Postal_Guide_July_1957 — Page 142

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LIBERIA

LETTER POST

Postage:

Overseas Post 141

Surface

Letters

Air mail

Postcards

Letters

First oz.. 25c.

40c..

cach oz, after, 25c,

Each oz,

$1.30

Postcards

65c.

Supplemental services available: (1) Registration. (2) Printed papers. (3) Com- mercial papers, limit 4 lb. (4) Samples, limit 1 lb. (5) Blind literature. Prohibitions: Gold, jewellery, platinum, precious stones, silver.

PARCEL POST

Supplemental services available : None.

Customs declaration : Two non-adhesive forms and despatch note.

Prohibitions: Letters.

Invoice: An invoice, certified by a Liberian consul, is required for every parcel or consignment of parcels posted at the same time by one sender to one addressee. The invoice may be enclosed in a parcel or sent separately to the addressee. A note, stating which course is followed, should be made on the customs declara- tion.

Packing: Parcels of which the contents are liable to be affected by damp should be enclosed in waterproof covers.

Delivery: It is advisable to inform the addressee of details of the despatch of parcels.

Compensation is not payable.

LIBYA (Cyrenaica, Tripolitania and the Fezzan)

LETTER POST

Postage:

Surface

Letters Postcards

First oz., 40c.. 25c.

each oz. after, 25c.

Air mail

Letters

Postcards

65c.

Each 4 oz., $1.30

Supplemental services available: (1) Green label service, letter post. (2) Regis- tration. (3) Printed papers.

(4) Commercial papers, limit 4 lb. (5) Samples,

limit 1 lb. (6) Small Packets. (7) Blind literature.

Customs declarations: (1) and (6) Green label and two non-adhesive forms. Prohibitions: Charged butane gas lighters and refills (uncharged lighters are admitted); gold jewellery, platinum, precious stones, silver, paper money, coin, and negotiable instruments payable to bearer; tobacco in any form, except when addressed to the Tobacco Monopoly.

PARCEL POST

Supplemental services available : None.

Customs declaration : One non-adhesive form and despatch note.

Prohibitions: Letters; arms (except sporting guns) and parts thereof; currency. gold or silver coins or bullion; printed matter, designs or emblems contrary to public order; tobacco in any form except when addressed to the Tobacco Monopoly.

Restrictions apply to the importation of: Opium. morphine. cocaine and other narcotics; plants and parts of plants, including seeds; saccharin; salt; serums, vaccines, virus and similar substances; sporting guns; weights and measures. Import licences are required for many classes of goods and senders are advised to confirm before posting a parcel that the necessary licence has been obtained by the addressee. Licences are not required in respect of parcels not exceeding HK$80 in value.

Invoice: Every parcel containing goods for sale must be accompanied by an invoice, and by a duplicate invoice dated and signed by the sender.

Delivery: Addressees are notified of arrival of parcels and are required to arrange for their collection.

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