Postal_Guide_September_1963 — Page 227

224 Overseas Post

TANGANYIKA

LETTER POST

Postage:

Surface

Air mail

Letters Postcards

Letters Postcards

First oz., 20c., 15c.

each oz. after, 15c.

65c.

Each 1 oz., $1.30

Supplemental services available: (1) Green label service, letter 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 5 lb. (7) Samples, limit 5 lb. (8) Small packets. (9) Blind literature.

Customs declarations: (1) and (8) Green label. (4) One non-adhesive form.

Prohibitions: All kinds of air guns, safety, toy and alarm pistols, and parts thereof or other articles having the appearance of, or capable of conversion into, lethal weapons; bank and currency notes except in registered items, coin (unless for purposes of ornament), unmanufactured platinum, gold or silver, except in insured boxes.

Restrictions apply to the importation of: Plants and seeds; publications dealing with marriage or birth control.

Address: There is no delivery service and all correspondence should include in the address a P.O. Box or Private Bag number.

PARCEL POST

Postage:

Surface

Not over 2lb.

3lb.

7lb.

111b.

221b.

$5.00 6.00 7.00 10.00 15.00 Air mail Each lb., $9.00

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

Customs declaration : One adhesive form.

Prohibitions: Letters, except one for the addressee; trade and immature spirits.

Restrictions apply to the importation of: Accoutrements, uniforms or clothing which when worn may give the impression that the wearer is in Government employment; plants and seeds; fresh fruit; rat virus; secondhand clothing and bedding imported for sale; publications dealing with marriage or birth control. Arms and ammunition of all kinds and parts thereof including air guns, safety, toy and alarm pistols, or other articles having the appearance of, or capable of conversion into, lethal weapons may be admitted against permit and the sender should ascertain before despatch that any necessary permit has been obtained by the addressee.

Invoice: A commercial invoice on the approved invoice form dated and signed by the sender, must be enclosed in every parcel other than those sent to private individuals, and the parcel should be marked on the address side Invoice enclosed. Exceptionally where a number of parcels are posted on any one day by the same sender to the same addressee, the sender should number the parcels 1, 2, 3 etc., and the invoice should be enclosed in parcel No. 1. The remaining parcels should be endorsed Invoice enclosed in Parcel No. 1.

Import licences are required for certain classes of goods. Licences, obtainable from the Executive Officer, Trade and Economic Division, P.O. Box 234, Dar-es- Salaam, Tanganyika, are required for goods imported by traders for re-sale. Packing: Parcels should be very strongly packed, preferably in waterproof material.

Delivery: Addressees are notified of arrival of parcels and are required to arrange for their collection. All parcels should include in the address a P.O. Box or Private Bag number.

TANGIER See MOROCCO

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