Postmaster General: Postal Guide 1948
SAMPLES
RATE OF POSTAGE
The rate of postage on sample packets is 3 mils per 50 grammes or part thereof with a minimum charge of 6 mils.
WEIGHT AND SIZE
The maximum weight is 500 grammes.
The limits of size are:—
60 cms. in length, 30 cms. in width, 30 cms. in depth;
or if made up in the form of a roll,
75 cms. for the length and twice the diameter combined and 80 cms. for the greatest dimension.
The use of the sample post is restricted to genuine trade samples and no article is admissible unless it be in fact a specimen of goods for sale. The specimen must be in itself without saleable value. The sample post must not be used, in any circumstances, for the conveyance of goods for sale or consigned in execution of an order, however small the quantity, sent from a dealer to an actual, or possible, purchaser, or for the transmission of articles from one private person to another.
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