'Iraqi Post and Telegraph Guide 1930' [‎94r] (198/483)

Foreign Post Directory.
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For Explanation of Symbols see page 139.
T^oute —Through Syria.
By Air —Through Egypt.
Insurance —Not available.
Parcel Post § § **
‘Route (a)—By Sea—Through India.
Rs.
a.
P-
Rates of postage J—Not over 1 kilo. ...
2
8
6
Custom* declarations —Not over 3 kilos.
3
12
6
2 Not over 5 kilos.
4
1
6
Route (b)—(Overland)—Through Syria.
Rs.
a.
ik
Rates of postage +—Not over 1 kilo. ...
2
8
6
Not over 3 kilos.
4
4
G
Customs declarations —Not over 5 kilos,
5
9
G
2 Not over 10 kilos. ...
10
3
0
Maximum Dimensions —Greatest length 3i feet (105 centemetres)
greatest length and girth combined G feet (180 centimetres).
JAmit of Value —None.
Insurance —Available np to £ 40 for parcels transmitted by Route
(a) and up to £ 80 by Route (b).
Special Prohibitions t —Letters ; articles prohibited by the International
Phylloxera Convention ; articles of gold and silver which do not
conform to the Austrian laws relating to hall-marking ; secret and
prohibited arms ; artificial flowers, tapestries or textures treated
with arsenical colours. The undermentioned articles may be
imported only under permit issued by the competent authority :—
tobacco and its products : salt; saccharine and similar substances ;
artificial mineral water and its products ; arms and parts thereof
(except prohibited arms) ; opium, cocaine, morphine and heroine
prohibited by the Internath nal Convention of Opium ; poisons,
poisonous drugs and preparations declared as harmful to the health
by the competent authorities ; dried fruit, coloured artificially ;
toys coated with injurious paint; animals and their products ;
fresh or prepared meat ■ chocolate and its products ; pieseived
fruits, fruit juice and thick must: fresh grapes ; spirituous liquors ,
leather, shoes and slippers of all kinds ; cotton thread, embroideries
of cotton : hemp thread for shoes and goods made of ropes and
twines ; coarse rugs ; silk ; hats of straw, bark, etc. : and stitched
dresses ; vegetable hair brush, animal hairbrush, etc ; India rubber
and gutta-percha goods : aluminium goods : watches, watch boxes
and machinery ; articles of historical, artistic and cultural im
portance.
For undeliverable parcels, see clause l la. ■