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Overseas Post
VENEZUELA (Republic of) (continued)
Prohibitions: Letters; arms (except sporting guns admitted under permit) except for the Government: cigarette papers; copper, nickel and silver coins, except for the Government.
Restrictions apply to the importation of: Patent medicines; plants and parts of plants and products from plants, such as wheaten flour, except when preserved in tins or previously cooked. Certain articles are subject to import licence, and parcels containing them should not be despatched until the necessary licence has been obtained by the addressee.
Packing: Parcels must be packed in strong cloth or in strong wooden or cardboard boxes and must be sealed, and those containing gold, silver, or other precious articles should bear on the cover the words Objetos Preciosos (precious articles) written in letters not less than 1 centimetre in height.
Delivery: Parcels are not delivered to the place of address. Addressees are notified of the arrival of parcels and collect them from the relative Customs depot after payment of customs dues.
VIET-NAM (North)
Service limited to Letters. First oz, 40c, each oz. after 25c. Postcards 25c., and printed papers.
VIET-NAM (South)
LETTER POST
Postage:
Surface
Air mail
Letters Postcards Letters
First oz., 40c.. 25c.
cach oz. after, 25c.
Each oz., 50c.
Postcards
25c.
Supplemental services available: (1) Printed papers. (2) Commercial papers, limit 4 lb. (3) Samples, limit 1 lb. (4) Blind literature. (5) Green label service, letter and sample post. (6) Registration. (7) Small Packets.
Customs declarations : (5) and (7) Green label.
Prohibitions: Charged butane gas lighters and refills (uncharged lighters are admitted); current coin, gold, jewellery, platinum, precious stones, silver and other precious objects.
PARCEL POST
Parcels are accepted only for South Viet-Nam (see below).
Supplemental services available: None.
Customs declaration: One non-adhesive form and despatch note.
Prohibitions: Any letter, note, or document having the character of an actual and personal correspondence or packets of any kind bearing an address other than that of the addressee of the parcel or of persons dwelling with him. It is however permissable to enclose in a parcel an open invoice confined to the particulars which constitute an invoice : Articles which from their nature or packing may be a source of danger to the officers of the Post Office or may soil or damage other parcels: Explosive, inflammable, or dangerous substances (including loaded metal caps, live cartridges and matches): Live animals, except bees which must be · enclosed in boxes so constructed as to avoid all danger to postal officers and to allow the contents to be ascertained: Articles the admission of which is forbidden by law or by Customs or other regulations: Articles of an obscene or immoral nature: Platinum, gold or silver, or other precious articles: Contraceptives, plants, saccharin and similar products: Charged butane gas lighters and refills (uncharged lighters are admitted and should be declared on the customs declaration form).
Restrictions: Parcels sent to military and naval personnel are not admitted if the address includes a sector postal number or the words "Naval Post".
Import licences: The importation of parcels over 500 piastres in value is subject to the production of an import licence, and such parcels should not be despatched until the necessary licence has been obtained by the addressee.
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