Page 105 - Jamaica Post Office Guide 1977

POST OFFICE GUIPE 105
Overseas Post: Foreign Countries, contd.
AUSTRALIA, could.
Compensation is not payable for uninsured parcels which are lost, stolen or
damaged in the Australian Service.
Customs duty: Advertising matter (catalogues, price-lists, circulars and so on,
and loose advertisements inserted in magazines) is subject to customs duty on
importation into Australia.
Delivery: Parcels on which customs and other charges are payable arc not
delivered to the addressee but must be collected from the Post Office.
Gift Parcels: There are no duty concessions for gift parcels. The customs
declaration form should, however, be clearly marked “ unsolicited gift”.
Address: See under Letter Post.
AUSTRIA
Letter Post
Surface l See Schedules of Letter Rates.
Air Mail /
Dutiable articles may be sent by letter and small packet post—up to S100 green
label written in German or French and English required; thereafter top green
label and form C2/CP3.
Insurance: No Service.
Prohibitions: Narcotics. Sec also under Parcel Post.
Restrictions: See under Parcel Post.
Gifts for private persons sent by letter post are subject to the same conditions
as gifts sent by parcel post.
Packing and marking: See under Parcel Post.
Parcel Post
Surface l See Schedule of Oversea Surface and Air Parcel Post Rates.
Air /
Customs declarations: 1 form C2/CP3 and 1 despatch note CP2 prepared in
German or French and English. Parcels accompanied by customs declarations
which are not fully completed in accordance with Austrian requirements are
subject to delay.
Customs declarations should be accompanied by invoices (two copies) and any
other necessary documents. Certificates of origin or import permits are required
for certain types of goods.
In all cases the sender should ascertain the necessary documents which are
required before the parcel is despatched.
Insurance: No Service.
Prohibitions: Letters, those books and other printed items which are prohibited
in Austria, narcotics, chain letters, lottery tickets.
Restrictions: Animal products; arms and ammunition; Austrian bank notes,
bulbs, butane gas, fruits, potatoes, plants and parts of plants, foreign postage
stamps, medicines, narcotics, precious metals, radio-active substances, radio
apparatus and so on; salt, sprits, tobacco and it’s products.