Postal_Guide_July_1957 — Page 95

94 Overseas Post

CHILE (continued)

Restrictions apply to the importation of: Arms, except sporting weapons; pharma- ceutical products; saccharin.

Invoice: A commercial invoice containing a declaration of origin of the goods must accompany every commercial parcel or consignment of parcels posted at the same time by one sender to the same addressee, and must be certified by a Chilean consul if the value of the goods exceeds 15 U.S. dollars.

Packing: Parcels should be very strongly packed, tin boxes being used for preference. Parcels packed in paper only are not accepted. A special yellow label, bearing the name of the sender and a warning to keep the packet away from fire, must be affixed to parcels containing films or celluloid.

Delivery: Parcels are not delivered to the place of address. Addressees are notified of their arrival and have to collect them from the Post Office after the necessary import and other regulations have been compiled with.

CHINA (including Haiphong and Manchuria) (separate entry for TAIWAN)

LETTER POST

Postage:

Surface

Letters Postcards

First oz., 10c.,

5c,

each oz. after, 10c.

Air mail

Letters

Each + oz., 50c.

Postcards

25c

Supplemental services available: (1) Green label service, letter and sample post. (2) Printed papers. (3) Samples, limit 1 lb. (4) Commercial papers. literature.

Customs declarations: (1) and (3) Green label.

(5) Blind

Prohibitions: Coin, gold, platinum, silver, jewellery, precious stones; bank-notes; currency notes and documents payable to bearer.

Restrictions apply to the importation of: Personal ornaments; perfumes; cosmetics; tobacco, cigars and cigarettes.

Dutiable articles must be sent by letter post, the weight must not exceed 2 lbs.. a green label must be affixed.

Small packets must bear the endorsement "Petit Paquet" or the equivalent Chinese characters. All items are accepted at SENDERS RISK.

Air mail service: The service extends to Peking, Shanghai, Hankow, and Kunming. Correspondence is sent by rail to Canton.

PARCEL POST

Service suspended.

CHRISTMAS ISLES See SINGAPORE and also FANNING ISLES

COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS

LETTER POST

Postage:

Surface

Air mail

Letters Postcards

Letters

First oz., 20c.

15c. Each 1 oz., 50c.

each oz. after, 15c.

Postcards

25c.

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

Customs declarations: (1) and (6) Green label.

Prohibitions: Blank invoice forms; unobliterated postage stamps exceeding 5s. in value except in registered letters; wines; spirits, liqueurs, or other alcoholic beverages, unless they are bona fide samples, each of which does not exceed 6 oz. in weight, and the approval of the Australian Collector of Customs to importation has been obtained; tobacco, cigars, cigarettes and snuff, except genuine samples

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