Postal_Guide_September_1963 — Page 172

MALDIVE ISLANDS

LETTER POST

Postage:

Surface

Overseas Post 169

Letters

Air mail

Postcards Letters Postcards

First oz.. 20c., each oz. after, 15c.

15c.

25c.

Each oz., 50c.

Supplemental services available: (1) Printed papers. (2) Commercial papers, limit 5 lb. (3) Samples, limit 5 lb.

Prohibitions: Articles of solid gold or silver, other than jewellery, gold or silver wire and gold or silver thread.

Restrictions: Apply to the importation of plants and seeds.

PARCEL POST

Postage:

Surface

(via Colombo)

Air mail

Not over 2lb. 3lb. 7lb. 11lb. 221b.

$5.50 7.50 8.50 12.00 19.00

No service

Supplemental services available : None.

Customs declarations: Three adhesive forms.

Prohibitions: Letters, except one for the addressee; fabrics bearing designs in imitation of Government bonds, paper money and so on.

Restrictions apply to the importation of: Arms; plants; seeds; wireless telegraph apparatus.

Compensation is not payable for damage to fragile or perishable articles or loss of parcels unless the damage or loss occurs in the Ceylonese service.

MALI (Republic of) (formerly Sudanese Republic)

LETTER POST

Postage:

Surface

Air mail

Letters Postcards Letters Postcards

First oz., 40c., 250. Each 1 oz., $1.30

65c.

cach oz. after, 25c.

Supplemental services available: (1) Green label service, letter and sample post. (2) Registration, (3) Insured letters, surface only, limit $1,840 (see Insurance below). (4) Insured boxes, surface only, limit $1,840 (see Insurance 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 : (1) and (8) Green label. (4) One non- adhesive form. French as well as English.

Prohibitions: Charged butane gas lighters and refills (uncharged lighters are admitted).

Insurance is available only to those places which are marked with an asterisk in the list under PARCEL POST.

PARCEL POST

Postage:

Surface

(via Marseille) Air mail

Not over 216. 3lb. 7lb. Illb. 22lb.

$7.00 8.00 10.00 12.00 22,00

No service

Supplemental services available: Insurance, surface only, limit $1,840.

Customs declaration and language: Four non-adhesive forms and despatch note. French as well as English.

Prohibitions: Letters; counters resembling coin; weights and measures not of the decimal system; and, in addition, all goods bearing indications which suggest they are of French origin or manufacture when they not.