Postal_Guide_July_1957 — Page 109

108 Overseas Post

FORMOSA See TAIWAN

FRANCE (including Monacs)

LETTER POST

Postage:

Surface

Air mail

Letters Postcards

Letters

Postcards

First oz., 40c.,

25c. Each oz., $1.30

65c.

each oz. after, 25c.

Supplemental services available: (1) Green label service, letter post. (2) Regis- tration. (3) Insured letters, surface only, limit $1,600. (4) Insured boxes, surface only, limit $1,600. (5) Printed papers. (6) Commercial papers, limit 4 lb. (7) Samples, limit 1 lb. (8) Small Packets. (9) Blind literature.

Customs declarations and language: (1) Green label. (4) One non-adhesive form. (8) Green label and one non-adhesive form. French as well as English. Prohibitions: Charged butane gas lighters and refills (uncharged lighters are admitted but there should be an appropriate indication of the contents on the cover of the packet); plants; playing cards.

Restrictions apply to the importation of: Articles of gold; bank-notes, currency notes, documents payable to bearer; coin; insulin; medicines; serums, vaccines and similar preparations.

Printed matter: Printed matter, especially books, is liable to an internal tax, but newspapers and periodicals are exempt.

PARCEL POST

All places (except Corsica, see separate entry).

Supplemental services available: Insurance, surface only, limit $1,600. Customs declaration : One non-adhesive form and despatch note. Declarations should show the Post Office serial number of the parcel and should, as far as possible, be prepared in French as well as in English. Weights and measures should be shown in the metric system.

Prohibitions: Letters; arms (except sporting guns admitted under permit); candles; charged butane gas lighters and refills (uncharged lighters are admitted but there should be an appropriate indication of the contents on the cover of the parcel); playing cards; saccharin; tobacco essence; and, in addition, all goods which do not comply with the requirements of the (French) Merchandise Marks Act.

Restrictions apply to the importation of: Cut flowers (except flowers and wreaths addressed to British cemeteries); eggs of game birds during close season; fish and game; fresh fruit; fresh vegetables and potatoes, including seed potatoes; living plants, roots and bulbs; gramophone records; preserved fish, plums and vegetables; shrubs.

The importation of certain other goods is subject to the production of an import licence. Such goods should not be despatched until the addressee has obtained the necessary licence.

Parcels for Andorra are subject to certain special customs and export regulations in France, and it is desirable that, before a parcel is sent, confirmation should be obtained from the addressee that the necessary formalities have been complied with. Gift parcels: Customs charges are payable on gift parcels. An import licence is not required for an unsolicited gift parcel sent by one private individual to another, but the words Envoi Isolé Gratuit must be written prominently on the cover of the parcel.

Delivery: Parcels are delivered in most areas. Where they are not delivered an advice of arrival is sent to the addressee. In either case certain charges are payable by the addressee.

In France, Andorra and Monaco, the parcel post service is operated by the railway authorities, and parcels which are intended to be called for should be addressed En Gare and not Poste Restante.

Parcels for the Saar Territory which are intended to be called for should be addressed Poste Restante.

Address: Parcels for Andorra should have the indication Livrable en Gare de la Tour de Carol (Pyrénées Orientales, France) added to the address.