Overseas Post 155
ITAY (continued)
posted at the same time to the same addressee. These documents should be firmly fastened together, preferably stapled, with the despatch note on top. They should not be enclosed in an envelope and the customs declaration should, where appropriate, be noted Certificate of origin attached.
Prohibitions: Letters; charged butane gas lighters and refills; meat, poultry and game over 11 lb. in weight; playing cards addressed to San Marino; potatoes; radio-active matter; saccharin and its products, unless addressed to authorized chemists.
Restrictions apply to the importation of: Arms; cinematograph film; foodstuffs in preserved or extract form; mechanical lighters; patent medicines; plants, parts of plants, and seeds; tobacco and its products, including nicotine; wireless apparatus; worn clothing may be sent in gift parcels only.
Air Parcels received for delivery in Italy will be transmitted using the internal air services and will be treated as urgent parcels by surface transport services.
The charge for this internal conveyance will be calculated at about HK 85 cents per Kilo gross weight. The charge is applicable to all air parcels received for delivery in Italy irrespective of whether the air parcels are reforwarded by an internal air service or merely addressed to the city at which International Air Lines call.
Compensation is not payable for damage to parcels containing liquids, fragile articles, or perishable goods.
IVORY COAST (Republic of the)
LETTER POST
Postage:
Surface
Letters
Air mail
Postcards
Letters
First oz., 40c., each oz, after, 25c.
25c.
Postcards
Each 1 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 : (1) and (8) Green label. (4) One non- adhesive form.
Prohibitions:
admitted).
French as well as English.
Charged butane gas lighters and refills (uncharged lighters are
Insurance is available only to those places shown in the list under PARCEL POST, except Dabakala.
PARCEL POST
Postage:
Surface
(via Marseille) Air mail
Not over 2lb. 3lb. 7lb. 11lb. 221b. $7.50 8.50 10.00 13.00 23.00
No service
Supplemental services available: below).
Insurance, surface only, limit $1,840 (see note
Customs declaration and language: Four non-adhesive forms and despatch note. French as well as English.
Prohibitions: Letters; charged butane gas lighters and refills (uncharged lighters are admitted and should be declared as such on the customs declaration forms); counters resembling coin; weights and measures not of the decimal system; and, in addition, all goods bearing indications which suggest they are of French origin or manufacture when they are not.
Restrictions apply to the importation of: Arms, including air-guns, books and printed matter in Arabic; mineral waters; preserved plums, sardines and vegetables; saccharin and similar substances; spirits.