'Iraqi Post and Telegraph Guide 1930' [‎46v] (95/483)

66
Foreign Parcel Post.
(ii) when, by reason of damage attributable to the postal service,
the addressee refuses delivery of such parcel ;
the sender will be further entitled to a refund of the expenses of trans
mission, and, when an error on the part of the Post Office gives rise to
enquiry as to the disposal of the parcel, to a refund of any fee paid on
account of such enquiry: but the sender will in no case be entitled to a
refund of the fee paid for insurance ; provided that the compensation in
no case exceeds the value of the article lost or the amount of the damage
caused and that loss of profits or other indirect loss will not be taken
into consideration in thelassessment of compensation; provided ako that
no compensation will be payable.—
(a) where the loss or damage has been caused by the fault or
negligence of the sender, or arises from the nature of the
article ;
(A) where the insurance has been fradulently made for a sum
* above the real value of the contents, or there has been any
other fraud on the part of the sender or addressee ;
(e) where the insured article has been delivered to the addressee
and he has signed and returned the receipt therefor, without
protest ;
(d) where the sender or addressee has not given intimation of
the loss or damage within one year following the day of
posting ;
(e) where the loss or damage was due to improper or insecure
packing.
(/) where there is no visible damage to the cover or seals ;
(<?) in cases beyond control (e. g., tempest, shipwreck, earth
quake, war etc.) ;
(/d where thS insured article cannot be traced in consequence
of the destruction of the documents relating to it from
causes beyond control :
(i) where the insured article contained anything the transmis
sion of which by the foreign parcel post is prohibited.
0 ) where there has been misdelivery arising out of the incor
rectness or incompleteness of the address as recorded by the
sender or ;
f/r) where the insured article is for a destination beyond the
post offices at which insurance is available and which is
lost or damaged in the part of the journey beyond the
offices at which insurance is available.
(2) 1 he Government of Iraq accepts no liability either to the
sender or the addressee for any loss or damage in respect of any insured
foreign parcel which was not posted in Iraq and insured by the Post
Office of Iraq.