ISRAEL, including the following places:
Overseas Post
133
Acre
Haifa
Ashdod (Asdoud)
Jaffa
Beersheba
*Jerusalem
Beneibrak
Kfarvitkin
El Faluja
Lydda
Hadera
Migdal Aza (El Majdal)
Nahariya
Nazareth
Nethanya
Petahtikva
Lydda Aerodrome Raanana
Ramatgan Ramla
Rishonletsiyon
Roshpina
Tel Aviv Tiberias
* The address JERUSALEM, ISRAEL is appropriate only to that part of the city which is under Israel de facto administration. Correspondence for the, area under Jordan de facto administration must be addressed JERUSALEM, JORDAN, See also JORDAN or GAZA and KHAN YUNIS (Egyptian-occupied areas).
LETTER POST
Postage:
Surface
Letters Postcards
First oz., 40c.. 25c.
each oz. after, 25c.
Air mail
Letters
Postcards
65c.
Each 1 oz., $1.30
Supplemental services available: (1) Green label service, letter post. (2) Regis- tration. (3) Printed papers. (4) Commercial papers, limit 5 lb. (5) Samples,
limit 5 lb. (6) Small Packets. (7) Blind literature.
Customs declarations : (1) and (6) Green label.
Prohibitions: Charged butane gas lighters and refills (uncharged lighters are admitted); Israel bank-notes and Independence bonds (the import of other bonds issued by the Government of Israel is permitted),
Restrictions apply to the importation of: Plants, fruits and seeds.
The following are admitted by sample post: samples of spirits (except perfumed spirits) provided they are plainly marked Spirits Not Perfumed, and samples of wine not exceeding in each case 300 grammes (10) oz.) gross weight; samples of tea and coffee plainly marked to show the contents and not exceeding 100 grammes (34 oz.) gross weight; type samples of unmanufactured tobacco not exceeding 100 grammes gross weight.
PARCEL POST
Supplemental services available:
Customs declaration:
None.
One non-adhesive form and despatch note. Prohibitions: Letters; arms and parts of arms, except sporting guns admitted under permit; bees, unless accompanied by a certificate of a competent authority that they are free from disease; Israel bank-notes and Independence bonds (the import of other bonds issued by the Government of Israel is permitted); wines or spirituous liquors unless labelled to indicate their true nature, country of origin and full name and address of manufacturer or responsible exporting agent. Restrictions apply to the importation of: Cigarette papers; plants, fruits and seeds,
Foodstuffs: Particulars in detail of each commodity must be shown on the customs declaration.
Import licence : An import licence to be furnished by the addressee in Israel is required for many classes of goods but not for gift parcels (see below), parcels containing immigrants' personal and household goods and tools for their own professional use, and parcels containing the personal goods of travellers which are free from customs duties.
Gift parcels: Goods other than foodstuffs. A family may not receive for its personal use more than one consignment of goods other than foodstuffs during a period of 3 months, and no consignment may exceed £40 (Israel) in value. Invoice: A copy of the relative invoice should be attached to the despatch note and customs declaration of every commercial parcel. If more than one ordinary parcel from the same sender for the same addressee is posted at the same time, only one invoice is required in respect of each batch. In the case of parcels addressed c/o a bank, the actual consignee is regarded as the addressee. Customs declarations which accompany a batch of parcels must show, in addition to the usual particulars, the total number of parcels, the serial numbers and the total value of the contents.
Compensation is not payable for damage to parcels containing liquids or semi-liquids.