HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE
ROUTE
DESTINATION.
OF
TRANSMISSION
RATES OF POSTAGE.-PARCEL POST.-Continued
RATES OF POSTAGE ON PARCELS NOT EXCEEDING
1 lb. 2 lbs. 3 lbs. 4 lbs. 5 lbs. | 6 lbs. 7 lbs. 8 lbs. 0 lbs. 10lbs. 11 lbs.
Via
C. 8 c.
* c. ♦
3 c.
ૐ
$ c. $
Costa Rica
London
2,60
Crete (Candia, Canea, Retimo)..
Egypt
:
:
1.60
1.50
1.90
:
Cuba
London
1.60]
--
2.60
***
Cyprus
Egypt
:
1.15
:
LIMIT OF SIZE
Leugth,¡ Breadth
Customs Declaration.
or Depth
Length & Girthj Combd
c. lin. ft. ft. in.
3.60 3 6 6 0 C2
2.30
01
* 4 0
OBSERVATIONS.
PROHIBITED CONTENTS.
Parcels must be
packed in Some
Letters, arms, ammunition: precious metals, whether in form of specie or bullion, to- bacco
A material stronger Same as Greece
3.00 2 0 4 0 C3-
1.55
•
1.95 3 6
0
than paper or card- board.
Parcels may be accepted for any place in Cuba, but if the post office of the place of desti- nation is not aut- horised to deal with parcels the addressees must claim them at the nearest delivery office.
A seperate dis- patch note and Customs Declara- tions must be pre- pared for eachi parcel.
Parcels are de-i livered at the fol- lowing places :- Famegusta, Head! Quarters Camp, Kyrenia, Larnaca, Limassol, Nicosia, Palemedía, Papho, Troodos.
No compensa-| tion is given for the loss in Cyprus of parcels contain- ling watches jewellery.
or
Letters; tobacco seeds; dead animals and insects unless tho-| roughly dried; fruits and vegetables liable to early de- composition.
Hashish, locust eggs, salt (other than table or rock salt); silver and copper coins and pre-Victorian gold coins.
* Parcels which do not measure more than 8 in. in depth or breadth may be as much as 3 ft. 3 in. in length.
17 A
557
Page 550Page 551
DESTINATION.