"course of transmission" means in case of, for a postal
article, the time from the delivery of the postal article to
the licensed postal service operator until the time of its
delivery to the addressee, its return to the sender, or its
disposal under the applicable provisions of these
Regulations;
"definitive stamp issue” means stamps depicting nature
or natural heritage and which are valid for a maximum
of ten years from the date of issue;
"postal services licensee" means the Postal Corporation
of Kenya and all organisations licenced to provide
unreserved postal services, including courier
companies, transporters, freight, forwarders, delivery
companies and direct marketing companies which
handle postal articles;
"reserved postal services" means (a)
the collection, transport, sorting, and delivery,
for hire or reward of letters and postcards
weighing up to 350 grams, but not including
exempted letters sent by licensed courier,
letters accompanying goods at the time of
delivery, newspapers, magazines, books, nonaddressed leaflets, catalogues, and trade
announcements letters delivered otherwise than
for reward letters delivered by an employee of
the sender letters containing any writ or
proceeding out of court or any legal instrument
of any kind and, letters carried to the premises
of a provider of electronic mail service for the
purpose of transmission by electronic mail;
(b)
the production and issuance of postage stamps,
pre-stamped
envelopes,
aerograms,
and
international reply coupons bearing the official
national coat of arms or the words "Republic of
Kenya," "Kenya," or "Kenya Post"; and
(c)
the rental or lease of private letter boxes or
bags;
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