Overseas Post 127
HUNGARY (continued)
Prohibitions: Charged butane gas lighters and refills (uncharged lighters are admitted and should be declared as such on the customs declaration forms); wine
essence.
Restrictions: Animal products, arms and ammunition; alcohol; foreign publica- tions and films; hearing aids; medicine, mineral waters; narcotics; pessaries; plants and parts of plants; precious metals; tobacco products; saccharin. Gift Parcels may be sent to private persons without import licences, providing they are for the personal use of the addressee or members of his family; customs duties are payable on most articles. The parcels may contain items only, and in quantities which may not exceed a specified amount annually. Customs duty will not be levied on used clothing and footwear provided it is for personal use and not intended for re-sale. Medicine may be included providing the addressee is in possession of a medical certificate; in certain circumstances customs duty will not be levied providing the quantities prescribed on the medical certificate are not exceeded. Goods in hermetically sealed containers may not be included. Parcels addressed to the Hungarian Red Cross intended for free distribution will be accepted free of customs duty. Detailed lists of the contents, preferably written in Hungarian, must be (1) attached to the customs declarations and despatch note and (2) enclosed with the parcel. Gift parcels which do not comply with Hungarian regulations are liable to be returned to the senders at their
expense.
Commercial parcels may be subject to import restrictions, and senders are advised to ascertain from the addressee, before despatching a commercial parcel, whether an import licence is required. A detailed invoice should be enclosed in each parcel. Certificate of origin: Certificates of origin are required for many articles. Details may be obtained from the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce. Despatch papers: If an import licence is sent with a consignment of parcels, it should be enclosed in one of them, and all the parcels and relative despatch notes and customs declarations should show the Post Office serial number of the parcel containing the licence.
ICELAND
LETTER POST
Postage:
Surface
Air mail
Letters Postcards Letters
First oz., 40c..
each. oz. after, 25c.
Postcards
25c.
Each oz., $1.30
65c.
Supplemental services available: (1) Green label service, letter and sample post. (2) Registration. (3) Insured letters, surface only, limit $1,600. (4) Printed papers. (5) Commercial papers, limit 4 lb. (6) Samples, limit 1 lb. (7) Blind literature. Customs declarations: (1) Green label and two non-adhesive forms.
Prohibitions: Charged butane gas lighters and refills.
Import licences: A licence, to be obtained by the addressee in advance, is required for the importation of most goods other than those contained in sample packets.
Invoice: Articles liable to customs duty in Iceland must be accompanied by a detailed invoice, in duplicate.
PARCEL POST
Supplemental services available: Insurance, limit $1,600, surface only.
Customs declaration: Two non-adhesive forms and despatch note.
Prohibitions: Letters; used clothing or bedding; wireless apparatus, charged butane gas lighters and refills.
Restrictions apply to the importation of: Alcoholic liquors; potatoes; pro- prietary medicines.
Import licences and Invoice: See under LETTER POST.