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INADMI 55I BLE. AIHILLE5.
Articles which may not be sent by letter post are also excluded from transmission in
small packets; and, in addition, the following may not be sent in small packets:
Letters, notes or documents having the character of actual and personal correspon-
dence (but an open invoice as well as a cop.v of the name and address of the
sender and the nddrcssee may be enclosed); coin; bank ntJtcs; currency notes
negotiable instruruonls payable to benrcr; platinum, gold or silver; precious
stones; jewels und other valuable articles; postage st:unps whether obliterated
or not, or any paper representing a. monetary value.
1'11coreenlabel (Porm C 1.) must be a!taclled to each. .,ucll packet. The countries to which
"small packets" muy be sent are indicated by the letter (c) (italicized) in Table, pp.
82-98. The Limit of weight of a. small packet is 2 lbs.
MerciHlndize must not be sent to countri c~ not so marl<ed .
(g) Parcel-Post Parcels. See pp. 63-76.
P I~O tii B I TIO N5 IN T N E. J?E.GULAR M A I L~.
To all oversea countries.- (a) All articles excludod from transmi:!Sion in the inland
mails, ns being in themselves, either from their form or nature, liable to destroy or injure
the contents of t he mail bags er Lhe persons of those engaged in the Postal Service, are
prohibited from transmission in the mails exchanged with foreign countries, as are also
poisons, including opium, nod other narcotics, or explosive and inftammable nrticlcs, and
obscene books, pamphlets, etc.
(b) Samples, the number of which mailed to one addressee by the.samc sender shows
the evident intention of avoiding thl' collection of customs duties.
(c) Articles other than letters and single post ccrrds which arc wholly unpoid, or in-
sufficiently prepaid.
(d) Packages of samples of merchandise which contain live animals and inst>cts
except bees, silk worms, and leeches, and which have a saleable value.
For further details, consult British Post Office Guide, Col. 8, Table of Rates (letters)
and "Liste des objets interdits. "
Special attention is directed to the fact that all articles prohibited from dispatch to Great
Britain in parcel-post mail are also excluded from dispatch by letter-mail. (See "Liste des
j
ob ets interdits," p1ge 365, AI (b) also pp. 74 and 75 of this Guide for such prohibitions.)
See Rutrictions below.
Restrictions.
Bank notes and currency notes, coin, postage stamps, bullion, precious stones, jewels,
• and other precious articles mny only be sent by registered mail prepaid at the letter rate
ol postage. The following is a list of the principal countries which admit such articles
in their registered letter maii:-Austria, Austrnlia, Barbados, Belgium, Bermuda.,
Canada, Canal Zone, Ceylon, China, Cuba, C:.:echoslo,·akia., Danzig, Denmark, El
Sah·ador, Fiji Islands, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Great Britain and 1\orlhern Ireland,
Holland, India, Irish Free State, Japan, Luxemburg, l\Iexico, Newfoundland, .1\ew Zea-
land, Nigeria, Palestine, Pnraguay, Philippine Islands, Poland, Puerto Hico, Rhodesia
(N. and S.), St. Lucia, St. Vincent, South Africa, Switzerland, United StaLes of America,
U. S. of Soviet Republics 1\nd Virgin Islands, U.S.A.
Coin exceeding £5 in value may not be Gent to Great Britain, or India unless.
declared to be for purposes of ornament.
Coin, jewellenJ. precious articles and bank notes, etc., should not be accepted for
trnnsmission by registered letter mail for any country not named in the above list.
R E.G 1 5TI~ATION (OVEQ5EAS.) t
Every letter or letter packet presented for registration must be made up in the
manner prescribed at page 10 for inland letters or letter packets, and must not show any
truce of having been opened and refastened before posLing.
''Small packets, " packets of printed papers, commercial papers and snmples presented
for registration must be made up in the manner prescribed for unregistered packet.s
of t;hese categories.
* R~ definition of term "jewellery," page 12, par. 12.
t Conditions governing regist.ration of overseas correspond nee differ from those
gov<:rning inland correspondence. See pag:l 11.