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UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS (continued)

PARCEL POST

Supplemental services available: Insurance, limit $1,600, surface only. Customs declaration : Three non-adhesive forms and despatch note. Prohibitions: Letters; arms, except sporting weapons admitted under permit; cotton seed, pods or plants; labels, corks and so on, bearing marks of non-Soviet firms and not sent with the goods to which they relate; playing cards; Soviet coin and monetary documents, except under permit; postage stamps for private persons; worn clothing and footwear, unless clean and accompanied by a medical certificate of disinfection (see also below), and licence if necessary. (The medical certificates of disinfection in respect of worn clothing and footwear should be enclosed in the parcels by the senders and the covers of the parcels marked accordingly.) Films; photographs.

Restrictions apply to the importation of meat in any form.

Licences from the Soviet authorities are necessary for all commercial parcels and an invoice must be enclosed in every such parcel. Licences are also necessary for most other articles entering the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Gift parcels: Small quantities of certain articles may be imported without a licence up to specified limits provided they are intended for the personal use of the addressee.

Certificate of origin: Certificates of origin and similar documents, which are required in respect of articles liable to customs duty, must bear the signature of a Soviet representative.

Packing: Parcels must be strongly packed in wooden boxes, or sewn in canvas or similar material (paper or cardboard is not sufficient). They should be tied crosswise and sealed with lead, steel or good quality wax with a distinctive device.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

LETTER POST

Postage:

Surface

Air mail

Letters Postcards

Letters

First oz., 40c., 25c. Each 1 oz., $2.00

each oz. after, 25c.

Postcards

$1.00

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. It is recommended that all sealed packets containing (or having the appearance of containing) merchandise should bear a green customs label. Unless this is completed to give an accurate declaration of the contents and a correct statement of the value, it is necessary to include a non-adhesive customs declaration or an invoice. The latter procedure is recommended for all commercial shipments of material value.

Prohibitions: Contraceptives; cotton seed, cotton and cotton seed products (cotton goods are admitted; for cotton seed oil, unmanufactured cotton and cotton waste see Restrictions below); drugs and therapeutic products; (certain of these products are admitted; feathers and skins of wild birds (except ostrich feathers) unless for educational or scientific purposes; fresh fruit; gold coin or bullion exceeding 50 U.S. dollars in value; intoxicating liquors; potatoes; tickets, advertisements or circulars of lotteries.

Restrictions apply to the importation of: Arms; bees; cereals; cigars, cigarettes and cheroots; cotton waste and unmanufactured cotton; goods originating in China (except Formosa) or in North Korea, or goods of which part consists or is made of goods originating in China (except Formosa) or North Korea; meat and meat food products; radio-active substances and articles containing radio- active substances; viruses, serums and toxins. Import permits are required for all packets containing bulbs, plants, parts of plants and seeds.

Origin: Every article (except books imported by or for the account of any public library or library association) capable of being stamped, branded or labelled at the time of its manufacture, without suffering damage, must be conspicuously and indelibly stamped or branded and so on, in English characters with an indica- tion of the country of origin. All goods which may be presumed to have originated in China or North Korea should be accompanied by a certificate of origin.