Post office guide part i - India Post

(d) Any article containing postage or other stamps or labels, or a cheque, hundi, bank note,
bankpost bill, bill-of-exchange, or the like, if the contents are either superscribed upon
the cover or are known or manifest to the officers of the Post Office owing to the
transparency, insecurity or insufficiency of the cover or to any other cause.
(e) Any article bearing the word “registered” or any other word, phrase or mark to the like
effect, written or impressed on the cover.
(f) Any registered article which is re-posted after having been delivered.
(g) Any value-payable article.
EXCEPTION : Nothing in this rule shall be held to render registration of a packet
compulsory only by reason that it contains a stamped envelope, postcard or wrapper as
provided by clause 123 (C).
2. Twice the fee for registration will be levied on the delivery of any postal article required
under this clause to be registered on which the fee for registration has not been prepaid. If fee for
registration has been partly prepaid, twice the difference between the fee payable and the amount
actually paid will be levied.
INSURANCE
172. Articles which can be insured. – Registered letters, value-payable registered letters,
registered parcels and value-payable registered parcels may be insured up to the value of Rs.600 at
such branch post offices, and up to the value of Rs. 10,000 at such other post offices, as are
authorized, to accept articles for insurance and for such post offices as are authorized to deliver
insured articles, provided that in no case shall such value exceed the real value of the contents of
the article insured; provided also that articles containing gold, coin or bullion Government
currency notes or bank notes or any combination of these shall be insured for the actual value of
the contents. For the purpose of this rule, papers such as securities, legal documents, etc., may be
regarded as having a real value.
NOTE : See clause 209(9).
173. Insurance. – Insurance covers all risks in course of transmission by post.
NOTE 1. See clause 209(9) regarding transmission of gold coin or mullion.
174. Offices which can insure. – articles may be insured at all post offices in the list given
in Part III of this Guide with the exception of those marked ‘B’ and ‘C’ and for all post offices
named in the list with the exception of those marked ‘B’ and ‘L’.
NOTE : Registered articles to and from Army Post Offices may be insured upto the value of Rs.500/- each.