86 Overseas Post
AUSTRIA (continued)
Restrictions; Animal products: arms and ammunition, Austrian bank notes bulbs, fruit, potatoes, plants and parts of plants; butane gas, foreign postage stamps; precious metals; radio-active matter; medicines; narcotics; radio appara- tus etc.; salt; spirits; tobacco and its products.
Commercial parcels: Customs declarations should be accompanied by invoices, two copies, and any other necessary documents which should also be listed on the despatch notes. Certificates of origin or import permits are required for certain other types of goods. In cases where import licences have to be obtained by the addressee, the sender should ascertain that the necessary documents are held before the parcel is despatched.
Packing and Marking: Parcels containing articles of celluloid must bear a white label with the words “CELLULOID-KEEP AWAY FROM FIRE” in plain black letters. See also Packing and Make-up in Section I of this Guide.
AZORES
LETTER POST
Postage:
Surface
Air mail
Letters Postcards
Letters
Postcards
First oz., 40.,
25c.
Each 1 oz., $1.30
65c.
each oz. after, 25c.
Supplemental services available: (1) Green label service, letter post. (2) Regis- tration. (3) Insured letters, limit $1,840 surface only. (4) Insured boxes, limit $1,840 surface only. (5) Printed papers. (6) Commercial papers, limit 4 lb. (7) Samples, limit 1 lb. (8) Blind literature.
Customs declarations and language: (1) Green label. (4) One non-adhesive form. Portuguese or French as well as English.
Prohibitions : Butane gas lighters & refills, coin, gold, jewellery, platinum, precious stones, silver, except in insured boxes; tobacco.
Restrictions apply to the importation of: Medicines and plants.
PARCEL POST
Postage:
Surface
(via Marseille)
Air mail
Not over 2lb. 3lb. 7lb. 11lb. 22lb.
$8.50 9.00 11.00 14.00 25.00
No service.
Supplemental services available: Insurance, surface only, limit $1,840.
Customs declaration and language: Four non-adhesive forms and despatch note. Portuguese or French as well as English,
Prohibitions: Letters; tobacco; unobliterated postage and other stamps; bonds and orders payable to bearer, except in insured parcels; Butane gas lighters and refills.
Restrictions apply to the importation of: Arms; medicines: plants; saccharin and similar substances.
Invoice : An invoice certified by a Portuguese consul is required in respect of cach consignment of goods over 550 escudos in value sent from a district in which a Portuguese consular representative resides. If such an invoice is sent with the parcel, it should be securely attached to the despatch note and customs declaration; it must not be enclosed in the parcel.
Packing: Celluloid (seasoned), films and other articles made of celluloid must be packed in soldered tin boxes enclosed in strong wooden boxes.
Delivery: Addressces are notified of arrival of parcels and are required to arrange for their collection.