Page 97 - Jamaica PO Guide 1952

98 POS'r OFFICE OUIDE
UNITED KINGDOM (See Great Britain and Northern Ireland)

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Lettera:
Poslage- First oz. St.!., each oz. after, 3t.!. Postcards 3d.
Duiiabl11 Articles may be sent by letter and small packet post. Green label and I
white declaration reqUired. All scaled packets containing merchandise (or bavinj; the
!ippCArllnce of cont.nining merchandise) which is not definitely known to be dutwble,
must bear an endorsement (may be openeclfor cuslo111s purposes prior to clelivcry to addreuee,)
Packets cont.ttining merchandise which bear neither the endorsement described nor a
green customs label can be ar.ccptcd only at sendcr·'s risk.
Prohibitio113-Wedding cake not securely packed in tin boxes.
Restriction& apply to the importation of bees; cigarettes and cigars; plants and pruts
of plants; seeds.
Origin: Every article (except books imported by or for the account of any public
library association) capable of being stamped, branded or labelled at the time of its
manufacture, without sufferin~ damage, must. be conspicuously and indelibly stamped
or brooded, and so on, in Enghsh cbar:~cters with an indication of the country of origin.
Jnooice: An invoice must be enclosed in nil packets conltlinin~; either merchandise
or books for sale; and a statement (hiving accurate particulars of contents and value)
in all pucket.s conltlining merchandise or books not sent in eMcution of an order or not
for sale. Each packet should be marked on the address side 17woice enclosed. If the
total value of the ~oods contained in n packet or in several packets sent nt the snme
time hy the same sender to the same addressee exceeds 100 dollars, the invoice (or
statement.) may hn.ve to be certified by a United St.niN! Consul nndsendersare recom-
mended to make inquiry of a U.S. Consul if in doubt as to whether certification is
necessary in any particular case. A consular invoice is not required, however, in respect
of packets the contents of which are for the personal use of the addressee, and do not
axceed $500 in value.
Sample pn.ckets should be marked Trade Sample&.
Custom• Duly: Articles (except those subject. to internal revenue ta.'\., such :~s ci~nrs,
c:i&arettesand soon) lheagj,'l'egate value of which is not more Ut= one dollar, are admrtted
free of duty provided they are not imported for su!e or forw:~rded for the purpose oi
avoiding the payment of duty. The undcrmentroned arlicles are also exempt from
duty: Ncw,pnpcrs and periodrcals (the term periodicals is to be understood to include
only unbound or paper covered publications issued within six mont.hs of the time of
entry, devote;! to cun-cnt literature of t.hc day or containing current literature as a
prr.dominant. feature and issued regularly at stated period A as weekly, mouthlv or qunrterly
and bearing the date of issue), bookB engravings, photo!!,raphs, etchings (hound or nn·
bound), maps, and charts imported for the use of the United States, and addressed to
any department, bureau, or division or the Govcrnmeut.; publications issued for their
subscribers or exchanges by scientific or literary associalions or :~cademies, publications
of individuals for gratuitous private r·irculation, not advertising malt.cr; public documents
issued by forci~ ~;overmnents; books, mark!, music, c~gmvinbs. photol9'aphs, etchings,
JithOJ,.'Taphrr prmts (bound or unbouncn and charts wluch have been prmtcd more thnn
20 years and not rebound wholly or in part in leather within such period; books and
pamphlets printed wholly or chiefly in languages ot.her than English, and bool;s :~nd
music in ratsed print used exclusively by or for the bhncl.
A chnrt;e or 10 cents for Customs clearance and, in addition, a delivery fee of 5 centa
in the cnse of small packet~, are collected from the addressee.
Limit• of weiyhi-Commercial papers 4 lb 6 oz., samples 1 lb 2 oz.

Pa.roela:
Po3tage- &l. per Jh. Limit 22 lb.
Cuslom1 decl.Jration- Yellow form.
Parcels for the U.S.A. may be registe.red. Fel' ·Id. No indemnity is paid in connc..'tion
with registered parcel post packages exchan~t>tl with the United Sltltes.
If more than one pa.rccl is sent at one time to one nddrfsscc, the sender should numhcr
tlw parcels consecutively 3Dd should indicate nn each parcel the numbr.r 01 parcels form-