Overseas Post 235
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (continued)
Delivery: On dutiable parcels, a charge of 33 cents for customs clearance and delivery is collected from the addressee.
Customs duty: Articles (except those subject to internal revenue tax, such as cigars, cigarettes and so on) the aggregate value of which is not more than 1 U.S. dollar, are admitted free of duty provided they are not imported for sale or forwarded for the purpose of avoiding the payment of duty. Bona fide gifts up to 10 U.S. dollars in value are also admitted free of duty.
Compensation is not payable.
UPPER VOLTA (Republic of)
LETTER POST
Postage:
Surface
Air mail
Letters Postcards
Letters Postcards
First oz., 40c., 25c. Each 1 oz., $1.30
65c.
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 (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: adhesive form.
Prohibitions:
admitted).
(4) One non-
(1) and (8) Green label. French as well as English. Charged butane gas lighters and refills (uncharged lighters are
Insurance is available only to those places which are marked with an asterisk in the list under PARCEL POST.
PARCEL POST
Postage:
Surface
Not over 2lb.
(via Marseille) Air mail
3lb. $7.50 8,50 10.00 13.00 23.00
71b. jllb. 22lb.
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); counters resembling coin; weights and measures not of the decimal system; and all goods bearing indications which suggest they are of French origin or manufac- ture when they are not.
Restrictions apply to the importation of: Arms, including air-guns: books and printed matter in Arabic; mineral waters; preserved plums, sardines and vegetables; saccharin and similar substances; spirits.
Address: Parcels are accepted for all places, but they must be claimed at the nearest of the following offices of which the name should, if possible, appear in the address:
*Koudougou
Y
*Banfora
*Batié
*Diébougou *Dori
*Boho-Dioulasso
*Fada N'Gourma
Boromo
*Gaoua
*Dedougou
*Kaya
Léo Nouna *Ouagadougou R.P. *Ouahigouya
Po Tenkodogo *Tougan
Delivery: Charges are collected from the addressees.
Insurance: Parcels are accepted for insurance only for those places mentioned above which are marked with an asterisk.