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PARCELS

Postage:

via London

not over 3 lb.

7 lb.

11 lb.

22 lb.

$5.50

$10.00

$14.00

$24.00

Supplemental services available: None,

Customs declarations: 2C., 1DN.

Prohibitions: Letters; firearms, except under permit; petrol lighters; telegraph apparatus,

Invoice: An invoice certified by the Chamber of Commerce or the U.K. Trade Commissioner should be furnished in respect of every parcel or consignment of parcels posted at the same time to one addressee containing goods valued at U.S.$10 or over, The invoice should be enclosed in the parcel and the cover noted INVOICE ENCLOSED.

Sealing: Parcels should be sealed with a distinctive device.

NIGER

PARCELS

Postage: via London

via Marseille

not over 2 lb. $6.00 $7.95

3 lb. 7 lb. $8.00 $9.50 $10.00

11 lb. $12.50

22 lb,

$22.50

$12.00 $22.00

Insurance limit,

Insurance limit,

Supplemental services available: Via London: $1,600 (Niamey & Zinder only); via Marseille: $1,600.

Customs declarations: 4C., 1DN.

Prohibitions: Letters; counters resembling coin; weights and measures not of the decimal system; and, in addition, all goods bearing indications which suggest they are of French origin or manufacture 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; saccharine and similar substances; spirits. J

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:

Agadez

Bilma

Birni-Konni Madaoua

Gaya Goure

Dogondoutchi Magaria

Dosso

Maine-Soroa

Filingue

Maradi

N'Guigmi

Niamey

Tahoua Tanout

Tera

Tessaoua Tillaberry Yeni Zinder

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