POST OFFICE GUIDE INDEX A/B

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1 POST OFFICE GUIDE INDEX A/B A Addressing, method of Advice of delivery Insured articles Registered articles Aerogrammes Affixing Stamps Air mail services Air Parcel Post Arms by post to places abroad Articles liable to customs duty B Bank-notes Bags, Private Post Office by post Compulsory registration Counterfeit Insurance to places abroad , 20 Restriction on transmission - Packets Bees by post Betting advertisements by post Blind persons special postal facilities Boxes, Private Post Office Braille books by post Bulk Airmail Service Bulk Posting of Lightweight Items (Air & Surface) Business Reply Service April 2017 INDEX page 1

2 POST OFFICE GUIDE INDEX C C Callers delivery of correspondence Certificate of Authority Certificates of posting Change Charges, Principal Postal services Cheques accepted by Post Office Christmas crackers by post Circulars Bulk posting Clubbed packet licences Coin Compensation for loss or damage Compulsory registration Definition Insured parcels, packing and make-up Restrictions Collection of postal packets Private bags Private posting boxes Compensation for postal packets General Information e-express Service Insured Letters and Parcels Registered Packets Uninsured Parcels, Overseas Uninsured Parcels, Local Complaints and enquiries Postal Miscellaneous General Insured articles Registered articles Counterfeit stamps April 2017 INDEX page 2

3 POST OFFICE GUIDE INDEX C/D Crockery by post, Packing Currency control Customs declarations for parcels to Overseas destinations generally Customs charges abroad Customs charges Parcels, Incoming Parcels, Outgoing Postal packets, except parcels, - incoming outgoing Customs declarations, Preparation Letters, Green label Parcels Packets Customs regulations overseas Letters, Green label Parcels Preferential tariffs Printed papers D Damage, Claims see COMPENSATION Dangerous articles Letter post Parcel post Delivery charges Business Reply items Delivery of postal packets Alternative addresses Callers Holiday Large packets Parcels from abroad Poste Restante Private bags January 2016 INDEX page 3

4 POST OFFICE GUIDE INDEX D/E Private boxes Sunday Demurrage charges on inward parcels Deposit Account Detention of postal packets Containing prohibited articles Exceptional Senders and third parties requests Dimensions of postal packets Diversion of postal packets Drugs, dangerous, by post abroad , 17 E Embarrassing postal packets Enquires Miscellaneous Postal - Insured articles Loss or Non-delivery of registered articles Envelopes Addressing Business Reply Colour Plastic Position of address Printing on Prohibited styles Quality Registered letter Re-use of Size Trap packets Window type Evasion of postage Exceptional detention of postal packets April 2017 INDEX page 4

5 POST OFFICE GUIDE INDEX E/F/G Exclusive rights of the Postmaster General Exemption from postage Explosives by post prohibited Export and currency control Export licences F Fees, principal see PRINCIPAL SERVICES AND CHARGES Films by post, Packing Foreign currency Forms, Post Office, Imitation prohibited Fortune-telling advertisements by post Forwarding see REDIRECTION Fragile articles, Distinctive marking Franking (postage meter) machines G Glass by post, Packing Gold by post Gramophone records by post, Packing (For speech recordings, see also Sound recordings) Greasy substances by post April 2017 INDEX page 5

6 POST OFFICE GUIDE INDEX H/I/J H Hours of Business I Identity, Evidence to be produced by caller Poste restante packets Private boxes Private bags Import and Export Control Import restrictions Abroad Indecent articles by post Insurance, Advice of Delivery Compensation Compulsory (Parcels) Description Enquiries Insured Letters Insured Parcels Insured Value International Business Reply Service International postal reply coupons J Jewellery Compensation for loss or damage Definition of term Insured Services Packing and make-up Prohibition in unregistered packets April 2017 INDEX page 6

7 POST OFFICE GUIDE INDEX L L Leeches by post Letters boxes Household, Size of apertures Private posting Letter post Addressing, Method Airmail letters Business Reply Certificates of posting Collection Compensation Delivery Dutiable articles Embarrassing packets Insurance Large postings made abroad Large postings on behalf of foreign firms Limits of weight and size Make-up Merchant ship abroad Non-delivery Preferential tariffs Prohibited articles Rates of postage Redirection Registration Reply coupons Surcharge Letters, Recall from the post forbidden Liability for loss in the post see COMPENSATION Liability of Hongkong Post see COMPENSATION Liability of the sender for payment of postage, and other costs Licences Business Reply postal packets Clubbed packet April 2017 INDEX page 7

8 POST OFFICE GUIDE INDEX L/M L Export Franking (postage meter) machine Import Items for the blind Living creatures by post Local, Definition of term Local mails Local Parcel Post Loss and damage, Postal compensation Lottery tickets and advertisements prohibited by post M Mail chutes Make-up of articles for the post see PACKING AND MAKE-UP Matches by post Meat by Letter post, Prohibited by Parcel post Medical analysis, articles for Merchant Ship, Service to Postal Money by post Compensation for loss Compulsory registration Currency control Definition Insurance Registration Money-lender s circulars by post April 2017 INDEX page 8

9 POST OFFICE GUIDE INDEX M/N/O N Non-delivery Morphine by post abroad of postal packets Postal packets generally Poste restante correspondence Parcels Non-liability of Hongkong Post Overseas post -Loss due to customs regulations Postal articles seized or returned Registered articles Uninsured parcels Miscelleaneous O Obscene articles prohibited by post Oilskins by overseas post Overseas Parcel Post Overseas surface mail January 2018 INDEX page 9

10 POST OFFICE GUIDE INDEX P P Packets post Dutiable articles General information Inadmissible articles Non-delivery Packing and make-up for the post Articles for medical analysis Blind persons Items Business Reply items General Insured letters Insured parcels Letters Maps Paints Parcels Postcards Radio-active materials Registered articles Senders responsibility Packets Paper money by post Compulsory registration Definition, Postal Overseas services - Currency control Parcel post Addressing, Method Air Bulk postings Certificates of posting Compensation for loss or damage Consular invoices Customs charges - Incoming parcels Outgoing parcels Undertaking by sender to pay Customs declaration and despatch note Delivery, abroad Delivery, General Demurrage charges Dutiable articles Exceptional detention Export licences April 2017 INDEX page 10

11 POST OFFICE GUIDE INDEX P P General regulations Import licences Incoming Insurance Limits of weight and size Non-delivery, Disposal instructions Non-delivery, General information Packing and make-up Preferential tariffs Prohibited articles Redirection Returned parcels Pathological specimens by post Perishable articles by post Letter post, Prohibited by Parcel post Permit Mailing Philatelic Services Photographic films Postage evasion Postage Payment Business reply service Deposit Account Meter machines Permit Mailing Postage prepaid in money Postage rates Inland post - Blind, Articles for the Business Reply Letters Parcels Postcards April 2017 INDEX page 11

12 POST OFFICE GUIDE INDEX P P Overseas post Air mail Articles for the blind Letters Parcels Postcards Packets Postage, Sender s liability Postage unpaid or underpaid Letters Postcards Postal Services Miscellaneous Postal Union, Universal Postcards General - Addressing, Method Limits of size Make-up Non-delivery Surcharge Overseas - Air Mail Rates of Postage - Inland Overseas Poste Restante Posting Boxes Posting of parcels for abroad, Restricted acceptance Postmarks Postmaster General s exclusive rights January 2016 INDEX page 12

13 POST OFFICE GUIDE INDEX P P Postmen Acceptance of packets from public Post Offices, Hours of business PostPack Padded Envelopes Cartons Preferential tariffs Prepayment of postage in money Principal services and charges Printed papers Incoming packets Rate of postage - Inland Private Post Office Bags Private Post Office Boxes Private posting boxes Prohibitions and restrictions, Postal Currency control Import restrictions abroad Letters, General Parcels, General January 2016 INDEX page 13

14 POST OFFICE GUIDE INDEX R R Radio-active materials by post Recall of postal packets Redirection General Postal packet, registered, or insured Poste restante correspondence Registered letter envelopes Re-use Registration of postal packets Advice of Delivery Compensation Compulsory Registration General Information Enquiries Instructions for registering Money and articles of value Packing Removal notices see REDIRECTION Reply coupons Repurchase of stamps Restrictions see PROHIBITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS Retention of postal packets Poste restante Return of undeliverable articles to sender Inland post Overseas post Poste restante correspondence July 2017 INDEX page 14

15 POST OFFICE GUIDE INDEX S S Sealing Insured articles Registered articles Secrecy of the post Sender s liability for postage Sender s name and address on or in postal packets Service Information, country by country... APPENDIX Sharp instruments by post Ships, Merchant, Services to Postal Size, Postal limits Blind persons Items Small letters Large letters Parcels Postcards Packets Sound Recordings Spoken messages Speedpost Stamps, Postage Affixed to - Insured postal packets Postal packets generally Cut-out Denominations Fictitious and imitation Imperfect stamps invalid for payment of Post Office - charges Inadmissible as enclosures Obsolete April 2017 INDEX page 15

16 POST OFFICE GUIDE INDEX S/T/U S Repurchase Sale Spoiled, Commission on repurchase Uncancelled stamps defined as paper money Unused Used previously Stick-on label Suggestions Surcharges, sender s responsibility Surcharges, Verification of postal - see Unpaid and underpaid mail Surface Mail Services T Tape recordings see Sound recordings To be called for Letters Parcels Trap packets U Umbrellas by post, Packing Undeliverable packets see NON-DELIVERY Underpaid correspondence Universal Postal Union Unpaid correspondence Oct 2017 INDEX page 16

17 POST OFFICE GUIDE INDEX V/W V Verification of Surcharges - see Unpaid and underpaid mail W Weight, Postal limits, Inland and Overseas Post Window envelopes Withdrawal from the Post see Recall January 2016 INDEX page 17