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Overseas Post
IRAQ (continued)
parts of plants and bulbs; serums; wireless apparatus. Diamonds may only be imported on production of an import permit, a certificate of origin and a manu- facturer's declaration approved by the official authorities of the country of origin; gold, gold coins and all foreign currency may only be imported under permit from Foreign Exchange Control Committee, Baghdad.
Packing and marking: Parcels containing cinematograph or photographic films or articles made wholly or partly of celluloid must be clearly labelled Celluloid,
Import licences are required for many types of goods.
Compensation is not payable for damage to parcels containing liquids liquefiable substances or glass or other brittle articles.
IRISH REPUBLIC (All Ireland except the Counties of; Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Londonderry and Tyrone)
LETTER POST
Postage:
Surface
Air mail
Letters Postcards
Letters
Postcards
First oz., 20c., 15c.
Each oz., $1.30
65c.
each oz. after, 15c.
Supplemental services available: (1) Green label service, letter and sample post. (2) Registration. (3) Insured letters, air and surface, limit $1,600. (4) Insured boxes, air and surface, limit $1,600. (5) Printed papers. (6) Commercial papers, limit 5 lb. (7) Samples, limit 5 lb. (8) Small Packets. (9) Blind literature. Customs declarations: (1) and (8) Green label (4) one non-adhesive form. Prohibitions: Same as Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the transmission into the Irish Republic of birth control literature and contraceptives is prohibited.
PARCEL POST
(Maximum weight 15 lbs.).
Supplemental services available: Insurance, air & surface, limit $1,600.
Customs declarations: One adhesive form.
Prohibitions: Generally the same as for Great Britain with the following additions: Contraceptives, Christmas crackers.
Restrictions apply to the importation of the undermentioned articles:
(1) certain therapeutic articles, such as vaccines, toxins, penicillin, etc., except under licence issued by the Ministry of Public Health, Dublin;
(2) tea, manufactured tobacco, except under licence issued by the Revenue Com- missioner, Dublin;
(3) plants, parts of plants, foodstuffs, fruits are only admitted when accompanied by a licence issued by the Ministry of Agriculture, Dublin;
(4) wines; cotton, wool, linen and silk yarn and thread, and woven or knitted goods made of these materials; saccharine; except when accompanied by a licence. issued by the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, Dublin;
(5) morphine, opium, cocaine and other stupifiants; firearms and part thereof; toy pistols; except on production by the sender of a licence or permit issued by the Ministry of Justice, Dublin and subject to the conditions indicated in the licence. Customs charges : A minimum customs duty of 2/6 is levied for each type of dutiable goods contained in a packet or parcel, or £1 Sterling if the packet or parcel contains only goods proved to the satisfaction of the authorities to have been grown, produced or manufactured in Great Britain, Northern Ireland or Canada.
A Customs clearance fee of 1/- is levied on each parcel on which the Customs duty does not exceed 10/- and 2/- on each parcel if the duty exceeds 10/-. Packing: The use of hay, straw or peat and waste of all kinds for packing purposes is prohibited.
Confiscation: Parcels not accompanied by Customs declaration or having a a false declaration are liable to confiscation by the Customs.