Postal_Guide_1939 — Page 134

HKPost Annual Reports & Postal Guides 香港郵政年報指南 All

IMPERIAL AND FOREIGN LETTER POST

Customs declara-

tions and

language

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Prohibitions and restrictions

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(a) Green label.

(b) C. 2.

(c) Green label.

PROHIBITIONS. Account and manuscript books, advertising matter (with the exception of trade catalogues and circulars), almanacs, cards in general, labels, photographs, picture books, printed forms, works of art, when sent as merchan- dise, and packets of picture postcards, are prohibited from importation by printed papers post. Celluloid and articles wholly or partly made of celluloid, such as photograph films (non-inflammable cinematograph films are, however, admit- ted by the letter post provided that the packets bear a label clearly marked in red characters This CONTAINS INFLAMMABLE FILMS ONLY). REGISTERED and insured packets bearing a post box address must

in addition bear the actual address of the addressee.

NON-

(a) Green label.

PROHIBITIONS. Bank-notes, coin, currency notes, documents payable to bearer, gold, jewellery and other precious articles, platinum, precious stones, silver.

ADDRESS. Correspondence for the British Legation at Kabul should be addressed c/o The Postmaster, Peshawar, N.W. Frontier Province, India, for onward transmission to Kabul.

(a) Green lab. & C. 2.

French.

(a) Green label.

(b) C. 2.

(c) Green

lab. & C. 1.

PROHIBITIONS. Plants, playing cards.

Printed matter, especially books, is liable to Customs duty, but

newspapers and periodicals are exempt.

PROHIBITIONS. Plants, playing cards.

Printed matter, especially books, is liable to Customs duty, but

newspapers and periodicals are exempt.

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