Service to Philatelists

(1) The Crown Agents for Overseas Governments and Administrations are not authorised to hold stocks of stamps for sale to members of the public except those dealers resident in the United Kingdom or in North America whose names appear on their lists of approved dealers. Dealers resident elsewhere and all other private collectors may obtain such stamps as they need only from such dealers or by ordering them from the Postmaster General with their remittance. (2) Remittances accompanying orders shall be made payable to the Postmaster General and shall be in the form of banker’s drafts (where appropriate), money orders or British postal orders. Remittances sent otherwise will be returned. (3) The Postmaster General shall refuse to comply with requests to affix stamps to letters, or to cancel stamps which are not affixed to letters (or other articles) entrusted to the post in the normal manner. (4) The Postmaster General shall also refrain from taking stamps, at request, from some special portion of a sheet, posting letters sent to him or in any other way acting as agent for dealers or collectors. 78 (5) Stamped envelopes sent to the Postmaster General for cancellation and posting or return in some other manner shall be returned marked “unserviced” under official cover either to the sender or to the postal administration where they originate with a request that they be delivered to the sender. (6) Only envelopes bearing appropriate postage stamps of this country, which accompany orders for unused stamps, and are being used for the purpose for which they have been provided, shall be dealt with in the usual manner, by post- marking and cancellation of the stamps affixed thereto. (7) The Postmaster General shall not accept from dealers or collectors standing orders for the supply of new issues of stamps or new printings. (8) Postage Due labels (stamps) shall not be sold over the counter to anyone, but the Postmaster General may comply with orders received through the post for the supply of blocks of these labels to dealers or collectors. (9) The Postmaster General shall not address envelopes, affix stamps to them, or make any special arrangements for the cancellation of stamps on what are termed “first day covers” of any new commemorative issues or other new issues of stamps. All persons wishing to have “sale covers” posted to them or to make advance arrangements for the supply to them of new issues should appoint their own local agent to act on their behalf. (10) The Postmaster General shall not take the responsibility of recommending any private person or firm to undertake (e) Newspapers