'Iraqi Post and Telegraph Guide 1930' [‎59r] (120/483)

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applicant cannot either produce the counterfoil or give the serial No.
no claims in respect of an order belonging to any denomination up to
and including 2s. 6 d. will be entertained by. the British Post Office. An
application in respect of an order belonging to any denomination high
er than 2 s. (id., if unsupported bv the counterfoil or serial No,, will not
he considered unless the payee’s name was inserted on the order and
unless the applicant gives the name of the post office at which the or
der was purchased and the approximate date of purchase, and pays a
search fee equivalent to 2 s. calculated at the prevailing rate of ex
change for British Postal Orders on the date the fee is puid, which will
be returned if the order proves to have been irregularly paid,
269. Altered, Mutilated, or Incomplete Ofders. —If any
erasure or altera|don be made, or if the order is not stamped or signed
by the Postmastcjr of the issuing office, or if the order is cut, defaced,
or mutilated, payment may be refused, and when payment is refused
on any of these grounds, no refund of the value of the order can be
granted in Iraq.
270. Early Presentation. —The purchaser of a British Postal
Order is recommended not to delay its transmission to the payee.
Similarly no time should be lost by the payee of a British Postal Order
in presenting the order for payment.
271. Penalty for Late Presentation.—(I) If a British Postal
Order be not paid within three months from the last day of the month
of issue, a commission equal to the Iraq poundage on an o der of the
same value (see clause 263) will be charged. The fresh poundage must
be paid in Iraq postage stamps affixed to the back of the order.
(2) British Postal Orders presented for payment more than six
months after the last day of the month of issue cannot be paid until a
reference has been made to the chief office in London.
272 Re-payment to Purchaser. —The purchaser of a British
Postal Order can obtain re-payment of its value (but not of the pound
age) on presenting the order and the counterfoil at the post office from
which the order was purchased. Should the order have been crossed
for payment through a bank, the purchaser must first cancel the cros
sing by writing across the face of the order the words “Please pay cash”
and adding his initials.
273. Responsibility of Post Office. —After
Order has once been paid, to whomsoever it is paid,
will not he liable for any further claim.
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