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 2834 UNIVERSAL POSTAL COXVENTION. MARCH 20, 1934. Missent. etc., m ails. Ship letters. Notation. Special delivery. annules d'une autre maniere par Ie bureau qui constate l'irregula- rite, mais ils ne sont pas frappes du timbre a date. 3. -Les correspondances mal dirigees doivent ~tre frappees de I'empreinte du timbre a date du bureau auquel elles sont parvenues par erreur. Cette obligation in- combe non seulement aux bureaux sedentaires, mais aussi aux bu- reaux ambulants, dans Ill. mesure du possible. 4. -Le timbrage des corre- spondances deposees surles no. vires incombe a l'agent des postes ou a l'officier d u bord charge d u servico ou, a leur defaut, au bureau de poste de l'escale auquel ces correspondances sont livrees a decouvert. Dans ce casl Ie bu- reau Ies frappe de son tImbre it date et y nppose Ill. mention "Navire ", "Paquebot" ou toute autre analogue. ARTICLE 142 Envois expres. Les envois a remettre par expres sont pourvus, autant que possible a cOte de I'indication du lieu de destination, d'une etiquette im- primee, de couleur rouge fonce, portant en gros caracteres Ie mot "Expres". ARTICLE 143 Envois non afJranchis ou insuffi- samment afJranchis. Unpaid,ete., charges. 1. -Les correspondances pour lesquelles une taxe quelconque doit ~tre per~ue posterieurement au dep6t, soit sur Ie destinataire, soit sur l'expediteur, en cas de mise en rebut, sont frappees du timbre T (taxe it payer) it I'angle droit superieur du recto; I'indica- tion en francs et centimes du montant a percevoir est inscrite en chiffres tres lisibles, a c6te de ce timbre. Stamp, ate., r equire- 2. - Vaf,plication du timbre T ments. ainsi que 'indication du montant a percevoir incombent a I'Ad- ministration d'origine ou, en cas line or canceled in some other manner by the office which de- tects the irregularity, but they are not struck with the date stamp.. 3. Missent correspondence shall be struck with the impres- sion of the date stamp of the office at which it arrives thru error. This obligation is imposed not only upon fixed post offices, but also upon traveling post offices as far as possible. 4. The postmarking of corre- spondence mailed on board ships is incnmbent upon the postal agent or the officer on board in charge of the service, or in their absence upon the post office at the port of call where such corre- spondence is delivered in open mail. In such a case, the office strik('s the articles with its date stamp and places on them the note Navire (ship), Poquebot (muil steamer), or a similar nota- tion. ARTICLE 142 Special-delivery articles Articles to be specially delivered shall have affixed, as far as possi- ble beside the indication of the place of destination, a printed label of dark red color bearing in large characters the word Expres (special delivery). ARTICLE 143 Unprepaid or ins'!lfficiently prepaid arhdes 1. Articles of correspondence on which any charge is to be collected after mailing, either from the addressee, or from the sender in the case of return as undeliverable, are marked with the T-stamp (postage due) in the upper right-hand corner of the fron t; the indication in francs and centimes of the amount to be collected is entered in very legible figures beside that stamp. 2. The application of the T- stamp, as well as the indication of the amount to be collected, is incumbent upon the Administra-