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122 Overseas Post

ETHIOPIA (including ERITREA) (continued)

Supplemental services available:

None.

Customs declaration: Two non-adhesive forms and despatch note.

Prohibitions: Letters.

Restrictions apply to the importation of: Arms and parts of arms; certain food- stuffs (Eritrea only); opium, morphine, cocaine and other narcotics (Eritrea only); plants and parts of plants including seeds (Eritrea only); proprietary medicines, serums, vaccines, virus and opotherapic products (Eritrea only), tobacco in any form; weights and measures (Eritrea only).

Import licences are necessary for all parcels sent to Eritrea for commercial purposes and applications for licences must be made by the addressee to the Trade Commissioner, Eritrea. Parcels sent under import licence must be endorsed Commercial and parcels not sent for commercial purposes must be endorsed Private, not Commercial Purpose.

Certificate of origin: If a certificate of origin is required in respect of a particular parcel sent to Eritrea it may be enclosed in the parcel, provided the customs declaration and the cover of the parcel are noted Certificate of origin enclosed. If the certificate relates to more parcels than one, the customs declarations and the cover of each parcel should be suitably noted as to which parcel contains the certificate.

Invoice: Every parcel for Eritrea addressed to a commercial firm and containing goods for sale, must be accompanied by an invoice dated and signed by the sender. A certified invoice is required for all parcels for Ethiopia. One invoice is sufficient for a consignment of parcels posted at the same time by one sender to the same addressee, provided that the parcels are clearly marked to show in which parcel the invoice is enclosed.

Packing: Parcels for Ethiopia must be strongly packed and, if their contents are liable to be affected by damp, enclosed in two waterproof covers.

Delivery: Addressees are notified of arrival of parcels and are required to arrange for their collection. Parcels for Ethiopia may be cleared only from Addis Ababa or Dire Dawa; delivery charges are collected.

Note: The following are among the more important places in (1) Ethiopia and (2) Eritrea :

(1) Ethiopia

Addis Ababa

Aduwa

Asba Tafari Aselle Chencha

(2) Eritrea

Debra Markos Dessic

Gondar

Jimma

Gore

Lekemti

Dire Dawa

Harar

Makale

Gambela

Jigjiga

Yirgalem

Adi Ugri

Agordat

Asmara

Barentu Cheren (Keren) Decamere

Ghinda

Saganeiti

Keren (Cheren) Massawa

Senafe

Tessenei

Assab

FALKLAND ISLANDS AND FALKLAND ISLANDS DEPENDENCIES

(The Falkland Islands Dependencies consist of South Georgia, South Sandwick Islands)

LETTER POST

Postage:

Surface

Letters

Postcards

First oz., 20c., Single, 15c.

each oz. after, 15c.-

Air mail

Letters

Each 1 oz., $2.50

Postcards

$1.25

Supplemental services available : All places: (1) Registration (2) Printed papers. (3) Commercial papers, limit 5 lb. (4) Samples, limit 5 lb. (5) Blind literature. Falkland Islands only: (6) Green label service, letter post. (7) Small packets. Customs declarations: Falkland Islands only: (6) and (7) Green label and one non-adhesive form.

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