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3352 Tables. Ante, p. 3337. Monetary fractions. Equivalent for in- demnity. Ante, p. 3329. Colors. INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [62 STAT. 3. That Bureau makes up a table indicating, for each country, the equivalents of the rates and fees mentioned in Section 1, showing the percentage of increase or reduction, if any, made in the rates by virtue of article II of the Final Protocol of the Convention. 4. Monetary fractions resulting from the additional charge appli- cable to shortpaid correspondence may be rounded off by the Adminis- trations which collect such charge. The sum to be added on that account may not exceed the amount of 5 centimes. 5. Each Administration notifies the International Bureau directly of the equivalent fixed by it for the indemnity contemplated by Article 59 of the Convention. ARTICLE 106. Postage stamps and postage-paid impressions. 1. The postage stamps representing the basic rates of the Union or their equivalents in the money of each country are made up in the following colors: The stamp representing the postage on a single-rate ordinary letter, in blue; The stamp representing the rate for an ordinary post card, in red; The stamp representing the postage on a single-rate ordinary print, in green. 2. Impressions produced by stamping machines shall be bright red. whatever value they represent. Lettering. 3. 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 equiva- lents adopted. The number of monetary units or fractions of the unit serving to express that value is indicated in Arabic figures. Prepnid prints. 4. As for prints prepaid by means of indicia, printed or otherwise Ant, p. 33 25. obtained (Article 50 of the Convention), the indication of the country of origin and the postage value may be replaced by the name of the office of origin and the note Taxe perdue (postage collected), Portpaye (postage paid), or a similar expression. That note may be worded in French or in the language of the country of origin; it may also be ab- breviated, e. g .: T. P. or P. P. In all cases, the indication adopted shall be boxed or underscored with a heavy line. tommemorative, 5. Commemorative or charity stamps, for which an additional charge is to be paid in addition to the postage value, shall be made up in such a way as to avoid any doubt as to that value. Perforations 6. Postage stamps may be marked with distinctive perforations, under the conditions fixed by the Administration which has issued them.