For postal packets addressed to Latvia, the names of persons or firms, streets and towns in the addresses should be in accordance with the official Latvian nomenclature.
OIL.
In the case of postal packets for Turkey, the country of destination should be shown as TURKEY without any additions such as TURKEY-IN-ASIA, ASIA MINOR, ARMENIA, and SO Obsolete place names as CONSTANTINOPLE, ANGORA, ADALLA, PERA, and so on should not be used but the current names, ISTANBUL, ANKARA, ANTALYA, BEYOGLU should be employed.
The words BRITISH POST OFFICE should be included in the address of correspondence intended for delivery through the British Post Office at Tangier and Tetuan in Morocco.
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General.
PACKING AND MAKE-UP
All articles should be securely packed, particularly if addressed to a distant country. For special conditions applicable to the make-up of letter packets, small packets, printed papers, com- mercial papers, samples and registered and insured articles, see under the respective headings.
Parcels. The packing used for parcels for abroad should be deter- mined by weight and nature of the contents, the length of the journey, conditions of transit, climate and so on. Light and bulky articles should preferably be packed in strong wooden cases; a parcel sent to a tropical country during the wet season should be protected by a tin-lined case or other damp-proof packing.
For some countries special kinds of packing are required by the post offices of transit or of destination, see pages 58-197.
Celluloid and cinematograph and photographic films. Seasoned raw celluloid (that is celluloid which has been freed from all volatile solvent) and inflammable films with a nitro-cellulose base must be packed in a tin case which must be enclosed in a strong wooden box constructed as described in the next paragraph.
Any other article composed wholly or partly of celluloid must be en- closed in a strong wooden box which must be made from boards of a minimum thickness of inches. The sides must be dovetailed together and the bottom and the lid must be firmly screwed to the sides; and if any part of the box is composed of more than one piece of wood, the pieces must be joined together by means of tongues and grooves. No gap must appear at any join. The inner container must be completely surrounded by suitable packing material. A white label bearing the word Films or Celluloid, as the case may be, in plain black letters, must be affixed to the parcel.
The special packing conditions outlined in the foregoing paragraph do not apply to films which do not come within the classification of dangerous goods, but each packet which contains non-dangerous films must have on the outside a white label bearing the words in plain black letters Films-NON-INFLAMMABLE. Senders of parcels
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