Prohibitions: Plants; playing cards.
Restrictions apply to the importation of: Medicines, serums (including insulin) and so on, and also to articles of gold. Customs duty: Printed matter, especially books, is liable to Customs duty, but newspapers and periodicals are exempt.
PARCELS
Postage: not over via London
2 lb.
3 lb.
7 lb.
$5.00
$6.00
$7.50
via Marseille
$6.45 $7.95
$7.95
11 lb. $10.50
$9.50 $16.90
22 lb.
$17.50
Supplemental services available: Insurance, limit $1,600.
Customs declarations: 1C., 1DN.
1C., 1DN. Declarations should show the Post Office serial number of the parcel and should, as far as possible, be prepared in French as well as in English. Weights and measures should be shown in the metric system.
Prohibitions: Letters; arms (except sporting guns admitted under permit); candles; playing cards; saccharine; tobacco essence; and, in addition, all goods which do not comply with the requirements of the (French) Merchandise Marks Act,
Restrictions apply to the importation of: Cut flowers (except flowers and wreaths addressed to British cemeteries); eggs of game birds during close season; fish and game; fresh fruit; fresh vegetables and potatoes, including seed potatoes, living plants, roots and bulbs; gramophone records; preserved fish; plums and vegetables; shrubs,
Delivery: Parcels are delivered by the railway company and a delivery fee is charged.
Gift parcels: Gift parcels are liable to customs duty but Family Gift Parcels are admitted into France free of customs charges if the following conditions are observed:-
1.
2.
The words Colis familial gratuit must be written pro- minently on the cover of the parcel, together with details of the contents and their value (as well as on relative customs declarations).
Parcels may contain only foodstuff and/or used clothing.
3. The sender must enclose in the parcel a signed statement certifying that the parcel is a free gift; also, he must give a reason for sending the parcel.
FRENCH EQUATORIAL AFRICA (Gabon, Moyen (Middle) Congo, Oubangui-Chari, Tchad)
LETTERS
Postage: first oz. 40c.; each additional oz. 25c.
Services available: (1) Green label service, letter and sample post (2) Printed papers (3) Commercial papers, limit 4 lb.; samples, limit 1 lb.
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