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[[preprinted]]No. 188 [[underlined]]RECEIPT FOR SENDER[[/underlined]] Date Stamp of Office of Posting [[stamped]] ADEN CAMP 1500 [[/stamped]] If a parcel { Weight (in tolas)} _________ when not insured } (In words) { Postage (including _________ registration fee) Rs. / AS. [[boxed]] To be filled up only in the case of insured articles. Insured for Rs (in figures)____ (In words)_______________ Insurance fee Rs.___ AS. ____ Weight (in words)} RATES/TOLAS [[/boxed]] N.B.-When the article is not to be insured the above should be crossed out by means of two diagonal lines. ^[[initials]]Initials of Receiving Officer Received a registered* ^[[Letter]] addressed to ^[[Miss Hedwig M. Biewald]] Post-town of destination ^[[Roxbury Mass USA]] *Write here "letter,""postcard,""packet,"or"parcel" as the case may require, with the word "insured" before it if the article is to be insured Notice (1)—The Post Office is not responsible for loss or damage in the case of inland registered articles, unless they are also insured. (2)—The special conditions and restrictions as to insurance, which will be found in the current edition of the Indian Postal Guide, are binding upon every sender of an insured postal article by virtue of rules prescribed under the Indian Post Office Act, 1898. [[/preprinted]]
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