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SOUTHERN RHODESIA See RHODESIA AND NYASALÀND (Federation of)
SOUTH GEORGIA See FALKLAND ISLANDS DEPENDENCIES
SOUTH ORKNEYS See FALKLAND ISLANDS DEPENDENCIES
SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS See FALKLAND ISLANDS DEPENDENCIES
SOUTH SHETLANDS See FALKLAND ISLANDS DEPENDENCIES
SPAIN (for BALEARIC ISLANDS see separate entry)
LETTER POST
Postage:
Surface
Air mail
Letters First oz., 40c.. cach oz. after, 25c. Postcards
25c.
Letters Each oz., $1.30
Postcards
65c.
Supplemental services available: (1) Green label service, letter and sample post. (2) Registration. (3) Insured letters, surface only, limit $1,840. (4) Printed papers. (5) Commercial papers, limit 4 lb. (6) Samples, limit 1 lb. (7) Small Packets. (8) Blind literature.
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Customs declarations and language: (1) and (7) Green label. Spanish or French well as English. Books, catalogues, magazines, periodicals and so may be liable to customs duty, and a green customs label must be affixed to all packets containing such articles except those addressed to Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao, Corunna, Pamplona, Gijon, Valladolid, Santander, Palma de Mallorca, Seville, Saragossa and Zamona.
Prohibitions: Charged butane gas lighters and refills (uncharged lighters are admitted); playing cards; Spanish bank-notes.
Restrictions apply to the importation of: Jewellery and precious stones; pharma- ceutical preparations; plants and parts of plants; tobacco; radio active matter. Import licences: A licence, to be obtained by the addressee in advance, is required for the importation of books, newspapers, reviews or periodical publica- tions, when sent commercially,
PARCEL POST
Postage:
Surface
(via Marseille) Air mail
Not over 21b. 3lb. 71b. 11lb. 2216. $8.00 8.50 10.00 12.00 21.50 Each lb., $9.00
Supplemental services available: Insurance, air and surface, limit $1,840. Customs declaration and language: Four non-adhesive forms and despatch note. Spanish or French as well as English. Customs declarations must show the Post Office serial number of the parcel.
Prohibitions: Letters; articles of gold and silver; charged butane gas lighters and refills (uncharged lighters are admitted and should be declared as such on the customs declaration form); military weapons and air-guns; playing cards; potatoes; rosaries, relics and similar articles; Spanish bank-notes, tobacco.
Restrictions apply to the importation of: Jewellery and precious stones; pharma- ceutical preparations; plants and parts of plants; radio active matter. Import licences: A licence, to be obtained by the addressee in advance, is required for goods of all kinds imported into Spain unless they have been specifically declared exempt or are not considered by the Spanish Customs Authorities to constitute a commercial despatch.
Delivery: Parcels are delivered by the railway companies and the name of a station from which parcels are delivered must appear in the address on the parcel and on the despatch note. Parcels intended to be called for must be addressed En Gare, not Poste Restante.
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