Sending to the blind free of charge

“Postal Services for the Blind” means Letters, Large Letters, Packets (including Foreign Postal Packets weighing up to 7 kilograms) and Parcels (excluding Foreign Parcels) weighing no more than 7 kilograms and containing:

(a) books and papers (including letters to or from blind persons), impressed or otherwise prepared for the use of the blind, (b) paper posted to any person for the purpose of being so impressed or prepared, (c) relief maps, (d) machines, frames and attachments for making impressions for the use of the blind, (e) pencil writing frames and attachments, (f) braillette board and metal pegs therefor, (g) de braille instructional device, (h) the following articles sent or received by persons or institutions who have entered into special arrangements to the satisfaction of An Post with regard to the transmission of such articles : (i) games (including card games) specially designed or adapted for the use of the blind, (ii) mathematical appliances and attachments specially designed or adapted for the use of the blind, (iii) voice records on discs, films, tape or wire, (iv) metal plates impressed or sent for the purpose of being impressed for the use of the blind, (v) bulk supplies of wrappers and labels for use on packets for the blind—bulk supplies, (vi) braille watches, clocks and timers specially produced or adapted for the use of the blind, (vii) tools, aids and precision instruments specially designed or adapted for the use of the blind,6 single piece mail terms and conditions (viii) rules and measures specially designed or adapted for the use of the blind, (ix) sectional or collapsible walking sticks for the use of the blind.”

3. (2) Postal Services for the Blind shall be transmitted by post without Charge and the transmission thereof shall be subject to these terms and conditions.

Postal Services for the Blind 13. The following provisions shall apply to Postal Services for the Blind:— (1) Every Postal Packet shall bear on the outside thereof the inscription “Postal Services for the Blind” or in the case of a Foreign Postal Packet “Literature for the Blind” and the written or printed name and address of the sender. (2) Every Postal Packet may be subject to examination in the post. (3) Every Postal Packet shall be posted either without a cover or in a cover which can be easily removed for the purposes of examination. (4) A Postal Packet shall not contain any article not being an article for the use of the blind except a label which may bear the name and address of the person to whom the Postal Packet is to be returned. (5) A Postal Packet shall not contain any communication or inscription either in writing or in ordinary type (except the title, date of publication or manufacture, serial number, names andaddresses of the printer and publisher or manufacturer, price and table of contents of the book or paper and the key to or instructions for the use of any special type or of any enclosed article). (6) No Postal Packet which is presented to An Post as a Postal Packet to be delivered using the Postal Services for the Blind shall contain stamps or forms indicating prepayment whether obliterated or not, or any paper representing monetary value. (7) Notwithstanding anything in these terms and conditions, a Postal Packet to be delivered by An Post using the Postal Services for the Blind may contain outside or inside the Postal Packet an indication, by hand or by a mechanical process, of the name, position, profession, firm and address of the sender and of the addressee, the date of despatch, the signature, or telephone number, postal cheque or banking account of the sender, as well as a serial or identity number referring solely to the Postal Packet. (8) Postal Packets to be delivered by An Post using the Postal Services for the Blind shall not exceed 7 kilograms.