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2586 UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION. June 28,1929. FrsctioI18. 3.-Les fractions monetaires resultant du complement de taxe applicable aux correspondances insuffisamment affranchies peu- vent ~tre 8JTOndies par les Ad- ministrations qui en effectuent Ia preception. La somme a. ajouter de ce chef ne peut exceder la valeur d'un vingtihM fk jraM (cinq centi1Ms). ARTICLE 6. Timbres-poste et empreintes d'affranchissement. Colorso(siamps, etc. t.- Les timbres-poste repre- sentant les taxes-types de l'Union ou leur equivalent dans la monnaie de chaque pays sont confectionnes dans les couleurs suivantes: Letters. en bleu fonce, Ie timbre repre- sentant la taxe d'une lettre simple; Post cards. en rouge, Ie timbre repre- sentant Ia taxe d'une carte postale; Prints. en vert, Ie timbre representant la taxe du port simple des imprimes. Stamping machine Les empreintes produites par impressioI18. les machines a affranchir doivent ~tre de couleur rouge vif, quelle que soit la valeur qu'elles repre- sentent. Lettering, etc. 2.-Les timbres-poste et les empreintes d'affranchissement doivem porter, autam que possible en caracteres Jatine, I'indication du pays d'origine et mentionner leur valeur d'affranchi~ement d'apres Ie tableau des equivalents adoptee. L'indication au nombre d'uniMs ou de fractions de l'unite monetaire, servant a exprimer Prepaid prints. cette valeur, est faite en chiffres arabes. En ce qui concerne les imprimes affranchis au moyen d'empreimes obtenues d la presse d'impri1Mrie, les indications du pays d'origine et fk la valeur il'affranchissemem peuvem &re remplacks par le nom du bureau d' origine et la memion " Tau per~", "Port paye" au· une expressWn analogue. Commemorative, 3.-Les timbres-~ste com- etc., stamps. ~'f d . ~ m~moratl s ou e c ant~, pour lesquels un supplement de taxe est a payer independamment de 3. The monetary fractions re- sulting from the additional charge applicable to shortpaid corre- spondence may be rounded off by the Administrations which collect such charge. The amount to be added on that account may not exceed the value of one-twentieth of a franc (five centimes) ARTICLE 6 Postage sta"!,,ps a~ postage-paid ~mpres8Wn8 1. The postage stamps repre- senting the basic rates of the Union or their equivalent in the money of any country are made up in the following colors: The stamp representing the postage on a single-rate letter, in deep blue; The stamp representing the rate for a post card, in red; The stamp representing the single postage rate on prints, in green. The impressions produced by stamping machines shall be of bright red color, whatever value they represent. 2. Postage stamps and postage- paid impressions shall bear! in Latin characters as far as pOSSIble, the indication of the country of origin, and mention their postage value in accordance WIth the table of equivalents adopted. The indication of the number of units or fractions of the monetary unit serving to express that value is made in Arabic figures. As for prints prepaid by means of printed mdicia, the indication of the country or origin and the postage value may be replaced by the name of the office of origin and the note "Postage Collected," "Post~e Paid," or a similar expressIOn. 3. Commemorative or charity stamps, for which an additional charge is to be Raid over the post- age value, shall be made up in