Overseas Post 127
FRENCH SOMALI COAST (continued)
PARCEL POST
Postage:
Surface (via Aden) Air mail
Not over 2lb. 3lb. 7lb. 111b. 221b.
No service
$6.50 7.50 9.00 11.00 20.00
Supplemental services available: Insurance, limit $1,840, surface only. Customs declaration : Two non-adhesive forms and despatch note.
Prohibitions: Letters; arms, except under permit.
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.
FRENCH SUDAN See SUDANESE REPUBLIC (Federation of Mali)
FRENCH WEST INDIES (Guadeloupe and Martinique)
LETTER POST
Postage:
Surface
Air mail
Letters Postcards
Letters
First oz., 40c., 25c.
each oz. after, 25c.
Postcards
Each 1 oz., $2.00
$1.00
Supplemental services available: (1) Green label service, letter 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 Packets. (9) Blind literature.
Customs declarations and language: (1) and (8) Green label and one non-adhesive form. (4) One non-adhesive form. French.
Prohibitions: (Martinique only); Bank-notes, cheques, currency notes, documents payable to bearer; gold, jewellery, platinum, precious stones, silver; (Guadeloupe and Martinique); charged butane gas lighters and refills (uncharged lighters are admitted, but there should be an appropriate indication of the contents on the cover of the packet).
PARCEL POST
Postage:
Surface (via Marseille)
Air mail
Not over 2lb. 3lb. 7lb. 11lb. 22lb.
$7.00 7.50 10.00 12.00 21.00
Each lb., $10.00
Supplemental services available: Insurance, limit $1,840, surface only.
Customs declaration and language: Three non-adhesive forms and despatch note, French as well as English.
Prohibitions: Letters; charged butane gas lighters and refills (uncharged lighters are admitted, but there should be an appropriate indication of the contents on the cover of the parcel).
Gift parcels; Customs charges are payable on gift parcels. An import licence is not required for an unsolicited gift parcel sent by one private individual to another, but the words Envoi Isolé Gratuit must be written prominently on the cover of the parcel.
Restrictions : The importation of certain classes of goods is subject to the production of an import licence; and before posting parcels senders are asked to make sure, by inquiry of the addressees, that the necessary licence has been obtained or that one is not required.
Sealing: Parcels should be sealed with a distinctive device.
Charges: Charges for inland conveyance are collected from the addressee, except at Fort de France, Basse-Terre and Point à Pitre.