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FRIENDLY ISLANDS See TONGA

GAMBIA

LETTERS

Postage: first oz. 20c; each additional oz. 15c.

Services available: (1) Green label service, letter post (except insured letters) (2) Insured letters, limit $1,600 (to Bathurst only) (3) Insured boxes, limit $1,600 (to Bathurst only) (4) Printed papers (5) Commercial papers, samples, limit 5 lb. (6) Small packets.

Customs declarations: (1) and (6) Green label; (3) 1C.

Prohibitions: Coin, except in insured boxes; West African cur- rency notes.

PARCELS

Postage:

not over 3 lb.

via London

$5.00

Supplemental services

available:

7 lb. 11 lb. 22 lb. $8.00 $11.50 $17.50

Insurance, limit $1,600.

Bathurst only)

Customs declarations:

1A.

Prohibitions: Letters, except one for the addressee; firearms (except sporting admitted under permit) and air guns; West African currency notes; wireless telegraph apparatus.

Restrictions apply to the importation of plants.

GERMANY

LETTERS

Postage: first oz. 40c; each additional oz. 25.

Services available: (1) Insured letters, limit $1,600 (2) Insured boxes, limit $1,600 (3) Printed papers (4) Commercial papers, limit 4 lb.; samples, limit 1 lb. (5) Small packets.

Customs declarations and language: (2) and (5) Green label and 1C; French or German as well as English.

Restrictions: Monetary transactions may be conducted only through a bank under authority granted by the Military Govern- ment. Insured letters and boxes must be addressed to the DEUTSCHE NOTENBANK, FRANZOSISCHE STRASSE 44/45, BERLIN, W.8. Envelopes of letters and so on must be without lining.

Address: The full name and address of the sender must be indicated on the covers of all letters or packets for the Soviet Sector of Berlin.

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