Postal_Guide_September_1961 — Page 126

124 Overseas Post

FORMOSA See TAIWAN

FRANCE (including Monaco)

LETTER POST

Postage:

Surface

Letters

Air mail

Postcards Letters

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

25c.

Postcards

Each oz., $1.30

65c.

Supplemental services available: (1) Green label services, letter post. (2) Regis- tration. (3) Insured letters, surface only, limit $1,840. (4) Insured boxes, surface only, limit $1,840. (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. (4) One non-adhesive form. (8) Green label and one non-adhesive form. French as well as English. Prohibitions: Charged butane gas lighters and refills (uncharged lighters are admitted but there should be an appropriate indication of the contents on the cover of the packet); plants; playing cards.

Restrictions apply to the importation of: Articles of gold; bank-notes, currency notes, documents payable to bearer; coin; insulin; medicines, serums, vaccines and similar preparations.

Printed matter : Printed matter, especially books, is liable to an internal tax, but newspapers and periodicals are exempt.

PARCEL POST

All places (except Corsica, see separate entry).

Postage:

Surface

Not over 2lb. 3lb. 7lb. lllb. 221b.

$6.00 7.00 9.00 11.00 19.00

Air mail Each lb., $9.00

Supplemental services available: Insurance, air and surface, limit $1,840. Customs declaration : One non-adhesive form and despatch note. Declarations should show the Post Office serial number of the parcel and should, as far as possible, be prepared in French as well as in English. Weights and measures should be shown in the metric system.

Prohibitions: Letters; arms (except sporting guns admitted under permit); candles; charged butane gas lighters and refills (uncharged lighters are admitted but there should be an appropriate indication of the contents on the cover of the parcel); playing cards; saccharin; tobacco essence; and, in addition, all goods which do not comply with the requirements of the (French) Merchandise Marks Act.

Restrictions apply to the importation of: Cut flowers (except flowers and wreaths addressed to British cemeteries); eggs of game birds during close season; fish and game; fresh fruit; fresh vegetables and potatoes, including seed potatoes; gramo- phone records; living plants, roots and bulbs; preserved fish, plums and vegetables; shrubs.

The importation of certain other goods is subject to the production of an import licence. Such goods should not be despatched until the addressee has obtained the necessary licence.

Parcels for Andorra are subject to certain special customs and export regulations in France, and it is desirable that, before a parcel is sent, confirmation should be obtained from the addressee that the necessary formalities have been complied with. Gift parcels: Customs charges are payable on gift parcels. An import licence is not required for an unsolicited gift parcel sent by one private individual to another, but the words Envoi Isolé Gratuit must be written prominently on the cover of the parcel.

Delivery: Parcels are delivered in most areas. an advice of arrival is sent to the addressee. payable by the addressee.

Where they are not delivered In either case certain charges are