Page 247 - Jamaica Post Office Guide 1977

POST OFFICE GUIDE 247

Overseas Post: Foreign Countries, contd.

UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS, could.
Prohibitions: Articles and samples liable to customs duty except in small
packets; chewing gum, printed matter, corrected proofs with marked words or
phrases; documents, photographs, pictures and so on, prejudicial to Soviet views;
fresh fruits and vegetables; narcotics; postage stamps for private persons; Soviet
coin and monetary documents except under permit; sulphate of copper.
Restrictions: Drawings, printed matter, photographs, films, manuscripts,
printers blocks, and gramophone records arc admitted only by authority of the
Soviet Authorities. Exceptionally, however, technical and scientific literature and
periodicals not intended for sale sent to Soviet trusts, syndicates or Government
departments, and single copies of books, periodicals and so on sent by publishers,
booksellers and other firms to private persons are admitted without permit.
Medicines arc admitted only if accompanied by a prescription issued by a doctor
in the U.S.S.R. and bearing the stamp and seal of a Soviet health centre; seeds,
plants and parts of plants arc admitted only if addressed to a recognized insti­
tution.
Fared Post
Surface: See Schedule of Overseas Surface and Air Parcel Post Rates.
Air: No Service.
Customs declarations: 2 forms C2/CP3 and 1 despatch note required written in

Russian, French and English.
Insurance: Limit S230.
Prohibitions: Letters; arms, except sporting guns under permit; conserves in
hermetically sealed containers; printed matter; corrected proofs with marked
words or phrases; documents, photographs, pictures and so on prejudicial to
Soviet views, fresh fruits and vegetables; military materials; postage stamps;
Soviet coin and monetary documents except under permit; sulphate of copper,
used clothes; clothing and footwear, medicines to private persons, chewing gum.
Restrictions: Books, pictures, maps, music or other printed matter; meat in
any form; medicines other than to private persons are admitted only if accom­
panied by a prescription issued by a doctor in the U.S.S.R. and bearing the stamp
and seal of a Soviet health centre; narcotics, seeds, plants and parts of plants are
admitted only if addressed to a recognized institution.
Import Licences are required for all commercial parcels and an invoice must be
enclosed in every parcel. Licences are also necessary for most other parcels.
Gift parcels: Small quantities of certain articles may be imported without a
licence up to specified limits, provided they are intended for the personal use of
the addressee. Gift parcels may not contain perishable food, foodstuff in herme­
tically sealed or glass containers; spirits, cloth cuttings, thread, photographic
apparatus or watches.
Packing: Parcels must be strongly packed.
UNITED KINGDOM—See Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Dicra El Requa, Sharjah,
Ras A1 Khaimah, Fujairah, Ajman, Umm A1 Qaiwan El Ein)
Letter Post
Surface \
Air Mail / See Schedules of Letter Rates.