142
PLACE OF DESTINATION.
ROUTE.
Vid.
APPENDIX
IV,-Continued.
PARCEL POST
RATES, Continued.
RATES OF POSTAGE ON PARCELS
Not exceeding
2 lb.
3 lb.
7 lb. 11 lb. |22 lb.
6
€0
$ c. $
05
*
c. $
i
1st lb. and Each additional lb. up
to 11 lb.
Limit of Insured value (Francs 300-£12)
$ c.
LIMITS OF SIZE.
Length, Breadth or Depth.
Length & Girth Combined.
£
ft. in. ft. in.
Customs Declaration.
Russia in Europe (accepted at
Sender's risk only)
London.
.....ƒ
2.50 2.80 3.20 3.90 6.75
40
3660
JA 2 C 3
Do.
France.
2.45 | 2.95 | 3,15 | 3.40 | 6.30
40
3 6
6 0
A 2 ic 4
0
Do.
Germany.
2.40
3.25
40
3 6
6 0
JA 2 10 3
Russia in Asia
Nagasaki,
2.15
3 6 6 0
JA 2 10 3
OBSERVATIONS.
PROHIBITED CONTENTS.
143
Parcels must be packed in strong wooden boxes or barrels at least a centimetre thick, in tin, canvas, linen, or similar material and not merely in paper or card board, and be securely soaled with wax or lead, preferably lead. Parcels not packed in wooden or metal boxes must be covered with canvas, linen, or oil cloth (not finen-faced paper) sewn up at the flaps and folds, and secured with string sealed at the knots and ends. Wooden boxes must be of stout material, well screwed or nailed together at the sides, top and bottom. To avoid delay at the Russian frontier, senders are strongly advised to tie all parcels round with cord, sealing the loose ends with lead senls. Addresses must be clearly written. The name of the town and province should be added in English. French
Or German. Customs
show must Declarations
the gross weight (in grammes) of the parcel, including the" packingl and the total value of the parce must be stated. No erasure or amendment may be made in the entries relating to the quantity or quality of the contents. A separate entry must be made of onch kind of article or goods, describing pre- cisely in each case the quality according to the commercial de- nomination, the quantity (according to ordinary trade. usage) by num ber, measurement, and net weight (in grammes) and the value both in Russian and in English our- rency. Neglect of these regulations will load to the rejection of the parcel by the Russian Customs and its return to the Sonder,
Letters; used Russian postage stamps; labels not sent with the goods to which they apply; rags and old clothes, sent as merchandise, and unmanufac- tured animal products plants (unless accompanied by phylloxera certificate. One cer- tificate suffices for 3 uninsured parcels for same addressee); all parts of the vine except grapes; small silver and cop- per coins, Russian or Foreign; gold or silver articles not "up to the proper standard; prize coupons; swordsticks; Air- guns; arms (except by special permission to be obtained by the addressee); playing cards; unauthorised medicines; articles coloured with arsenical dyes; aniline and similar dyes except in crystal form; margarine products; swine's flesh, and al its products except lard; arti ficial saffron; compounds des- cribed as "tea" but containing mixtures of other herbs: and, to Finland, brandy; poisons; articles of celluloid except in wooden boxes.