174 Overseas Post
MEXICO (continued)
PARCEL POST
Postage:
Surface
Not over 2lb.
3lb.
7lb.
11lb. 22lb. $5.00 5.50 7.50 11.50 22.00
Air mail Each lb., $12.00
Supplemental services available: None.
Customs declaration and language; One adhesive form. Spanish or French as well as English.
Prohibitions: Letters; bank-notes; bees; fruit; tinned meat; toilet preparations; vaccines and medicines for the treatment of foot-and-mouth disease.
Restrictions apply to the importation of: Arms; medicines; plants, seeds and vegetables. Cigars and boxes of cigarettes must bear Mexican revenue stamps affixed by the makers and obtainable from the Ministry of Finance, Mexico. In addition, a large variety of goods require import licences to be obtained by the addressees in Mexico same as letters.
Import Licences are required for goods exceeding 200 Mexican pesos in value. Invoice: A commercial invoice in triplicate is required for each parcel, or consignment of parcels, irrespective of the value of the contents. This should be inserted in the parcel or in one of the parcels in the case of a consignment. It is advisable to mark the wrapper of the parcel which contains the invoice. The invoice does not require a consular visa.
Gift parcels : Gifts are not granted any special privileges or exemptions and are subject to normal import duties and other charges. Import licences are required for parcels valued at more than 200 Mexican pesos and gifts should not be sent unless the sender is assured that the addressee has obtained an import permit, if required, and is willing to pay the customs duties and other charges involved,
Packing: Straw hats and similar articles are accepted only if packed in strong wooden or metal cases.
Address: Every parcel addressed to a bank or other agent of the person for whom it is intended must bear on the wrapper the full name and address of the ultimate consignee as well as the agent's name and address.
Compensation is not payable.
MINORCA See BALEARIC ISLANDS
MONACO Same as FRANCE
MONGOLIA, INNER Same as CHINA
MONGOLIA, OUTER Same as UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS except that Registration and Parcel services are not available.
MONTSERRAT See LEEWARD ISLANDS
MOROCCO
(for Ceuta, Chafarinas, Jadu and Melilla-see separate entry under heading SPANISH TERRITORIES OF NORTH AFRICA)
LETTER POST
Postage:
Surface
Letters
Air mail
Postcards
Letters Postcards
First oz., 40c., each oz. after, 25c.
25c.
65c.
Each oz., $1.30
Supplemental services available: (1) Green label service, letter and sample post. (2) Registration. (3) Insured letters, surface only, limit $1,840 (principal towns