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CEYLON

LETTERS

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

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

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

Prohibitions: Articles of solid gold or silver, other than jewellery, gold or silver wire and gold or silver thread.

Restrictions apply to the importation of plants and seeds.

PARCELS

Postage:

not over 3 lb. 7 lb. 11 lb.

$1.70 $3.55 $5.55

direct service

Supplemental services available: Insurance, limit $1,600.

Customs declarations: 1A.

22 lb.

$8.80

Prohibitions: Letters, except one for the addressee; fabrics bearing designs in imitation of Government bonds, paper money, and so on; articles of solid gold or silver, other than jewellery, gold or silver wire and gold or silver thread; toys made wholly or mainly of metal.

Restrictions apply to the importation of: Arms; plants; seeds; wireless telegraph apparatus.

Import Licences: A licence, to be obtained by the addressees in advance, is required for importation into Ceylon by post of çertain articles.

Invoice should be enclosed in each commercial parcel and the cover noted invoice enclosed,

Compensation is not payable for damage of fragile or perishable articles,

CHANNEL ISLANDS See GREAT BRITAIN

CHAGOS ISLANDS

LETTERS

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

Services available: (1) Printed papers (2) Commercial papers, samples, limit 5 lb.

Route: Correspondence is forwarded to Mauritius to await an opportunity for despatch to the islands. Such opportunities usually occur about twice a year.

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