'Iraqi Post and Telegraph Guide 1930' [‎34r] (70/483)

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easy examination of the contents or which exceed the limit of weight
and size fixed for business 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.
SAMPLE PACKETS,
134. Contents and Packing, -Ml) Samples must be bona-fide
samples of merchandise, and must not have any saleable value. They
must not bear any writing except the name, position, profession and
address of the sender and the addressee, as well as the date of despatch,
the gender’s signature, telephone No., telegraphic address and code,
postal cheque or banking account, a manufacturer’s or trade mark,
numbers, prices, and indications relative to weight or measurement and
dimensions, or to the quantity disposed of, or such as are necessary to
determine her origin and the nature of the goods. They must be placed in
b;igs, boxes, or envelopes : but these coverings must be readily remove
able so as to admit of an easy examination of their contents. Packing
is however not obligatory for articles consisting of one piece, such as
pieces of wood, me'ai etc. which it is not the trade custom to p ick,
provided that the address is reproduced on the article itself and that, if
necessary, the address and the postage stamps appear on the label.
Explanation. —Sample packets of cigars or other tobacco, manu
factured or unmanufactured, addressed to countries other than Great
Britain and Northern Ireland are regirded by the Post Office of Iraq as
having no saleable value when they do not contain more than three
cigars or three ounces of tobacco. It should, however, be understood
that a different rule may be in force in the country of destination and
senders of sample packets of tobacco must take the risk of having
their packets returned or charged with customs or other dues, when
addressed to a country where the rule of the Iraq Post Office is not
accepted. As regards the transmission of spirits, tobacco and tea by
the sample post to Great Britain and Northern Ireland and other coun
tries—see the Foreign Post Directory.
(2). Packets containing samples of glas 3 , liquids, fatty substances
dry powders (whether dyes or not) as well as packets of live bees and
silk worm eggs are admitted to transmission as samples of merchandise,
provided that they are packed in the following manner :—
(a) Articles of glass must be securely packed (in boxes of metal
wood or corrugated cardboard) in such a way as to prevent
all risk of injury to the mails or to the officers of the Post
Office.
{b) Liquids, oils, and fatty substances easily liquefied must be
enclosed in glass bottles hermetically sealed. Each bottle
must be placed in a special box of metal, wood or strong
corrugated cardboard furnished with sawdust, cotton, or
some spongy material in sufficient quantity to absorb the