*
+
OBSERVATIONS.
ft. iu. ft. in.
RATES OF POSTAGE-PARCEL POST.-Continued
RATES OF PORTAGE ON Parcels sọt Exceeding
}
1 tb. 2 lbs. 3 lbs. 4 lbs. 5 lbs. 6 Ibs. 7 lbs. 8 lbs. 9 lbs. 10 lbs. 11 lbs.
LIMIT OF SIZE
Length, Breadth
or Depth
Girth Combd.İ
Declaration.
Customs
Length
$
$
$
PROHIBITED CONTENTS
580
HONGKONG POSTAL GUIDE
Portugal
To
London
German Packet
Siberia
:
1.30
2.00
2.70 3 6
2.652
6 0
*
:
:
:
E
3.75 2 0
Parcels to be de-: livered at Lisbon ¡to person on board! |ship should not be, jsent l'arcel
by
Post.
Parcels must beji packed in strong wooden boxes, in Juietal boxes, or in
40 C a leather covering:|
parcels packed in papero card board will not be ac cepted.
!
manu-
Letters, tobacco, factured or unmanufactured, living plants or parts of plants (except bulbs or seeds) unless accompanied by a proper
certificate that the district from which they are sent is free from phylloxera, either sporadic or epidemic; un- stamped playing cards, manu- scripts (except bound com. mercial books or the minutes of a Society or Company, or invoices relating to the con- tents of the parcel foreign products bearing trade marks in contravention of existing laws; books contravening the Portuguese copyright laws; articles bearing the Red Cross sign, unless addressed to the Red Soceity at Lisbon; medi- cine (unless accompanied by the prescription); coin; un- obliterated postage or other stamps or stamped paper; bank notes, promissory notes and all orders for the payment of money to bearer can only be sent in insured parcels. Å parcel may not consist of two or more packages tied to- gether.
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* Parcels containing umbrellas, sticks, maps, plans, or similar articles, will be accepted up to a maximum of 3 feet 3 inches (1 metre) in length, provided they do not exceed 7} inches (20 centimetres) in breadth or thickness.
ROUTE
DESTINATION.
OF
TRANSMISSION.
Via