158 Overseas Post
PAKISTAN (continued)
Supplemental services available: (1) Green label service, letter and sample post. (2) Registration. (3) Insured letters, surface only, limit $1,600 (see Insurance below). (4) Insured boxes, surface only, limit $1,600 (see Insurance below). (5) Printed papers. (6) Commercial papers, limit 5 lb. (7) Samples, limit 5 lb. (8) Blind literature.
Customs declarations: (1) Green label and non-adhesive form (the customs declaration must be securely attached to the outside of the packet). (4) Two non-adhesive forms. Printed matter liable to customs duty must bear a green customs label.
Prohibitions ; Celluloid and articles wholly or partly made of celluloid, such as photograph films. Non-inflammable cinematograph films are, however, admitted by letter post provided that the packets bear a label clearly marked in red characters This contains non-inflammable films only. Packets of picture postcards are prohibited from importation by printed papers post. Account and manuscript books, advertising matter (with the exception of trade catalogues and circulars), almanacs, cards in general, labels, photographs, picture books, printed forms and works of art are prohibited from importation by printed papers post when sent as merchandise.
Restrictions apply to the importation of: Silver bullion and silver sheets and plates; bank-notes, coin and currency notes.
Address: Registered and insured packets addressed to post-box numbers only, that is, without the actual address of the addressee, are inadmissible. Insurance: The insurance service to Wana, Tanai, Sarwakai (under the Dehra- Ismail-Khan Post Office), Spinwam, Shakardarra, Chorlaki, Land Kumar and Thathi Nasratti (North West Frontier Province) is suspended.
Customs duty: When the total customs duty payable on a letter or other packet does not exceed 12 annas, the whole of the duty is waived.
PARCEL POST
Supplemental services available: Insurance, surface only, limit $1,600. (See Insurance below).
Customs declaration: Two non-adhesive forms and despatch note (a separate set for each parcel).
Customs declarations should show clearly the material of which goods are made, for example, silk stockings, cotton material, silver-plated cutlery. If books and photographs are enclosed in parcel with other articles their value should be shown separately. The net weight of the contents of parcels of tobacco, cigars and cigarettes, and in the case of cigars and cigarettes, particulars of the brands and the number and net weight of the cigars or cigarettes of each brand, should be clearly stated.
Prohibitions: Letters, except one for the addressee; coffee plants, seeds or beans (except roasted beans); cotton and woollen piece-goods, such as are ordinarily sold by length or by the piece, imported for trade purposes and not stamped to indicate the length in yards or fractions thereof; arms and parts thereof (including toy, dummy or imitation revolvers or pistols, and clasp knives of which the blades are more than 3 inches long) and appliances for discharging gas, unless imported by or on behalf of the Government of Pakistan; bronze or copper coins not of the Royal Mint or of a Pakistan State: bulbs and plants, unless accompanied by a certificate in the form prescribed by the Pakistan authorities; labels or woven goods bearing designs in imitation of paper money; quinine coloured pink; sulphur. Restrictions apply to the importation of: Potatoes and certain seeds; silver bullion and silver sheets and plates; wireless transmitting apparatus.
A licence, to be obtained by the addressees in advance, is required for importation into Pakistan by post from this country of all goods except those for bona fide private use and not for sale and the senders are advised to confirm before posting a parcel that the necessary licence has been obtained by the addressee. Address: The name of the province in which the place of address is situated should, as far as possible, be included in the address.
Parcels addressed to post-box numbers only, that is, without the actual address of the addressee, are inadmissible.
Insurance : The insurance service to Wana, Tanai, Sarwakai (under the Dehra- Ismail-Khan Post Office), Spinwam, Shakadarra, Chorlaki, Land Kumat and Thathi Nasratti (North West Frontier Province) is suspended.