156 Overseas Post
ITALY (continued)
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.
Gift parcels: All gift parcels are subject to customs duty.
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
Air mail
First oz., 40c., 250.
each oz. after, 25c.
Letters Postcards 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 (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. adhesive form. French as well as English.
Prohibitions ?
(4) One non-
Charged butane gas lighters and refills (uncharged lighters are admitted); uncut diamonds.
Restrictions apply to the importation of: Books and printed matter in Arabic; plants; gold and articles of gold; saccharin and similar substances.
Insurance is available only to those places shown in the list under PARCEL POST, except Dabakala.
PARCEL POST
Postage:
Surface
Not over
(via Marseille)
21b. $7.50
7lb.
3lb.
11lb. 22lb. 8.50 10.00 13.00 23,00
Air mail
No service
Insurance, surface only, limit $1,840 (see note
Supplemental services available : below).
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); uncut diamonds; 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; gold and articles of gold; plants; books and printed matter in Arabic; mineral water; preserved plums, tinned fish and vegetables; saccharin and similar substances; alcohol.
Delivery: Addressees must arrange for the collection of their parcels. Delivery charges are collected from the addressees except at Sassandra and Tabou.