Postal_Guide_July_1957 — Page 129

128 Overseas Post

INDIA (including Andaman and Nicobar Islands and the former French Indian territories). See also INDIA, PORTUGUESE.

LETTER POST

Postage:

Surface

Air mail

Letters Postcards

Letters Postcards

First oz., 20c., each oz. after, 15c.

15c.

Each oz., 50c.

25c.

Supplemental services available: (1) Green label service, letter and sample post. (2) Registration. (3) Insured letters, air and surface, limit $1,600. (4) Insured boxes, air and surface, limit $1,600. (5) Printed papers. (6) Commercial papers, limit 5 lb. (7) Samples, limit 5 lb. (5) Blind literature.

Customs declarations: (1) Green label and one non-adhesive form. (The customs declaration must be securely attached to the outside of the packet). (4) Two non-adhesive forms. (5) Printed matter liable to customs duty must bear a green customs label.

Prohibitions: Charged butane gas lighters and refills. Gold, silver or articles made of gold or silver; bulbs and plants; jewellery; pearl necklaces; silk and artistic article: in silk; celluloid and articles wholly or partly made of celluloid, such as photograph films. Non-inflammable cinematograph films are, however, admitted by letter post provided that the packets bear a label clearly marked in red characters This Contains Non-inflammable Films Only.

Packets of picture postcards are prohibited from importation by printed papers post.

Account and manuscript books, advertising matter (with the exception of trade catalogues and circulars), almanacs, cards in general, labels, photographs, picture books, printed forms and works of art are prohibited from importation by printed papers post when sent as merchandise.

All goods of South African origin.

Restrictions apply to the importation of: Bank of England notes; cigars, cigarettes and tobacco; confectionery; fountain pens (with or without gold nibs and caps) and parts thereof; lead and propelling pencils; lighters; perfumes; playing cards, saccharin; spectacles and sunglasses; spirits; synthetic gems; watches and parts thereof: diamonds (other than industrial diamonds) and other precious stones except under licence.

Address: Registered and insured packets addressed to post-box numbers only, that is, without the actual address of the addressee, are inadmissible. Registered and insured packets for Nepal are admissible to Kathmandu only and the words Indian Embassy Post Office must be included in the address.

Customs duty: When the total customs duty payable on a letter or other packet does not exceed I rupee 50 naye paise, the whole of the duty is waived.

PARCEL POST

For parcel post service to Nepal see NEPAL.

*Limit of weight: Parcels exceeding 10 lb. in weight may not be sent to Nepal. Supplemental services available: Insurance, air & surface, limit $1,600 (in the case of Nepal the service is available for members of the British Embassy only).

Customs declaration: One non-adhesive forms and despatch note (a separate set for each parcel).

Customs declarations should show clearly the material of which goods are made, for example, cotton material, silver-plated cutlery. If books and photographs are enclosed in a parcel with other articles their value should be shown separately. The net weight of the contents of parcels of tobacco, cigars and cigarettes, and in the case of cigars and cigarettes, particulars of the brands and the number and net weight of the cigars or cigarettes of each brand, should be clearly stated. Prohibitions: Letters, except one for the addressee, charged butane gas lighters & refills, gold, silver or articles made of gold or silver; diamonds (other than industrial diamonds) and other precious stones except under licence; cotton and woollen piece-goods, such as are ordinarily sold by length or by the piece, imported for trade purposes and not stamped to indicate the length in yards or fractions thereof; arms and parts thereof (including toy, dummy or imitation revolvers or