Canadian Postal Guide Part 12

REGISTRATION.

[Sidenote: Fees on Registered Letters.]

By the pre-payment of the following fee, in addition to the ordinary postage, letters and parcels can be registered at the office at which posted:--

[Sidenote: To Canada.]

On letters addressed to any place in Canada or the other British North American Provinces 2 cents.

[Sidenote: To U. States.]

On letters addressed to any place in the United States 5 "

[Sidenote: To U.K.]

" " " " United Kingdom 12-1/2 "

[Sidenote: On parcels.]

On parcels to any part of Canada 5 cents.

[Sidenote: To B. Col. and Foreign Countries.]

The registration fees on letters to British Colonies and Foreign Countries will be found in the tables on pages 36, 37, 38, 39, and 40.

[Sidenote: Certificate of posting to be given.]

Every letter or parcel containing value should be registered and presented to the Postmaster or his clerk and a receipt obtained therefor. On no account should it be dropped into a letter box.

[Sidenote: Pre-payment.]

When letters are registered for the United Kingdom, for Foreign Countries, via England, or for the United States, both the postage and the registration fee must be pre-paid.

[Sidenote: Books, &c., cannot be registered.]

Books, periodicals, newspapers, circulars, and other printed matter, cannot be registered unless pre-paid the full letter rates, in addition to the ordinary registration fee.

[Sidenote: Receipt required on Delivery.]

Registered letters and packets can only be delivered to the parties to whom they are addressed or to their order, and a receipt must be given on the delivery of each registered letter in a book kept by every Postmaster for that purpose.

[Sidenote: Post office not responsible for loss.]

It should be clearly understood that the post office is not responsible for the safe delivery of a registered letter or parcel. The registration simply makes its transmission more secure, by rendering it practicable to trace it, when pa.s.sing from one place to another in Canada, from its receipt to its delivery; and when addressed from any place in Canada to any place in the United States, the United Kingdom, or parts abroad, if not to its delivery, at least to the frontier or port of despatch.

POSTAGE STAMPS.

[Sidenote: Prices of stamps.]

Every postmaster is required to have on hand a sufficient stock of postage stamps, and to sell them to the public at 1 cent, 5 cents, 10 cents, 12-1/2 cents, and 17 cents each.

[Sidenote: Envelopes.]

Letter envelopes are also provided with medallion, stamps equivalent to 5 cents and 10 cents postage, each. The 5 cent envelopes are sold singly at 6 cents each; 66 cents per dozen; $5.50 per hundred. The 10 cent envelopes are sold singly at 11 cents each; $1.26 per dozen; $10.50 per hundred.

[Sidenote: Sale to dealers.]

With the approval of the Postmaster General, postage stamps are sold to certain dealers to retail again to the public.

[Sidenote: Pre-payment in stamps.]

Pre-payment of letters should, in all cases where practicable, be made by postage stamps.

[Sidenote: Mutilated stamps.]

A mutilated stamp, or a stamp cut in half, is not recognized in pre-payment of postage.

[Sidenote: Medallion stamps.]

A medallion stamp cannot be accepted in pre-payment of postage if separated from the envelope of which it may have formed a part.

[Sidenote: British and foreign.]