Overseas Post
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FRENCH WEST INDIES (continued)
Prohibitions: Letters; 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).
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.
Restrictions: The importation of certain classes of goods including tobacco products is subject to the production of an import licence; and before posting parcels senders are asked to make sure, by inquiry of the addressees, that the necessary licence has been obtained or that one is not required.
Sealing: Parcels should be sealed with a distinctive device.
Charges: Charges for inland conveyance are collected from the addressee, except at Fort de France, Basse-Terre and Point à Pitre.
FRENCH ZONE OF MOROCCO See MOROCCO
FRIENDLY ISLANDS See TONGA
GABON REPUBLIC
LETTER POST
Postage:
Surface
Air mail
Letters Postcards
Letters Postcards
First oz., 40c.. 25c.
each oz. after, 25c.
65c.
Each 4 oz., $1.30
Supplemental services available: (1) Green label service, letter and sample post. (2) Registration. (3) Insured letters, surface only, limit $1,840 (see note below). (4) Insured boxes, surface only, limit $1,840 (see note below). (5) Printed papers. (6) Commercial papers, limit 4 lb. (7) Samples, limit 1 lb. (8) Small packets. (9) Blind literature.
Customs declarations and language: form. (4) One non-adhesive form. Prohibitions: Bank-notes, currency notes, documents payable to bearer; charged butane gas lighters and refills (uncharged lighters are admitted); coin, gold, jewellery, platinum, precious stones, silver; plants; all printed matter prejudicial to the member countries of the Union douanière équatoriale (Central African Republic, Chad (Republic of), Congo (Republic of) and Gabon (Republic of)); contraceptives.
(1) and (8) Green label and one non-adhesive French as well as English.
Insurance is available only to those places shown in the list under PARCEL POST.
PARCEL POST
Postage:
Surface
(via Marseille) Air mail
Not over 2lb. 3lb. 7lb. 11lb. 22lb. $7.50 9.00 10.00 13.00 24.00
No service
Supplemental services available: below).
Insurance, surface only, limit $1,840 (see note
Customs declaration and language: Five non-adhesive forms 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 and in accordance with the classification of the French customs tariff. 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 and should be declared as such on the customs declaration forms); saccharin ; all printed matter prejudicial to the member countries of the Union douanière équatoriale (Central African Republic, Chad (Republic of), Congo (Republic of) and Gabon (Republic of)); contraceptives,
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