232
Overseas Post
UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS
LETTER POST
Postage:
Surface
Air mail
Letters Postcards
Letters
First oz., 40c., 25c.
each oz. after, 25c.
Postcards
65c.
Each oz., $1.30
Supplemental services available: (1) Registration. (2) Printed papers. (3) Com- mercial papers, limit 4 lb. (4) Samples, limit 1 lb. (5) Small packets. (6) Blind literature.
Customs declarations and language:
(5) Green label and two non-adhesive forms
French or Russian as well as English.
Prohibitions: Articles and samples liable to customs duty except in Small packets; corrected proofs and printed matter with marked words or phrases; documents, printed matter, photographs, pictures and so on prejudicial to Soviet economy; narcolics; postage stamps for private persons; Soviet coin and monetary documents except under permit; sulphate of copper.
Restrictions: Drawings, printed matter, photographs, films, manuscripts, printers blocks, and gramophone records are admitted only by authority of the Soviet Authorities. Exceptionally, however, technical and scientific literature and periodi- cals not intended for sale sent to Soviet trusts, syndicates or government depart- ments, and single copies of books, periodicals and so on sent by publishers, booksellers and other firms to private persons are admitted without permit. Medicines are admitted only if accompanied by a prescription issued by a doctor in the U.S.S.R. and bearing the stamp and seal of a Soviet health centre.
PARCEL POST
Postage:
Surface
(A) in Europe (via London) (B) in Asia
Air mail
(via London)
Not over 2lb. 3lb. 71b.
11lb. 22lb. $ 8.50 10.50 12.00 15.50 27.50 $10.50 13.00 14.50 19.00 35.00
No service
Supplemental services available: Insurance, limit $1,840 surface only.
Customs declarations and language: Three non-adhesive forms and despatch note. French or Russian as well as English.
Prohibitions : Letters; arms. except sporting guns under permit; conserves in hermetically scaled containers for private persons: corrected proofs with marked words or phrases; documents, printed matter, photographs, pictures and so on prejudicial to Soviet economy; medicines to private persons; military materials; postage stamps; Soviet coin and monetary documents except under permit; sulphate of copper. Used cloth, clothing and footwear.
Restrictions: Books, pictures, maps, music or other printed matter; meat in any form; medicines other than to private persons are admitted only if accompanied by a prescription issued by a doctor in the U.S.S.R. and bearing the stamp and seal of a Soviet health centre; narcotics; plants and parts of plants.
Licences from the Soviet authorities are necessary for all commercial parcels and an invoice must be enclosed in every such parcel. Licences are also necessary for most other articles entering the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
Gift parcels: Small quantities of certain articles may be imported without a licence up to a specified limits, provided they are intended for the personal use of the addressee. Gift parcels may not contain perishable food, foodstuffs in her- metically sealed or glass containers, spirits, cloth cuttings, thread, photographic apparatus or watches. These parcels may be sent through the agency of firms authorized by the U.S.S.R. authorities.
Packing: Parcels must be strongly packed in a manner adequate for the length of the journey and for the protection of the contents.
UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC See entries under EGYPT
Page 235Page 236
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.