HC Deb 09 November 1908 vol 195 cc1708-9
SIR WILLIAM BULL (Hammersmith)

I beg to ask the Postmaster-General what is the provision (if any) in the International Postal Convention forbidding a correspondent to enclose within a sealed envelope sent abroad an unstamped letter directed to a third party.

MR. SYDNEY BUXTON

By statutory regulations it is forbidden to send by post any packet containing two or more packets addressed to different persons at different addresses. The Postal Union Convention contains no specific provision on this subject; but it provides expressly that the legislation of any country shall remain unaltered as regards anything which is not provided for by the stipulations contained in the Convention.

SIR WILLIAM BULL

How can it be discovered if it is a sealed packet?

MR. SYDNEY BUXTON

It may sometimes escape observation, but when there are any suspicions it may be discovered.

SIR WILLIAM BULL

How?

[No Answer was returned.]