Postal_Guide_September_1963 — Page 135

132 Overseas Post

GERMAN FEDERAL REPUBLIC (continued)

Supplemental services available :

Insurance, air and surface, limit $1,840.

Customs declaration: One non-adhesive form and despatch note.

Invoice: An invoice, in duplicate, attached to the customs declaration, should accompany parcels containing articles liable to customs duty.

Prohibitions: Absinthe; artificial wine; bees, butane gas; dried meat; paper for bank notes; publications; illustrations etc. contrary to Federal Republic and democratic principles; veterinary vaccines.

Restrictions: Animal products, hides, skins etc.; bioxide of hydrogen; celluloid and films; edulcorants; eggs and egg products; firearms, military materials ; sporting guns and ammunition; microbes; narcotics; new medical products; plants and parts of plants; playing cards; radio-active material; spirits; tobacco products and cigarette papers.

Import licences : Goods sent by post are subject to import regulations. Import licences, however, are not required for certain goods not exceeding DM 100 in value (about I.K.$136). Senders of parcels to Western Germany are advised to ascertain before posting that the correct procedure is being followed by the German importers.

Gift Parcels : Gift parcels are accepted without import licences providing they do not contain any items such as sweetening substances or drugs for which special import regulations are in force.

Customs charges will not be raised on gift parcels sent by private persons to private persons providing that

(i) the weight and value of the parcel does not exceed 10 kg or 50 DM;

(ii) the contents of the parcel are not intended for industrial or commercial

purposes;

(iii) the parcel contains no tea or coffee or substitutes, essences or extracts of

tea or coffee; alcohol, tobacco products or cigarette papers.

Parcels addressed to needy persons are admitted free of customs duty providing they contain only items of necessity (including up to 1 lb. coffee and 34 oz. tea or half of each of these quantities of essence) and do not exceed 200 DM in value. Customs duty is levied on tobacco products, cigarette papers, wines and spirits.

Seasonal (Christmas, birthday and so on) gift parcels addressed to close relatives of the sender are admitted customs free provided they contain reasonable quantities such as one bottle of spirits, 50 cigars or 100 cigarettes.

Parcels and customs declarations should be clearly marked PRIVATE GESCHENK- SENDUNG (Private Gift Parcel), and the declarations should indicate all the items contained and their value.

Packing: All parcels must be strongly packed.

Address: The relative postal code number should appear in the address of all postal packets, preferably at the left-hand side of the name of the place of destination, for example, 53, BONN, 3321 HAVERLAH. Omission of the postal code number is liable to lead to delay.

GERMANY (SOVIET ZONE and Eastern Sector of Berlin)

LETTER POST

Postage:

Surface

Air mail

Letters Postcards

Letters Postcards

$1.30

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

25c. Each 1 oz..

65c.

Supplemental services available: (1) Green label service, letter post (except insured letters) and sample post. (2) Registration. (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 : (1) Green label. (4) One non-adhesive form. (8) Green label and one non-adhesive form.

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