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IMPERIAL AND FOREIGN PARCEL POST
Limitations of service and special conditions
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the same time by one sender to the same addressee exceeds 100 dollars, an invoice certified by a United States consul should be furnished. This invoice should be enclosed in the relative parcel, the Customs declaration being noted CONSULAR INVOICE ENCLOSED. When the consular invoice relates to more parcels than one, it should be enclosed in parcel No. 1, the Customs declaration being noted accordingly. The Customs declara- tions or covers of the remaining parcels should be marked CONSULAR INVOICE IN PARCEL No, 1. If the sender prefers, however, the consular invoice may be sent separately to the addressee, the relative Customs declaration being suitably noted. When the consular invoice is enclosed no other invoice or statement of value need be furnished. If the consular invoice is sent separately to the addressee, a commercial invoice should be enclosed in the parcel.
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. CUSTOMS DECLARATIONS: the value shown on the Customs declaration must not be less than the market value in Hong Kong. If more than one parcel is sent at one time to one addressee, the sender should number the parcels consecutively and should indicate on each parcel the number of parcels forming the consignment. For instance, if the consignment con- sists of three parcels, the parcels should be numbered 1/3, 2/3 and 3/3, respectively. The total number of parcels forming the consignment should be shown on the Customs declaration.
DELIVERY: a charge of 15 cents for Customs clearance and delivery is collected
from the addressee.
CUSTOMS DUTY: articles (except those subject to internal revenue tax, such as cigars, cigarettes, and so on) the aggregate value of which is not more than one dollar, are admitted free of duty provided they are not imported for sale or forwarded for the purpose of avoiding the payment of duty. COMPENSATION is not payable.
PROHIBITIONS: letters; tobacco; unobliterated postage and other stamps, bonds
and orders payable to bearer, except in insured parcels.
RESTRICTIONS apply to the importation of arms; medicines; plants; saccharine
and similar substances,
INVOICE: an invoice certified by a Portuguese consul should accompany each consignment of goods over 550 escudos (about $80) in value sent from a district in which a Portuguese consular representative resides.
PACKING: celluloid (seasoned), films and other articles made of celluloid must
be packed in soldered tin boxes enclosed in strong wooden boxes.