108 Overseas Post
COLOMBIA (Republic of) (continued)
Supplemental services available: None.
Customs declaration and language: Two non-adhesive forms and despatch note. Declarations must show the gross weight, net weight in kilogrammes and the value not increased by costs of transmission or insurance. When one set of customs declaration forms is used for a batch of two or three (not more) parcels from the same sender to the same addressee, the required particulars, with the relative serial number of the parcel, must be shown separately for each parcel. Spanish or French as well as English.
Prohibitions: Letters; arms, parts of arms and ammunition; coin of silver, copper or nickel; Colombian postage or fiscal stamps; saccharin, except under permit; spirits and liqueurs. Certain other goods are at present prohibited.
Restrictions apply to the importation of: Boxes or packets of cigarettes and pressed tobacco; patent medicines; plants, including seeds.
The importation of many classes of goods into Colombia including the islands of San Andres and Providencia is subject to certain restrictions and controls. Invoice: A consular invoice, in quadruplicate, is required in respect of all parcels containing goods valued at more than 100 pesos. All consular invoices must show the value of the goods in both sterling and United States dollars.
Delivery: Parcels are not delivered to the place of address. The addressees are notified of the arrival of parcels and advised to collect them either from the local Customs Depot or local Post Office according to whether the goods are dutiable or not. Senders are warned that parcels are subject to delay after arrival in Colombia.
CONGO REPUBLIC (formerly Belgian Congo) excluding Ruanda-Urundi for which see separate entry
LETTER POST
Postage:
Surface
Air mail
Letters Postcards
Letters
Postcards
First oz., 40c., 25c. Each oz., $1.30
65c.
each oz. after, 25c.
Supplemental services available: (1) Green label service, letter post (except insured letters) and sample post. (2) Registration. (3) Insured letters, surface only, limit $1,840. (4) Insured boxes, surface only, limit $1,840. (5) Printed papers. (6) Commercial papers, limit 4 lb. (7) Samples, limit 1 lb. (8) Small Packet. (9) Blind literature.
Customs declarations and language: (1) Green label and one non-adhesive form. (4) Two non-adhesive forms. (8) Green label. Flemish or French as well as English.
Prohibitions: Bearer bills and so on exceeding five francs in value except in registered or insured letters; coin, gold, jewellery, platinum, precious stones, silver, except in insured boxes; currency notes, except in insured letters.
PARCEL POST
Postage:
Surface
Air mail
Not over 2lb. 3lb. 7lb. 11lb. 22lb. $6.00 8.50 9.00 12.50 23.00
No service
Provinces of Kasai, Katanga (including Elisabethville) and Kivu.
Supplemental services available : Insurance, limit $1,840, surface only.
Customs declaration and language: Two non-adhesive forms and despatch note. Flemish or French as well as English.
Prohibitions: Letters: bearer bills and so on, over five francs in value, except in insured parcels.
Restrictions apply to the importation of: Arms: saccharin and similar products. Import licences may be required for some classes of goods.
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