198 Overseas Post
QATAR (continued)
Restrictions: A licence or certificate for the importation of the following items must be obtained from H.M. Political Agent: alcoholic drink; drugs; industrial alcohol (including denatured, methylated or medicated spirits and methyl alcohol). Address: The inclusion of Persian Gulf or Arabian Gulf in the address is un- necessary.
PARCEL POST
Postage:
Surface (via Bahrain)
Not over
Air mail
2lb. 3lb. 7lb. 11lb. 22lb. $4.50 4.50 6.00 8.00 12.00 Each lb., $5.00
Supplemental services available: Insurance, surface only, limit $1,840 (not avail- able to Doha or Umm Said)
Customs declaration: One adhesive form.
Prohibitions : Letters, except one for the addressee: arms and ammunition (or parts thereof); charged butane gas lighters and refills (uncharged lighters are admitted); cultured, imitation, artificial and bleached pearls.
Restrictions: A licence or certificate for the importation of the following items must be obtained from H.M. Political Agent: alcoholic drink; drugs; industrial alcohol (including denatured, methylated or medicated spirits and methyl alcohol). Packing: Parcels should be very strongly packed.
Address: See under LETTER POST.
Delivery: Parcels are not delivered but have to be collected from the Post Office by the addressees.
REUNION
LETTER POST
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. (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. (4) Two non- adhesive forms. French as well as English.
Prohibitions: Charged butane gas lighters and refills (uncharged lighters are admitted); coin, gold, jewellery, platinum, precious stones, silver.
PARCEL POST
Postage:
Surface (via Mauritius)
Not over
2lb. 3lb. 7lb. lllb. 22lb. $4.50 5.00 6.00 7.50 14.50
Air mail
No service
Supplemental services available: None.
Customs declaration: Two 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); playing cards; saccharin; tobacco essence; and, in addition, all goods bearing indications which suggest they are of French origin or manufacture when they are not.
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