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BRAZIL (continued)

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 one non-adhesive form. Portuguese, Spanish or French, as well as English.

Butane gas lighters; coins, jewellery; gold, silver, platinum or other precious metals, manufactured or not; postage stamps except in registered letters; precious stones and other precious objects; primary educational books not written in Portuguese.

Restrictions apply to the importation of: Medicine, plants, including bulbs and seeds.

PARCEL POST

Postage:

Surface

Not over

Air mail

21b.

3lb. 71b. 11lb. 22lb. $8.50 9.00 12.00

Each lb., $12.00

14.00 24.00

Supplemental services available : None.

Customs declaration and language: Two non-adhesive forms and despatch note. Portuguese, Spanish, or French as well as English.

Prohibitions: Letters; arms; butane gas lighters; coins, jewellery, precious stones and other precious objects; cotton seed and unginned cotton; postage stamps; primary educational books not written in Portuguese; raw cotton and cotton waste unless accompanied by a certificate of disinfection from a competent authority. Restrictions apply to the importation of: Alcoholic liquors; articles of gold, silver, platinum or other precious metals; bees; chemicals and medicines; food- stuffs; plants, including bulbs and seeds; saccharin and similar substances. Import licences are required for all classes of gold. A fine equal to 100 per cent. of the c.i.f. value of the goods imported on parcels for which no import licences are received. (See also Invoice).

Address: Poste Restante may not be used as an address. Every parcel addressed to a bank or other agent of the person for whom it is intended must bear both on the parcel and on the despatch papers the full name and address of the ultimate consignee as well as the agent's name and address.

Invoice: Five copies of the commercial invoice are required for every commercial parcel or consignment of parcels posted at the same time to one addressee. Before being sent to Brazil these copies, either accompanied by a certificate of origin, or certified by a Chamber of Commerce, together with the import licence (or exchange over certificate) and the parcel post receipt, must be presented to the Brazilian Consulate for a consular visa to be affixed on the invoices.

Gift parcels: No duty is charged and no import licence required for parcels valued at less than 5 U.S. dollars. Above this value full duty and other charges are payable. An import licence or certificate of exchange cover must be obtained by the addressce and a copy of the document enclosed in the parcel.

Sealing: Parcels should be sealed with a distinctive device.

Delivery: Parcels are not delivered to the place of address. Addressees are notified of the arrival of parcels and are advised to collect them from the Post Office of destination. Any customs dues or any charges for handling and ware- housing which may be payable are collected from the addressees when the parcels are handed over.

BRITISH GUIANA

LETTER FOST

Postage:

Surface

Letters

First oz., 20c.,

each oz. after, 15c.

Air mail

Postcards

Letters Postcards

15c. Each oz., $2.50

$1.25