214 Overseas Post
SOMALI REPUBLIC (continued)
Prohibitions: Charged butane gas lighters and refills; gold, jewellery, platinum, precious stones, silver, except in insured boxes; packets of pictorial postcards by printed papers post.
Restrictions:
Cigarettes are admitted only if they bear the word Somaliland
and are in containers which bear an official stamp.
PARCEL POST
Postage:
Surface (via Aden)
Air mail
Not over 2lb. 3lb. 7lb. 11lb. 22lb.
$7.50 8.50 9.50 12.00 23.00
No service
Supplemental services available: Insurance, surface only, limit $1,840 (see below).
Customs declaration: One adhesive form.
Prohibitions: Letters, except one for the addressee; charged butane gas lighters and refills.
Restrictions apply to the importation of: Arms and parts of arms; dangerous drugs; narcotics of all kinds; all medicaments made up for injection; second hand clothing, blankets, bedding, etc. if intended for resale. Cigarettes are admitted only if they bear the word Somaliland and are in containers which bear an official stamp.
Insurance: Only as far as Barbera, Borama, Burao, Erigavo, Hargeisa, Las Anod and Sheikh. Insured parcels for other places must be marked by the sender To be insured as far as the service permits.
Preferential Tariffs apply under certain conditions to British goods. Enquiries should be addressed to Commerce and Industry Department.
Delivery: Addressees are notified of arrival of parcels and are required to arrange for their collection.
SOUTH AFRICA, REPUBLIC OF The following conditions also apply to South-West
Africa.
LETTER POST
Postage:
Surface
Air mail
Letters Postcards
Letters Postcards
First oz., 40c., 25c. Each 4 oz., $1.30
each oz. after, 25c.
65c.
Supplemental services available: (1) Green label service, letter and sample post. (2) Registration. (3) Printed papers. (4) Commercial papers, limit 4 lb, (5) Samples, limit 1 lb. (6) Small packets. (7) Blind literature.
Customs declarations: (1) and (6) Green label.
Prohibitions : Charged butane gas fighters and refills (uncharged lighters arc admitted); honey; printed matter relating to footable pools. Packets of more than six pictorial postcards are prohibited from importation by printed papers post.
Restrictions apply to the importation of: Bees, leeches and silkworms, parasites and destroyers of noxious insects intended for the control of these insects and exchanged between officially recognised institutions; cheeses; cigarettes; offensive weapons of every kind and articles bearing a resemblance or capable of conversion to a weapon, including pocket knives and toy pistols; plants and seeds; serums and vaccines; spirits; yeast.
Import licences are required for stationery, including greeting cards, diaries, and account books.
Customs duty: Advertising matter including direct advertising matter sent to private addressees is subject to customs duty.
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