Postal_Guide_September_1963 — Page 89

86 Overseas Post

AZORES (continued)

PARCEL POST

Postage:

Surface

Not over 2lb.

(via Marseille)

3lb.

71b.

11lb. 22lb. $8.50 9.00 11.00 14.00 25.00

Air mail

No service.

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

Customs declaration and language:

Four non-adhesive forms and despatch note.

Portuguese or French as well as English,

Prohibitions: Letters; bonds and orders payable to bearer, except in insured parcels; butane gas lighters and refills; tobacco; unobliterated postage and other stamps.

Restrictions apply to the importation of; Arms; medicines; plants; saccharin and similar substances.

Invoice: An invoice certified by a Portuguese consul is required in respect of each consignment of goods over 550 escudos în value sent from a district in which a Portuguese consular representative resides. If such an invoice is sent with the parcel, it should be securely attached to the despatch note and customs declaration; it must not be enclosed in the parcel.

Packing: Celluloid (seasoned), films and other articles made of celluloid must be packed in soldered tin boxes enclosed in strong wooden boxes.

Delivery: Addressees are notified of arrival of parcels and are required to arrange for their collection.

BAHAMAS

LETTER POST

Postage:

Surface

Letters

Air mail

Postcards Letters Postcards

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

15c.

Each 4 oz. $2.00

$1.00

Supplemental services available: (1) Green label service, letter and sample post. (2) Registration. (3) Printed papers. (4) Commercial papers, limit 5 lb. (5) Samples, limit 5 lb. (6) Small packets. (7) Blind literature.

Customs declarations : (1) and (6) Green label. The c.i.f. value (ie. including insurance and postage) should be declared, followed by the letters c.i.f.

PARCEL POST

Postage:

Surface

(via London) Air mail

Not over 2lb. 3lb. 71b. 11lb. 22lb.

$6.50 6.50 9.00 12.00 20.00 Each lb., $10.00

Supplemental services available: Insurance, surface only, limit $1,840 to Nassau, $800 to other places.

Customs declarations: One adhesive form. The c.i.f. value (ie, including insurance and postage) should be declared, followed by the letters c.i.f.

Prohibitions: Letters except one for the addressee.

Preferential Tariffs apply under certain conditions to British goods. Enquiries should be addressed to Commerce and Industry Department.

BAHRAIN, BRITISH POSTAL AGENCY

LETTER POST

Postage:

Surface

Letters

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

Postcards

15c.

Air mail

Letters

Each oz., $1.30

Postcards

65c.