the chai’acter of actual or personal correspondence,
or which are not made up in such a manner as to admit of an easy
examination of the contents or which exceed the limits of weight and
size fixed for printed papers—vide the Foreign Post Directory—or
which in any other respects do not fulfil the conditions laid down in
the preceding clauses will not be forwarded.
BUSINESS PAPERS.
132. “Commercial or Business Papers ’’Defined. —Business
papers, (legal and commercial documents) include all papers and all
documents, whether writings or drawings, produced wholly or partly
by hand, which have not the character of an actual and personal corres
pondence, such as open letters and postcards of old date which ha^e
already fufilled their first purpose, papers of legal procedure, deeds of
all kinds drawn up by public functionaries, way-bills or bills of lading
invoices, the various documents of insurance companies, copies of, or
extracts from, private deeds written on stamped or unstamped paper,
scores or sheets of manuscript music, manuscripts of works or of news
papers forwarded separately, pupils e<vrcises both original and with
corrections but without any note which does not relate directly to the
execution of the work.
These documents may be accompanied by reference slips or state
ments showing the following or similar particulars ; list ot the papers
included in the packet, references to correspondence exchanged between
the sender and the addressee, such as :—
Annexure to our letter of
to Mr.
our reference
your reference
133. Penalty for Breach of Conditions. — Packets of business
papers which are n >t fully prepaid or which contain letters or manu
script notes having the character of actual or personal correspondence
of which are not made up in such a manner as to admit of an