10. Carbon paper unless certified on the customs declaration, if one is furnished, in the following terms: Carbon paper coated with wax and con- taining no oxidisable oily or fatty substance.

11. Oiled paper.

12. Filth.

13. Indecent, obscene, or grossly offensive communi- cations, marks, designs, prints, photographs or other articles.

(c) Articles subject to packing 14. Packets inadequately packed, containing any

regulations

article or thing, which in the course of conveyance is likely to injure any other postal packet or an officer of the Post Office.

(d) Living creatures

(e) Bullions, coin and paper

money

(f) Miscellaneous

15. Perishable articles. Anything liable to become offensive or injurious through decay during the time ordinarily occupied in transmission (particularly if addressed to a tropical or sub- tropical country, or having to pass through the tropics) unless sent in a hermetically scaled tin. This includes wedding cake sent by sea mail. 16. Liquids unless packed in the prescribed manner. 17. (a) Living creatures except bees, leeches and silkworms; parasites and destroyers of noxious insects intended for the control of these insects and exchanged between officially recognized institutions.

(b) The concession as regards parasites and destroyers of noxious insects does not relieve the senders or addressees from complying with any regulations in the country of destination as to the importation of insects and so on.

18. Counterfeit bank or currency notes and counter-

feit postage stamps.

19. Coin except coins used or designed for orna-

mental purposes and declared as such.

20. Gold bullion.

21. Paper money unless authorized by the Export

Control office.

22.

(a) Packets bearing any fictitious postage stamp or counterfeit impression of a stamping machine, or words, letter or marks which are unauthorized and which may reasonably lead the recipient to believe that the packet is sent on Her Majesty's Service.

(b) Packets purporting to be prepaid with any stamp or impression of a stamping machine which has previously been used to prepay any other postal packet.

23. Packets consisting of or containing two or more postal packets, of the same or of different descriptions addressed to different persons at different addresses.

24. Articles infringing trademark or copyright laws.

25. Articles prohibited under import regulations abroad, or subject to restrictions unless the re- quirements of the country of destination arc complied with. Lists comprising a selection of such articles as are likely to be sent in ordinary course are given in the summary of the letter and parcel services.

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