'Iraqi Post and Telegraph Guide 1930' [‎40v] (83/483)

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Foreign Parcel Post.
article, and its value, being given. The value must always be stated
in British sterling money, except in the case ot parcels addressed to
India (including French India and Aden). Ceylon, Mauritius, Portu
guese India, the Seychelles, British Somalland and Zanzibar in which
case the value should be stated in rupee currency. When the contents
of a parcel are liable to duty in the country of destination, a misdeclara-
tion or undervaluation of the contents may result in the imposition of
penalties, including confiscation in the country of destination, declara
tions written on any but the prescribed form cannot be accepted.
( 2 ) The customs Declaration has to be securely pasted to the par
cel before it leaves the office of posting and the sender is recommended
to do this before presenting the parcel for despatch. For parcels addres
sed to certain countries more than one Customs Declaration is required.
In such cases, one Customs Declaration should be pasted to the parcel
and the remaining attached to the relative Despatch Note, The number
of Customs Declarations to accompany parcels for the different count
ries is noted in the Foreign Post Directory under the name of the
country. No parcel will be accepted for despatch if it is so small or so
covered with writing or sealing wax or otherwise made up in such a
manner as to render it impracticable to affix to some part of the parcel
the declaration form in question.
Explanation.—This rule does not apply to an article which has
an addres-label tied to it, provided that the label is not so small or so
covered with writing as to tender it impracticable to affix declaration to it,
Note 1. When filling up declarations the use of the abbreviation
“etc”'should be carefully, avoided, as it is everywhere regarded with
suspicion by the customs authorities.
Note 2. In the case of Parcels containing bird’s skins or feathers,
the name of the birds must be entered on the customs declaration and
if exemption from the prohibition imposed by clause I9(> is claimed on
the ground that the skins or feathers are being exported bona-fide as
specimens illustrative of natural history, a statement of this effect must
be made in the customs declarations, otherwise the parcels will not be
accepted for transmission by post.
166. Sender’s Receipt —A receipt will be given by the Post
Office to the sender of a parcel.
167 Addressee’s Acknowledgment. A 1 ) The sender of a par
cel addressed to any of the countries mentioned in the Foreign Post
Directory, which are marked thus can obtain an acknowledgment
of its delivery by paying a fee of three annas in addition to the postage.
Note —The fee of acknowledgment of delivery, if asked for at the
time of posting of the parcel, must be paid by means of postage stamps
affixed to the parcel.
(2) When the sender of a parcel addressed to any of the countries
referred to above has not paid the fee for an acknowledgment of its
delivery and desires to have an enquiry made by the Post Office