Overseas Post
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NICARAGUA (continued)
Customs declarations and language: (1) and (6) Green label. Spanish as well as English.
Prohibitions : Bank-notes: coin; gold: platinum; silver. Any Communist material or literature is liable to confiscation by the Nicaraguan postal authorities. Restrictions: Import licences are required for all goods and in some cases the importer must make a prior deposit of 100% of the value of the goods before a licence is granted.
PARCEL POST
Postage:
Surface
(via London)
Air mail
Not over 2lb. 3lb. 7lb. 1lb. 22lb.
$9.00 10.50 12.00 16.00 27.50
Each lb., $10.00
Supplemental services available: Nonc.
Customs declaration and language: Two non-adhesive forms and despatch note. Spanish as well as English.
Prohibitions : Letters; firearms, except under permit; petrol lighters; telegraph apparatus. Any Communist material or literature is liable to confiscation by the Nicaraguan postal authorities.
Restrictions: Import licences are required for all goods and in some cases the importer must make a prior deposit of 100% of the value of the goods before a licence is granted.
Invoice: Four copies of the commercial invoice made out in Spanish and legalized by a Nicaraguan consul are required. The original should be enclosed in the parcel and the outside wrapper noted to that effect. A copy should be sent to the consignee in Nicaragua.
Sealing: Parcels should be scaled with a distinctive device.
NIGER REPUBLIC
LETTER POST
Postage:
Surface
Air mail
Letters Postcards Letters Postcards
First oz., 40c., 25c. Each 1 oz., $1.30
each oz. after, 25c.
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.
(4) One non-
Prohibitions : Charged butane gas lighters and refills (uncharged lighters are admitted).
PARCEL POST
Postage:
Surface
(via Marseille) Air mail
Not over
No service
zlb. $7.50
3lb. 7lb. 11lb. 221b. 8.50 10.00 13.00 23.00
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); counters resembling coin; weights and measures not of the decimal system; and,