96 Overseas Post
BULGARIA (continued)
Prohibitions: Documents, printed matter, photographs, films, recordings and music containing matter contrary to Bulgarian laws and customs; charged butane gas lighters and refills (uncharged lighters are admitted and should be declared as such on the customs declaration forms); saccharin.
Restrictions apply to the importation of: Alcohol; arms; Bulgarian notes and currency; conserves; narcotics; plants and parts of plants; postage stamps.
Gift Parcels: Gift parcels may be sent only by private persons and not by commercial undertakings. Import licences are not required for parcels containing limited quantities of essential relief items for the use of the addressee. Worn clothing and linen will only be admitted if accompanied by a certificate of disinfec- tion issued by a competent authority such as a Medical Officer of Health or a Sanitary Inspector.
Invoice : An invoice or a copy, must be enclosed in the parcel.
Compensation is not payable for damage to parcels containing liquids, fragile articles, or perishable goods if the damage occurs in the Italian service.
BURMA
LETTER POST
Postage:
Surface
Air mail
Letters Postcards
Letters Postcards
First oz., 40c.. 25c. Each 1 oz., 50c.
25c.
each oz. after, 25c.
Supplemental services available: (1) Green label service, letter and sample post. (2) Registration. (3) Insured letters, surface only, limit $1,840 (Rangoon only). (4) Insured boxes, surface only, limit $1,840 (Rangoon only). (5) Printed papers. (6) Commercial papers, limit 4 lb. (7) Samples, limit 1 lb. (8) Blind literature.
Customs declarations: (1) Green label. (4) One non-adhesive form.
Restrictions: Samples of dutiable articles may only be sent to registered firms or to those firms to whom the Burmese Director of Imports and Exports has granted exemption from the necessity for registration.
PARCEL POST
Postage:
Surface
Not over
Air mail
21b.
316. 71b. 11lb. 221b. $5.00 $.50 6.50 9.00 16.00 Each lb., $3.50
Supplemental services available : Insurance, air and surface, Rangoon only, limit $1,600.
Customs declaration : One adhesive form.
Prohibitions: Letters; arms and parts thereof (including imitation and toy pistols and revolvers) and sulphur, unless imported by or on behalf of the Government of Burma; bronze and copper coins not of the Royal Mint; celluloid and articles made wholly or partly of celluloid, such as cinematograph and photographic films, unless packed in a strong wooden box bearing a label CELLULOID in plain letters; labels or woven goods bearing designs in imitation of paper money; plants, unless accompanied by a certificate in the form prescribed by the authorities; quinine coloured pink.
Restrictions apply to the importation of:
Hypodermic syringes and needles:
potatoes: seeds of flax: skins and feathers: wireless sending apparatus.
Address: Parcels addressed to post box numbers only, that is, without the actual address of the addressee, are inadmissible.
Duplicate documents: In order to facilitate customs clearance a duplicate copy of the invoice showing the country of origin should be attached to the relative despatch papers.
Customs duty: When the total customs duty payable on a parcel does not exceed 75 pyas, the whole of the duty is waived.