172 Overseas Post
RUANDA-URUNDI
See BELGIAN CONGO
RUSSIA See UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS
RYUKYU ISLANDS (including Okinawa and other islands of the Ryukyu group south of 30 degrees north latitude including Kuchinoshima)
LETTER POST
Postage:
Surface
Air mail
Letters Postcards
Letters
First oz., 40c., each oz. after, 25c.
25c.
Each oz., 50c.
Postcards
25c.
Supplemental services available: (1) Green label service, letter and sample post. (2) Registration. (3) Printed papers. (4) Commercial papers, limit 4 lb. (5) Samples, limit 1 lb. (6) Small Packets. (7) Blind literature.
Customs declarations: (1) and (6) Green label, and one non-adhesive form.
Prohibitions: Items addressed to United States Forces Military addresses.
Address: Articles must be addressed in English, or, if addressed in any other language, there must be an interleaved translation in English, of the post town, island and the words Ryukyu Islands.
Observations: Ryukyu Islands north of 30 degrees north latitude are subject to the conditions applicable to Japan.
PARCEL POST
Supplemental services available: None.
Customs declarations: One non-adhesive form and despatch note.
Prohibitions etc.: Same as for letters.
SAAR TERRITORY
ST. HELENA
LETTER POST
Same as FRANCE
Postage:
Surface
Letters
First oz., 20c.,
each oz. after, 15c.
Air mail
Postcards
Letters
Postcards
15c.
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 (to Jamestown only). (4) Insured boxes, surface only, limit $1,600 (to Jamestown only). (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.
PARCEL POST
Supplemental services available : Insurance, limit $800.
Customs declaration: One adhesive form.
Prohibitions: Letters, except one for the addressee.
Preferential Tariffs apply under certain conditions to British goods. Enquiries should be addressed to Department of Commerce and Industry.
Delivery: Addressees are notified of arrival of parcels and are required to arrange for their collection.
ST. KITTS See LEEWARD ISLANDS