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 62 STAT.] MULTILATERAL-UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION-JULY 5, 1947 the general rate for prints, while reserving the right to limit that reduction to newspapers and periodicals sent directly by the publish- ers or their representatives, or to grant it only to newspapers and periodicals which comply with the conditions imposed by the domestic regulations for acceptance at the newspaper rate. There are excluded Catalogs, tc. from the reduction, regardless of the regularity of their publication, commercial prints such as catalogs, prospectuses, price lists, etc. 4. Administrations may also grant the same reduction, irrespective etcBooks, sheet-music, of the senders, to books and pamphlets, sheet-music and maps which do not contain any publicity or advertising other than that appearing on the covers or fly-leaves of these articles. 5. The Administrations of origin which have accepted in principle the reduction of 50 percent, reserve the right to fix, for the articles contemplated in Sections 3 and 4 above, a minimum charge which, while remaining within the limits of the reduction of 50 percent, is not lower than the charge applicable to the same articles in their domestic service. 6. Articles other than registered letters in sealed envelopes may not oric1 tionf on en- contain coins, banknotes, paper money or any instruments of value payable to the bearer; manufactured or unmanufactured platinum, gold or silver; precious stones, jewelry, or other precious articles. 7. The Administrations of the countries of origin and destination than addresseo e the have the option of treating, in accordance with their domestic legis- lation, letters which contain documents having the character of actual personal correspondence addressed to persons other than the addressee or persons residing with the latter. 8. With the exceptions provided for in the Regulations, commercial t7ommercl paper. papers, prints, prints for the use of the blind, samples of merchandise, and small packets shall: (a) be made up in such a way as to be able to be easily inspected; (b) not bear any notation or contain any document having the character of actual personal correspondence; (c) not contain any postage stamp or form of prepayment, can- celed or uncanceled, or any paper representing a value. 9. Samples of merchandise may not contain any article having a hSndle o mer salable value. 10. The services of small packets and of Phonopost articles are Ihiopost service limited to the countries which have agreed to exchange such articles, either in their reciprocal relations or in one direction only. 11. The inclusion in a single package of articles of correspondence of Grouped articles. different classes (grouped articles) is authorized under the conditions fixed by the Regulations. 12. With the exceptions provided for by the Convention and its Articles not dis- Regulations, articles which do not fulfill the conditions prescribed by the present Article and the corresponding Articles of the Regulations are not dispatched. Articles which have been wrongly accepted shall arwgl accepted be returned to the country of origin. However, the Administration of destination is authorized to deliver them to the addressees. In 3321

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