IMPERIAL AND FOREIGN PARCEL POST
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Limitations of service and special conditions
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PROHIBITIONS: letters; bank-notes and currency notes unless posted by and
addressed to a bank.
RESTRICTIONS apply to the importation of plants, roots and seeds. MAXIMUM value per parcel : $800.
PROHIBITIONS: letters; arms (except sporting guns admitted under permit); bees, unless accompanied by a certificate of a competent authority that they are free from disease; wines or spirituous liquors unless labelled to indicate their true nature, country of origin and full name and address of manufacturer or responsible exporting agent. RESTRICTIONS apply to the importation of: cigarette papers; plants, fruits and
seeds.
INVOICE a copy of the relative invoice should be attached to the despatch
note and Customs declaration of every commercial parcel.
PROHIBITIONS: letters; grease, liquid or easily liquefiable substances. INVOICE: a commercial invoice should be sent to the addressee by letter post.
PROHIBITIONS: letters; bees; cotton seed, cotton and cotton seed products (except oil, unmanufactured cotton and cotton waste: see below); feathers and skins of wild birds (except ostrich feathers) unless for educational or scientific purposes; films or pictorial representations of prize fights; intoxicating liquors; potatoes.
RESTRICTIONS apply to the importation of: arms; bulbs; cereals; cigars and cigarettes; cotton waste and unmanufactured cotton; plants and parts of plants; sealskin in any form; virus, serums and toxins.
INVOICE: an invoice or statement giving accurately the value of the contents for Customs purposes should be enclosed in every parcel containing books and also in every sealed parcel containing merchandise; and the parcel should be marked on the address side INVOICE ENCLOSED. If, however, the invoice or statement relates to more parcels than one, it should be enclosed in parcel No. 1, and the remaining parcels should be marked INVOICE ENCLOSED IN PARCEL No. 1.
ORIGIN: every article (except books imported by or for the account of any public library or library association) capable of being stamped, branded or labelled at the time of its manufacture, without suffering damage, must, as well as its immediate container and the packing in which the article is sent, be conspicuously and indelibly stamped or branded, and so on, in English characters with an indication of the country of origin.
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