Postal_Guide_September_1961 — Page 183

NIGER (Republic of)

LETTER POST

Postage:

Overseas Post 181

Surface

Air mail

Letters Postcards

Letters

First oz., 40c., 25c.

each oz. after, 25c.

Postcards

Each 1⁄2 oz., $1.30

65c.

Supplemental services available: (1) Green label service, letter and sample post. (2) Registration. (3) Insured letters, surface only, limit $1,800 (to Niamey R.P. and Zinder only). (4) Insured boxes, surface only, limit $1,840 (to Niamey R.P. and Zinder only). (5) Printed papers. (6) Commercial papers, limit 4 lb. (7) Samples, limit 1 Ib. (8) Small Packets. (9) Blind literature.

Customs declarations and language: (1) and (8) Green label. (4) One non- adhesive form. French as well as English.

Prohibitions: Charged butane gas lighters and refills (uncharged lighters are admitted).

PARCEL POST

Postage:

Surface (via Marseille)

Air mail

Not over 2lb. 3lb. 71b. 11lb. 221b. $7.50 8.50 10.00 13.00 23.00

No service

Supplemental services available: Insurance, surface only, limit $1,840 to Niamey R.P. and Zinder only).

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

Prohibitions: Letters; charged butane gas lighters and refills (uncharged lighters are admitted and should be declared as such on the customs declaration forms); counters resembling coin; weights and measures not of the decimal system; and, in addition, all goods bearing indications which suggest they are of French origin or manufacture when they are not.

Restrictions apply to the importation of: Arms, including air-guns; books and printed matter in Arabic; mineral waters; preserved plums, sardines and veget- ables; saccharin and similar substances; spirits.

Address: Parcels are accepted for all places, but they must be claimed at the nearest of the following offices, of which the name should, if possible, appear in the address:

Agadez

Filíngué

Bilma

Gaya

Birni N'Konni

Gouré

Mainé-Soroa Maradi N'Guigmi

Taboua

Tanout

Tera

Dogondoutchi

Dosso

Madaoua

Magaria

Niamey R.P. Say

Tessaoua

Tillabery Zinder

NIGERIA

LETTER POST

Postage:

Surface

Letters

First oz., 20c.,

each oz. after, 15c.

Air mail

Postcards

Letters

Postcards

15c. Each oz., $1.30

65c.

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

Customs declarations : (1) and (7) Green label.

Prohibitions: Articles of a charlatanic nature; beads composed of inflammable celluloid or similar substance; bees and silkworms; coin currency notes, except from a bank and addressed to a bank in Lagos; penicillin, streptomycin and similar substances except under licence.