Overseas Post 137
GREAT BRITAIN and NORTHERN IRELAND (continued)
PARCEL POST
Postage:
Surface
Not over 2lb. 3lb. 7lb. lllb. 22lb. 36.50 6.50 9.00 11.00 17.50
Air mail Each 1 lb., $8.50
Supplemental services available: Insurance, air and surface, limit $1,840. Cash on Delivery, limit $640 (£40).
Customs declarations:
One adhesive form.
Observations: All acceptable merchandise not sent as an unsolicited gift will be admitted into Great Britain only under a licence which the importer must obtain from the Import Licensing Branch of the Board of Trade, Romney House, Tufton St., London, S.W.1, England.
In the case of books and other printed matter sent by parcel post, delivery will be expedited if the titles and the number of volumes, pamphlets, etc., of each title are shown on the outside of the wrapper. All parcels not coming within the require- ments set forth for unsolicited gift parcels will be regarded as having been accepted with the understanding that the responsibility for previously determining that the articles sent will be admitted and for obtaining the required import licence rests with the sender and addressee, and the Post Office Department will assume no responsibility arising from the failure of the inability of the addressee to produce the import licence.
A fee for clearance through the customs is imposed on each parcel received from abroad which is subject to customs charges. The amount of the fee is 1 shilling for each parcel on which the customs charges exceed 10 shillings, and 6 pence for each parcel on which the customs charges do not exceed 10 shillings. Particulars on customs declarations must be full and precise in all details, and in case of parcels containing articles of different kinds, the exact quantity of each kind of article must be stated, with descriptions and individual weights. Carbon paper coated with wax and not containing any oxidizable oily or fatty substance must be described accordingly on the customs declaration.
Parcels containing goods liable to ad valorem duty should be accompanied by an invoice showing the contents in detail and the value of each article the cover of the parcel should be marked on the address side Invoice enclosed. When the invoice relates to more than one parcel the cover of each parcel should be marked Invoice enclosed in parcel No.
Special customs and other provisions: A parcel containing coin, bullion or fewellery must be insured for at least part of its value. Every such parcel must be enclosed in a strong box or case (measuring, if the contents are jewellery exceeding £100 ($1,600) in value, at least 3 feet 6 inches in length and girth combined), must be sewn up otherwise fastened in a wrapper of linen, canvas or strong paper or other substantial material and must have the address written on the covering. The seals must be placed along the edges of each join or loose flap
at distance of not more than 3 inches.
Packing: Liquids or substances that liquefy easily should be packed in double containers. The space between the two containers should be filled with sawdust or other absorbent substances.
Prohibitions: For reasons of sanitary policy:
(1) Rags and bedding.
(2) Soiled clothing.
(3) Shaving brushes made in Japan or exported from Japan.
(4) Goat hair and goat wool, and hair and wool of animals from Egypt (including
the Sudan); also all articles mixed with those materials.
(5) All advertisements concerning the treatment of venereal diseases or relative to any preparations intended to prevent, cure, or relieve them except in the case of articles addressed solely to practising physicians or to duly qualified chemists for the needs of their profession.
(6) Vaccines, serums, toxins, antitoxins, antigene, salvarsan and its derivatives; insulin, tuberculin, and preparations of the posterior lobe of the pituitary