162 Overseus Post
KUWAIT (continued)
Supplemental services available: Insurance, surface only, limit $1,840.
Customs declarations : 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: alcohollic drink; industrial alcohol (including denatured, methylated or medicated spirits and methyl alcohol); drugs. 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.
LABRADOR Same as CANADA (including Newfoundland)
LABUAN See NORTH BORNEO
LAOS
NOTES: All postal services to Namtha, Phongsaly, Samneua, Xiengkhouang and Tchepone are temporarily suspended. Air mail service to Champassak, Khongsédone, Paksong and Thateng are accepted and sent by air as far as Paksé.
LETTER POST
Postage:
Surface
Air mail
Letters Postcards Letters Postcards
First oz., 40c., each oz. after, 25c,
25c.
Each 4 oz., 50c.
25c.
(1) Green label service, letter post. (2) Regis- Commercial papers, limit 4 lb. (5) Samples,
Supplemental services available: tration. (3) Printed papers. (4) limit 1 lb. (6) Blind literature. Customs declarations and language: Prohibitions: Charged butane gas admitted); current coin.
(1) Green label. French as well as English. lighters and refills (uncharged lighters are
Address: The address particulars on letters, packets and parcels must be written in legible Latin characters.
PARCEL POST
Postage:
Surface
Air mail
Not over 2lb. 3lb. 7lb. 1116. 22lb.
$5.00 6.00 6.50 8.00 15.00
Each lb., $3.00
Supplemental services available: None.
Customs declaration and language: Two non-adhesive forms and despatch note. Declarations should be made out in the French language, weights and measures should be in the metric system.
Prohibitions : Absinthe and similar liqueurs; feeding bottles with tubes; Indian hemp and derivatives; opium and other narcotics; products similar to saccharine (saccharine, skimmed milk or half skimmed milk may be imported by Chemists with the authorization of the Inspection Service of Chemists); munitions of war; arms; ammunition; detonators; fuses; currency which is not legal tender in Laos. Restrictions: The importation of gold is permitted only through the Bureau of Customs, Vientiane,
Address: See under LETTER POST.
LATVIA Same as U.S.S.R.
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