Postal_Guide_September_1963 — Page 164

HKPost Annual Reports & Postal Guides 香港郵政年報指南 All

KOREA (continued)

PARCEL POST

Postage:

Surface

Air mail

Not over 2lb. 3lb. 71b. Illb. 22lb. $4.50 4.50 5.50 7.00 12.50 Each lb., $3.50

Overseas Post 161

Parcels are accepted for South Korea only.

Supplemental services available: None.

Customs declaration: One non-adhesive form and despatch note. Prohibitions: Letters; arms and parts thereof (including toy imitations); butane gas lighters and refills; dresses or dress material; jewellery, and precious metals, gold, silver, platinum, gold bullion; hats, umbrellas, handbags, toilet articles; wine, strong drinks; cakes; fruits; cigarettes, tobacco and smoking accessories; documents and books prejudicial to peace and public order; articles which can be used for espionage; germs; narcotics, opium pipes; counterfeit coins or imitations of money, bank-notes, promissory notes; revolvers, cannon powder; imitation stamps; ginseng; salt; plants, seeds; scales, machines or machinery for the manufacture of tobacco; live animals, silk worms; virulent and deadly poisons. Ordinary books, newspapers and periodicals are however admitted in any language, including Esperanto.

Restrictions: No parcel may contain items originating in Hong Kong or Japan of a total value exceeding US$20. No parcel containing goods originating in other countries may exceed US$50 in total value.

Articles of clothing and goods intended for the poor, forwarded in Gift, Red-Cross or Relief parcels by charitable organizations of foreign countries will be admitted. Packing and marking: Parcels containing articles of celluloid must be clearly marked in red with the word Celluloid.

Gift parcels: The contents must be limited to essential relief items: namely (a) clothing, medicines or similar articles; or (b) non-perishable foodstuffs (toys may be included). Both the parcel and the customs declaration must be clearly marked Gift Parcel, Unsolicited Gift.

KUWAIT

LETTER POST

Postage:

Surface

Letters

Postcards

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

25c.

Air mail

Letters Each 4 oz., $1.30

Postcards

65c.

Supplemental services available: (1) Green label service, letter post (except insured letters) and sample post. (2) Registration. (3) Insured letters, air and surface, limit $1,840. (4) Insured boxes, air and surface, 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) and (8) Green label. (4) One non-adhesive form. Prohibitions : Arms and ammunition (or parts thereof); charged butane gas lighters and refills (uncharged lighters are admitted); cultured, imitation, artificial and bleached pearls.

Restrictions : A licence or certificate for the importation of the following items must be obtained from H.M. Political Agent: alcoholic drink; industrial alcohol (including denatured, methylated or medicated spirits and methyl alcohol); drugs. Address: The inclusion of Persian Gulf or Arabian Gulf in the address is

unnecessary.

PARCEL POST

Postage:

Surface

Air mail

Not over 2lb. 3lb. $6.00 7.00 Each lb., $6.00

71b.

lllb. 2216. 8.00 10.00 15.00

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