CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC (formerly Oubangui Chari)
LETTER POST
Overseas Post 101
Postage:
Surface
Letters
First oz., 40c., each oz. after, 25c.
Air mail
Postcards
Letters
Postcards
25c.
Each oz., $1.30
65c.
Supplemental services available: (1) Green label service, letter and sample post. (2) Registration. (3) Insured letters, surface only, limit $1,840 (see note below). (4) Insured boxes, surface only, limit $1,840 (see note below). (5) Printed papers. (6) Commercial papers, limit 4 lb. (7) Samples, limit 1 lb. (8) Small Packets. (9) Blind literature.
Customs declarations and language: form. (4) One non-adhesive form.
(1) and (8) Green label and one non-adhesive French as well as English.
Prohibitions: Bank-notes, currency notes, documents payable to bearer; charged butane gas lighters and refills (uncharged lighters are admitted); coin, gold, jewellery, platinum, precious stones, silver; plants.
Insurance is available to Bangui only.
PARCEL POST
Postage:
Surface (via Marseille)
Air mail
Not over 2lb. 3lb. 7lb. lllb. 22lb. $7.50 9.00 10.00 13.00 24.00
No service
Supplemental services available: Insurance, surface only, limit $1,840 (see note below).
Customs declaration and language: Five non-adhesive forms and despatch note. Declarations should show the Post Office serial number of the parcel and should, as far as possible, be prepared in French as well as in English and in accordance with the classification of the French customs tariff. Weights and measures should be shown in the metric system.
Prohibitions: Letters; arms (except sporting guns admitted under permit); candles; charged butane gas lighters and refills (uncharged lighters are admitted and should be declared as such on the customs declaration forms); saccharin.
Restrictions apply to the importation of: Cut flowers; eggs of game birds during close season; fish and game; fresh fruit; fresh vegetables and potatoes, including seed potatoes; gramophone records; liqueurs and spirits, except gin and whisky of British origin; living plants, roots and bulbs; preserved fish, plums and vegetables; shrubs.
The importation of certain goods is subject to the production of an import licence, and such goods should not be despatched until the necessary licence has been obtained by the addressee.
Sealing: Parcels should be sealed with a distinctive device.
Delivery: Addressees are notified of arrival of parcels and are required to arrange for their collection. Charges are collected from the addressees.
Insurance is available to Bangui only.
CEYLON
LETTER POST
15c.
Postage:
Surface
Letters
First oz., 20c., each oz. after, 15c.
Postcards
Air mail
Letters
Postcards
25c.
Each oz., 50.
Supplemental services available: (1) Green label service, letter and sample post. (2) Registration. (3) Insured letters, surface and air, limit $1,840. (4) Insured