Postal_Guide_July_1957 — Page 199

198 Overseas Post

UPPER VOLTA (continued)

PARCEL POST

Supplemental services available: Insurance, surface only, limit $1,600 (see note below).

Customs declaration and language: Four non-adhesive forms and despatch note. French as well as English.

Prohibitions: Letters; charged butane gas lighters and refills (uncharged lighters are admitted and should be declared as such on the customs declaration forms); counters resembling coin; weights and measures not of the decimal system; and all goods bearing indications which suggest they are of French origin or manufac- ture when they are not.

Restrictions apply to the importation of: Arms, including air-guns; books and printed matter in Arabic; mineral waters; preserved plums, sardines and vegetables; saccharin and similar substances; spirits.

Address: Parcels are accepted for all places, but they must be claimed at the nearest of the following offices of which the name should, if possible, appear in the address:<-

*Banfora

*Batié

*Diébougou *Dori

*Boho-Dioulasso

Boromo

*Fada N'Gourma

*Gaoua

*Dedougou

*Kaya

*Koudougou

Léo

Po

Nouna

Tenkodogo *Tougan

*Ouagadougou R.P. *Ouahigouya

Delivery: Charges are collected from the addressees,

Insurance: Parcels are accepted for insurance only for those places mentioned above which are marked with an asterisk,

URUGUAY

LETTER POST

Postage:

Surface

Letters Postcards

First oz., 40c., 25c.

each oz. after, 25c.

Air mail

Letters

Postcards

$1.25

Each 1 oz., $2.50

Supplemental services available: (1) Green label service, registered letter post, (2) Registration. (3) Printed papers. (4) Commercial papers, limit 4 lb. (5) Samples, limit 1 lb. (6) Small Packets. (7) Blind literature.

Customs declarations and language: (1) and (6) Green label. French as well as English.

Prohibitions: Coin, documents payable to bearer; gold, jewellery, platinum, precious stones, silver. Dutiable articles in letters or samples.

PARCEL POST

Supplemental services available: None.

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

Prohibitions: Letters; firearms and all military weapons; gold and silver coin, except ancient coins (not over 10 per parcel) for collection.

Restrictions apply to the importation of: Drugs; certain plants, roots, fruits, etc.

Certificate of origin: A certificate of origin, on a form obtainable from a consul for Uruguay, and authenticated by him, should be sent to the addressee in respect of every commercial parcel (or consignment of parcels posted at the same time by one sender to the same addressee).

Delivery: Parcels are not delivered to the place of address. Addressees are notified of the arrival of parcels and are advised to collect them; a small fee is payable for this service in addition to any warehousing charges.