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PO Guide–1 · Rule 9
Prepayment of postage
GDS/MTS to Postman/Mail Guard·English·Last updated 21 Oct 2026
Fully prepaid articles are intended to move by the earliest possible mail. Unpaid or insufficiently prepaid articles may be detained to assess postage due. They receive no extra transmission security over other unregistered mail.
PO Guide–1 · Original English excerpt
9. Desirability of prepayment of postage
It is the Endeavour of the Post Office to forward by the earliest possible mail and effect delivery as expeditiously as possible of all fully prepaid postal articles. Unpaid articles or articles on which the postage is not fully prepaid are not afforded any greater security in transmission over other unregistered mail. On the other hand, such articles are liable to detention for the purpose of taxing the postage due on them. There, also, not issued along with the special deliveries intended only for unregistered mails but held over for the general deliveries for all classes of mail.Prepared from official postal Word and PDF references. Some services and timings are historical. Check current official orders before exam use.
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