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Overseas Post

AUSTRIA

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Restrictions: Animal products: arms and ammunition, Austrian bank notes bulbs, fruit, potatoes, plants and parts of plants; foreign postage stamps; precious metals; medicines; radio apparatus etc.; salt; spirits; tobacco and products. Commercial parcels: Customs declarations should be accompanied by invoices and any other necessary documents which should also be listed in the despatch notes, Certificates of origin or import permits are required for certain types of goods. In cases where import licences have to be obtained by the addressee, the sender should ascertain that the necessary documents are held before the parcel is despatched.

Packing and Marking: Parcels containing articles of celluloid must bear a white label with the words "CELLULOID-KEEP AWAY FROM FIRE” in plain black letters. See also Packing and Make-up in Section I of this Guide,

AZORES

LETTER POST

Postage:

Surface

Air mail

Letters Postcards

Letters

Postcards

First oz., 40c., 35c.

Each oz.. $1.30

65c.

each oz. after, 25c,

Supplemental services available; (1) Green label service, letter post. (2) Regis- tration. (3) Insured letters, limit $1,600 surface only. (4) Insured boxes, limit $1,600 surface only. (5) Printed papers. (6) Commercial papers, limit 4 lb. (7) Samples, limit 1 lb. (8) Blind literature.

Customs declarations and language: (1) Green label. (4) One non-adhesive form. Portuguese or French as well as English.

Prohibitions: Charged butane gas lighters and refills (uncharged lighters are admitted); coin, gold, jewellery, platinum, precious stones, silver, except in insured boxes; tobacco,

Restrictions apply to the importation of:

PARCEL. POST

Medicines and plants.

Supplemental services available: Insurance, surface only, limit $1,600,

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

Prohibitions : Letters; tobacco; unobliterated postage and other stamps; bonds and orders payable to bearer, except in insured parcels.

Restrictions apply to the importation of: Arms; medicines: plants; saccharin and similar substances.

Invoice: An invoice certified by a Portuguese consul is required in respect of each consignment of goods over 550 escudos in value sent from a district in which a Portuguese consular representative resides. If such an invoice is sent with the parcel, it should be securely attached to the despatch note and customs declaration; it must not be enclosed in the parcel.

Packing: Celluloid (seasoned), films and other articles made of celluloid must be packed in soldered tin boxes enclosed in strong wooden boxes.

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

BAHAMAS

LETTER POST

Postage:

Surface

Air mail

Letters Postcards

Letters Postcards

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

15c.

Each oz., $2.00

$1.00