Postal_Guide_January_1953 — Page 194

PARCELS

Postage:

direct service

not over 3 lb.

7 lb.

11 lb.

22 lb.

$2.50

$5.00

$7.00

Supplemental services available: None.

$13.00

Customs declarations: 1A. The value shown on the customs declaration must not be less than the market value in Hong Kong. If more than one parcel is sent at one time to one addressee, the sender should number the parcels consecutively and should indicate on each parcel the number of parcels forming the consignment. For instance, if the consignment consists of three parcels, the parcels should be numbered 1/3, 2/3 and 3/3 respectively. One customs declaration may be used for any number of ordinary parcels from one sender to one addressee. The total number of parcels forming the consignment should be shown on the customs declaration.

Prohibitions: Letters; cotton seed, cotton and cotton seed pro- ducts (except oil, unmanufactured cotton and cotten 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; bees; bulbs; cereals; cigars, cigarettes and cheroots; cotton waste and un- manufactured cotton; drugs; therapeutic products; 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 contain- in merchandise, and the parcel should be marked on the address side INVOICE EncloseD. If, however, the invoice or state- ment 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 U.S.$100, an invoice certified by a United States consul should be furnished. This invoice should be enclosed in the relative parcels, the customs declaration being noted CONSULAR INVOICE ENCLOSED. When the consular invoice relates to more parcels than one, it should be enclosed in parcels No. 1, the customs declaration being noted accordingly. The customs declarations 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 no other invoice or statement of value need be furnished. If the consular invoice is sent separately to the addressee, a commercial invoice should be enclosed in the parcel.

Origin: Every article (except books imported by or for the account of any public library or library association) capable of being stamped, branded or labelled at the time of its manufacture, without suffering damage must, as well as its immediate container

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