Page 147 - Jamaica Post Office Guide 1977

POST OFFICE GUIDE 147

Overseas Post: Foreign Countries, could.
FINLAND, could.

Restrictions: Almanacs and calendars in the Finnish or Swedish languages;
Gift parcels: Customs and other charges arc payable on most gift parcels but
medicines; seeds: unmanufactured tobacco, wines; spirits; radio-active substances,
gifts of worn clothing, used bed linen and used table linen are admitted free of
used clothing.
duly if sent in such small quantities as to preclude their use for commercial
purpi -. Ciift parcels containing foodstuff, tobacco, soap, razor blades and other
Import licences arc required for some goods.
article of small value arc admitted free of duty if the total weight and value of
such parcels
[ received by the addressee in one month do not exceed 22 lb and 50
new Finnish marks respectively.
Duty must he paid on parcels containing more than 2 lb cocoa, 2 lb cofTcc, 2 lb
chocolate or sweets, 8oz tea and 3 !oz tobacco despatched to any one addressee in
one month.
FOR \ 11 ISA (See T'ui wan)
FRANCE
Letter Post
Surface } See Schedules of Letter Rates.
Air Mail
Dutiable ankles may be sent by letter and small packet post-up to $100 green
label written in French and English required; thereafter lop green label and form
C2/CP3. Letter packets containing postage stamps should bear a green label.
In n ranee: S530.
Prohibitions: Chain letters, charged butane gas lighters and refills (uncharged
lightciare admitted but there should be an appropriate indication of the
contents on the cover of the packet); plants, and radio-active materials, lottery
tickets.
Restrictions: Articles of gold, alcohol and liqueurs, bank-notes, currency notes,
documents payable to bearer; coin: insulin; medicines; tobacco products,
scrums, vaccine and similar preparations, narcotics, contraceptives, feeding
bottles and parts thereof, imitation pearls, precious stones, saccharin.
Printed waller: Printed matter, especially books, is liable to be taxed. News­
papers and periodicals are exempt.

Address: If the postcode is known it should be written to the left-hand side of
the name of the country.
Pared Post
Surface l Sec Schedule of Overseas Surface and Air Parcel Post
Air / Rates.
Insurance: No Service.
Customs declarations: I form C2 CP3 and I despatch note CP2. Declarations
should show the Post Office serial number of the parcel and should, as far as
possible be prepared in French and English. Weights and measures should be
shown in the metric system.