Postal_Guide_January_1953 — Page 197

VENEZUELA

LETTERS

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

Services available: (1) Printed papers (2) Commercial papers, limit 4 lb.; samples, limit 1 lb. (3) Small packets.

Customs declarations and language: (3) Green label and 1C. Printed matter liable to customs duty may be sent by printed papers post, provided that each packet bears a green customs label, and that a customs declaration is made out in quadruplicate for each packet or batch of packets not exceeding 10 for the same addressee. One copy of the customs declaration must be enclosed with the printed matter, the others sent respectively to the Customs authorities at the port of entry (Ciudad Bolivar, La Guayra, Maracaibo, or Puerto Cabello), to the Director General of Posts, Caracas, and to the SALA DE EXAMEN DE LA CONTADURIA GENERAL DE HACIENDA, Caracas. The Customs declarations should be made out in French or Spanish.

Prohibitions: Gold; jewellery; platinum; precious stones; silver; bank-notes; currency notes and documents payable to bearer; all dutiable articles (except printed matter; see above, and goods contained in small packets), which, if found, are confiscated.

PARCELS

Postage:

via London

not over 3 lb. 7 lb.

$10.00 $13.00

11 lb.

22 lb.

$16.50

$27.00

Supplemental services available: None.

Customs declarations: 4C., 1DN. Declarations should show the nature of contents in accordance with the classification of the Venezuelan customs tariff.

Prohibitions: Letters; arms (except sporting guns admitted under permit) except for the Government; cigarette papers; copper, nickel and silver coin, except for the Government.

Restrictions apply to the importation of: Foodstuffs; patent medicines; saccharine and similar substances.

Packing: Parcels must be packed in strong cloth or in strong wooden or cardboard boxes, and must be sealed; those containing gold, silver or other precious articles should bear on the cover the words OBJETOS PRECIOSOS (precious articles) written in letters not less than 1 cm, in height.

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