Postal_Guide_September_1961 — Page 156

154 Overseas Post

ISRAEL (continued)

Restrictions apply to the importation of: Cigarette papers; plants, fruits and seeds.

Foodstuffs; Particulars in detail of each commodity must be shown on the customs declaration.

Import licence: An import licence to be furnished by the addressee in Isreal is required for many classes of goods but not for gift parcels (see below), parcels containing immigrants' personal and household goods and tools for their own professional use, and parcels containing the personal goods of travellers which are free from customs duties.

Gift parcels: Goods other than foodstuffs. A family may not receive for its personal use more than one consignment of goods other than foodstuffs during a period of 3 months, and no consignment may exceed £40 (Israel) in value. Invoice: A copy of the relative invoice should be attached to the despatch note and customs declaration of every commercial parcel. If more than one ordinary parcel from the same sender for the same addressee is posted at the same time, only one invoice is required in respect of each batch. In the case of parcels addressed c/o a bank, the actual consignee is regarded as the addressee. Customs declarations which accompany a batch of parcels must show, in addition to the usual particulars, the total number of parcels, the serial numbers and the total value of the contents.

Compensation is not payable for damage to parcels containing liquids or semi-liquids.

ITALY (including Sardinia and Sicily). (For VATICAN CITY STATE see separate entry)

LETTER POST

Postage:

Surface

Air mail

Letters Postcards Letters Postcards

First oz., 40c., 25c.

each oz. after, 25c.

Each oz., $1.30

65c.

Supplemental services available: (2) Registration. (3) Insured letters, (5) Commercial papers, limit 4 lb. limit of weight is lower than 1 lb.

Customs declarations: (1) Green label and one non-adhesive form. (4) Packets containing books (including music), newspapers, periodicals and other printed matter require a green label and one non-adhesive form. (6) All samples require a green label and one non-adhesive form.

(1) Green label service, sample post only. air and surface, limit $1,840. (4) Printed papers (6) Samples, limit 1 lb., for many articles the (7) Blind literature.

Prohibitions: Arms; bank-notes; charged butane gas lighters and refills; chocolate, over 4 oz. in weight; clothing; coin, gold, jewellery, platinum, precious stones and silver; mechanical lighters; perfumes; pharmaceutical preparations; photo- graphic apparatus and films; playing cards; radio-active matter; saccharin; tea; tobacco.

Restrictions apply to the importation of packets of postage stamps for philatelic purposes; in any case they must be registered and bear a green label.

PARCEL POST

Postage:

Surface

Air mail

Not over 2lb. 3lb. 71b. 11lb. 2216. $5.50 7.00 8.50 11.00 19.00

Each lb. $8.00

Supplemental services available :

Insurance, surface only, limit $1,840.

Customs declaration: Two non-adhesive forms and despatch note; one despatch note and one set of customs declaration forms may be used for two or three (not more) ordinary parcels within the same step of the weight scale, sent from the same sender to the same addressee. In addition, a certificate of origin with a copy of the invoice dated and signed by the sender should be attached to the despatch note and customs declaration for each commercial parcel or consignment of parcels