Page 121 - Jamaica Post Office Guide 1977

POST OFFICE GUIDE 121

Overseas Post: Foreign Countries, conld.

Canada, conld.
Invoice: Certified invoices in triplicate in the form prescribed by the Canadian
customs authorities must be submitted to those authorities by the addressee for
parcels containing merchandise. These invoices must be forwarded by the sender
separately from the parcels.

Insurance: Insurance does not cover loss of bank-notes, bullion or coin, loss
or damage of postage stamps, jewellery or articles of personal use partly composed
of precious metal. The following articles may be insured against loss only: glass,
crockery, or gramophone records, plastic articles unless pliable, cameras,
radios, spectacles, items made of plaster of paris, soapstone carvings, type­
writers, or other articles of a fragile nature; greases, liquids or semi-liquids.

Gifts: Individual gift parcels not exceeding ten Canadian dollars in value are
admitted free of duty provided they are not forwarded direct from stores, and do
not bear the name of a store. Advertising matter, tobacco and alcoholic beverages
must not be included in gift parcels. Each parcel should bear the words "Un­
solicited Gift."
Compensation is not payable for uninsured parcels.

CANAL ZONE (PANAMA) (United States Territory).
Letter Post
Surface \ See Schedules of Letter Rates.
Air Mail

Dutiable articles may be sent by letter and small packet post-up to S100 green
label required, thereafter top green label and form C2/CP3.

Insurance: No Service.

Prohibitions: Contraceptives; gold coin or bullion exceeding 50 U.S. dollars
in value, alcoholic beverages, lottery tickets, chain letters.
Restrictions: Cigarettes and cigars, drugs, plants and parts of plants; radio­
active substances and articles containing such substances.

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 suffering damage, must be conspicuously stamp­
ed in English with the name of the country of origin.

Invoice: An Invoice must be enclosed in all packets containing either merchan­
dise or books for sale; and a statement (giving accurate particulars of contents
and value) in all packets containing merchandise or books not sent in execution of
an order or not for sale. Each packet should be marked on the address side “In­
voice Enclosed”.