Page 161 - Jamaica Post Office Guide 1977

POST OFFICE GUIDE 161

Overseas Posl: Foreign Countries, contd.

GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND, could.
Observations: No liability is accepted by the British Post Office for any parcel
containing precious stones, jewellery, or any articles of gold or silver exceeding
S2-I0 in value forwarded in transit through or for delivery in Great Britain and
Northern Ireland unless it is enclosed in a box not less than 3 ft. bins, in length
and girth combined.

Silver plate (which can be sent only in insured parcels) forwarded to Great
Britain and Northern Ireland as merchandise, will be assayed on arrival, and
if found to be below the proper standard will not be admitted.
Customs provisions:
A fee for clearance through the Customs is charged on every parcel.
To ensure the speedy clearance through the Customs of postal parcels addres­
sed to places in Great Britain and Northern Ireland the following regulations
should be observed:—
If goods arc liable to any "ad valorem" duty, an invoice showing the contents
in detail and the value of each article should be enclosed and the cover of the
parcel should be marked on the address side “Invoice enclosed".

When the invoice relates to more than one parcel, the cover of each parcel
should be marked “Invoice enclosed in parcel No..................................... ”
A certificate of origin should be enclosed in parcels posted in Jamaica contain­
ing goods claimed to be of local growth, produce cr manufacture. The parcels
should be marked on the address side of the wrapper “Certificate of origin
enclosed", or, where the consignment comprises, more than one parcel, “Certifi­
cate of origin enclosed in Parcel No..............................",

Provided the value does not exceed S20, the prescribed certificate of origin may
be dispensed with for parcels not containing tobacco or not being merchandise
for sale, despatched from a place within Jamaica to Great Britain or Northern
Ireland, where sender has definite knowledge that the contents have been grown,
or produced or manufactured locally, provided a signed declaration in the follow­
ing terms is affixed to the outside of each parcel.
“The contents of this parcel are not merchandise for sale and every article
herein is the growth or produce, or, if a manufactured article, is to the extent of
at least..............percent of its present value, bona fide the manufacture of Jam­
aica."
In this connexion, it should be noted that responsibility for ascertaining as to
whether goods contained in post parcels are liable to customs duty, and category
in which they fall, rests on the sender as no information on the subject is available
at local post offices.
GREECE
Letter Post
Surface \
Air Mail See Schedules of Letter Rates.
Insurance: No Service.