Letter Card
Letter cards may be transmitted by post, if it conforms to the following specifications, namely:-
- The postage shall be prepaid in full;
- The weight of the letter card shall not exceed five grams;
- The dimensions of the letter card including its flaps when unfolded or folded shall respectively be as follows:
State Size Dimensions Unfolded Maximum 300 mm by 210 mm Minimum 282 mm by 182 mm Flaps- Letter Card shall have three flaps, one each on the left and right side not exceeding 15 mm by 100 mm and another on the top side not exceeding 15 mm by 210 mm and the flaps may not be required if the letter card can be closed by any other effective process. Folded Maximum 210 mm by 100 mm Minimum 152 mm by 90 mm - Nothing shall be attached to or enclosed in a letter card;
- There shall be printed on the outside at the top left-hand corner on the address side of every folded letter intended for domestic transmission the words "Letter Card";
- Letter card shall be made of paper of minimum 70 Grams per Square Meter.
Explanation 1
"Letter card" means a sheet of paper of the kind ordinarily used for letter writing suitably folded and gummed.
Explanation 2
Letter cards of private manufacture shall be suitably folded and fully closed on three sides by continuous gumming, glue or any other adhesive provided the dimensions and other conditions mentioned in this regulation are complied with.
Conditions where infringed
- In case of infringement of the conditions specified in regulation 89 of Post Office Regulations, 2024, the letter card shall be treated as a letter and charged on delivery with double the deficiency between the postage already paid for such letter card and the postage payable for a letter.
- The rates of postage chargeable on letter cards shall be as mentioned in Table I of Schedule I, Post Office Regulations, 2024.