Postal_Guide_1939 — Page 356

IMPERIAL AND FOREIGN PARCEL POST

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Limitations of service and special conditions

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in a strong wooden or metal box measuring not less than 3 feet 6 inches. in length and girth combined,

CUSTOMS: A fee for clearance through the customs is imposed on each parcel

received from abroad which is subject to customs charges. The fee is 1/ for each parcel on which the customs charges exceed 10/- and 6 pence for each parcel on which the customs charges do not exceed 10/-.

PROHIBITIONS: letters; bees; cotton seed, cotton and cotton seed products (except oil, unmanufactured cotton and cotton waste: see below); feathers and skins of wild birds (except ostrich feathers) unless for educational or scientific purposes; films or pictorial representations of prize fights; intoxicating liquors; potatoes.

RESTRICTIONS apply to the importation of: arms; bulbs; cereals; cigars, cigarettes and cheroots; cotton waste and unmanufactured cotton; meat and meat food products; plants and parts of plants, seeds; sealskin in any form; virus, serums and toxins.

INVOICE: an invoice or statement giving accurately the value of the contents for Customs purposes should be enclosed in every parcel containing books and also in every sealed parcel containing merchandise; and the parcel should be marked on the address side INVOICE ENCLOSED. If, however, the invoice or statement relates to more parcels than one, it should be enclosed in parcel No. 1, and the remaining parcels should be marked INVOICE ENCLOSED IN PARCEL No. 1.

If the value of the goods contained in a parcel or in several parcels sent at the same time by one sender to the same addressee exceeds 100 dollars, an invoice certified by a United States consul should be furnished. This invoice should be enclosed in the relative parcel, the Customs declaration being noted CONSULAR INVOICE ENCLOSED When the consular invoice relates to more parcels than one, it should be enclosed in parcel No. 1, the Customs declaration being noted accordingly. The Customs declara- tions or covers of the remaining parcels should be marked CONSULAR INVOICE IN PARCEL No. 1. If the sender prefers, however, the consular invoice may be sent separately to the addressee, the relative Customs declaration being suitably noted. When the consular invoice is enclosed

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