Overseas Post 179
SINGAPORE (continued)
PARCEL POST
Supplemental services available: Insurance, surface only, limit $1.600: Cash on Delivery (except to Christmas Island), limit $640.
Customs declaration : One adhesive form.
Prohibitions: Letters; arms of every kind, including sporting guns and pistols or their component parts, charged butane gas lighters and refills; coin; platimum, gold, silver, precious stones, jewellery and other valuable articles, and negotiable instruments payable to hearer, except in insured parcels. The importation of plants and seeds in air parcels is absolutely probihited.
Restrictions: The importation of all goods originating or manufactured wholly or partly in the Scheduled Territories is permitted without an import licence except for gold (including raw, smelted or manufactured gold, gold bullion or gold coin and articles made wholly or partly of gold), diamonds and diamond-set jewellery, the importation of which, unless they are unsolicited gifts not exceeding 100 Singapore dollars in value, is not permitted except under licence issued by the Controller of Imports and Exports, Singapore. In addition the importation of certain plants and seeds is subject to a written permit issued by the Director of Agriculture. Such parcels must be addressed to the consignee c/o the Agricultural Officer, Singapore.
Packing and marking: Parcels containing non-inflammable films must bear a white label clearly marked in block with the words FILMS-NON INFLAM- MABLE.
SOCIETY ISLANDS See FRENCH SETTLEMENTS OF OCEANIA
SOLOMON ISLANDS (except Buka and Bougainville, for which islands see New Guinea Territory)
LETTER POST
Postage:
Surface
Air mail
Letters Postcards
Letters
First oz., 20c.. 15c. Each + oz., $1.30
each oz. after, 15c.
Postcards
65c.
(5)
Supplemental services available: (1) Green label service, letter and sample post. (2) Registration. (3) Printed papers. (4) Commercial papers, limit 5 lb. Samples, limit 5 lb. (6) Small Packets. (7) Blind literature.
Customs declarations: (1) and (6) Green label.
Prohibitions: Wedding cake not securely packed in tin boxes.
PARCEL POST
Supplemental services available: None.
Customs declaration: One adhesive form.
Prohibitions: Letters.
Restrictions apply to the importation of: Worn clothing and bedding.
Compensation is not payable.
SOMALIA
LETTER POST
Postage:
Surface
Letters
Postcards
First oz., 40c.. each oz. after, 25c.
25c.
Air mail
Letters
Each oz., $1.30
Postcards
65c.
Supplemental services available: (I) Green label service, letter post. (2) Regis- tration. (3) Printed papers. (4) Commercial papers, limit 4 lb. (5) Samples, limit 1 lb. (6) Small Packets. (7) Blind literature.
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