Postal_Guide_July_1957 — Page 83

82 Overseas Post

BARBADOS (continued)

Supplemental services available: (1) Green label service, letter and sample post. (2) Registration. (3) Insured letters, by surface only, limit $960. (4) Insured boxes, surface only, limit $960. (5) Printed papers. (6) Commercial papers, limit 5 lb. (7) Samples, limit 5 lb. (8) Small Packets. (9) Blind literature.

Customs declarations: (1) and (8) Green label. (4) One non-adhesive form.

PARCEL POST

Supplemental services available: Insurance, limit $960. surface only.

Customs declaration : One adhesive form.

Prohibitions: Letters; arms (other than sporting guns) except under permit; celluloid; cotton seed, except under permit.

Preferential Tariffs apply under certain conditions to British goods. Enquiries should be addressed to Department of Commerce and Industry.

BELGIAN CONGO (including Ruanda-Urundi)

LETTER POST

Postage:

Surface

Air mail

Letters Postcards

Letters

First oz., 40c., each oz. after, 25c.

25c.

Postcards

Each 4 oz.,

65c.

$1.30

Supplemental services available: (1) Green label service, letter post (except insured letters) and sample post. (2) Registration. (3) Insured letters, surface only, limit $1,600. (4) Insured boxes, surface only, limit $1,600. (5) Printed papers. (6) Commercial papers, limit 4 lb. (7) Samples, limit 1 lb. (8) Small Packets. (9) Blind literature.

Customs declarations and language: (1) Green label and one non-adhesive form. (4) Two non-adhesive forms. (8) Green label. Flemish or French as well as English.

Prohibitions: Coin, gold, jewellery, platinum, precious stones, silver, except in insured boxes; bearer bills and so on exceeding five francs in value except in registered or insured letters; currency notes, except in insured letters.

PARCEL POST

Provinces of Kasai, Katanga (including Elisabethville) and Kivu and Ruanda Urundi (see note below).

Supplemental services available: None.

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

Prohibitions: Letters; bearer bills and so on, over five francs in value, except in insured parcels.

Restrictions apply to the importation of: Arms; saccharin and similar products. Import licences may be required for some classes of goods.

Address: The name of the province should appear in the address of parcels for the Belgian Congo.

Invoice: An invoice may be required for each commercial parcel or consign- ment of commercial parcels for the same address and senders are recommended to satisfy themselves as to the need for fulfilling this requirement before parcels are posted.

Compensation is not payable for damage to parcels containing liquids, liquefiable substances, or glass or other brittle articles.

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

Note: The following are the more important places in the provinces of Kasai, Katanga and Kivu and in the trust territory of Ruanda-Urundi.