Postal_Guide_September_1963 — Page 152

Overseas Post 149

INDIA (continued)

Restrictions apply to the importation of: Cigars and cigarettes; confectionery; diamonds (including industrial diamonds) and other precious stones; fountain pens (with or without gold nibs and caps) and parts thereof; currency notes including Indian currency notes; lead and propelling pencils; lighters; perfumes; playing cards; saccharin; spectacles and sun-glasses; spirits; synthetic gems; watches and parts thereof.

Address: Registered and insured packets addressed to post-box numbers only, that is, without the actual address of the addressee, are inadmissible. Registered and insured packets for Nepal are admissible to Kathmandu only and the words Indian Embassy Post Office must be included in the address.

Customs duty: When the total customs duty payable on a letter or other packet does not exceed 3 rupee the whole of the duty is waived.

PARCEL POST

For parcel post service to Nepal see NEPAL.

*Limit of weight: Parcels exceeding 10 lb. in weight may not be sent to Nepal

Postage:

Surface

Not over 2lb. 3lb. 7lb. Illb. 22lb. $4.50 6.00 7.00 9.00 15.00

Air mail Each lb., $5.00

Supplemental services available: Insurance, air and surface, limit $1,840 (in the case of Nepal the service is available for members of the British Embassy only). Customs declaration : Two non-adhesive forms and despatch note (a separate set for each parcel).

Customs declarations should show clearly the material of which goods are made, for example, cotton material, silver-plated cutlery. If books and photographs are enclosed in a parcel with other articles their value should be shown separately. The net weight of the contents of parcels of tobacco, cigars and cigarettes, and in the case of cigars and cigarettes, particulars of the brands and the number and net weight of the cigars or cigarettes of each brand, should be clearly stated. Weights and measures should be shown in the metric system.

Prohibitions : Letters, except one for the addressce; arms and parts thereof (including toy, dummy or imitation revolvers or pistols, and clasp knives of which the blades are more than 3 inches long) and appliances for discharging gas, unless imported by or on behalf of the Government of India; bronze or copper coins not of the Royal Mint or of an Indian State (except Baroda); charged butane gas lighters and refills; cotton and woollen piece-goods, such as are ordinarily sold by length or by the piece, imported for trade purposes and not stamped to indicate the length in yards or fractions thereof; cut flowers; gold, silver or articles made of gold or silver; jewellery; labels or woven goods bearing designs in imitation of paper money; lottery tickets and football pool coupons and literature relating thereto; pearl necklaces; quinine coloured pink; silk and artistic articles in silk; sulphur.

All goods of South African origin.

Restrictions apply to the importation of: Bulbs and plants; cigars, cigarettes and tobacco in any form; confectionery; diamonds (including industrial diamonds) and other precious stones; fountain pens (with or without gold nibs and caps) and parts thereof; currency notes including Indian currency notes; lead and propelling pencils; lighters; perfumes; playing cards; potatoes and certain seeds; saccharin; spectacles and sun-glasses; spirits; synthetic gems; watches and parts thereof; wireless transmitting apparatus.

A licence to be obtained by the addressees in advance is required for importation into India by post from this Colony of all goods except those sent as bona fide gifts for private use which are not for sale and do not exceed 50 rupees in value and free gifts of books not exceeding 250 rupees in value sent to individuals or institutions. Senders are advised to confirm before posting a parcel that a licence, when it is necessary, has been obtained by the addressee.

To avoid delay in clearance, weights and measures on any import documents should be shown in the metric system.

Packing and marking: Parcels containing cinematograph or photographic films or articles made wholly or partly of celluloid must be labelled in large letters Celluloid. Tobacco should be enclosed in air-tight containers.