'Iraqi Post and Telegraph Guide 1930' [‎127v] (265/483)

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Foreign Post Directory.
4 or Explanation of symbols see page 139.
seasoned celluloid (sometimes designated under the name of
xylonite cakes) are imt admissible.
Carbon paper may be sent, provided that the sender certifies the
contents, on the Customs Declaration in the following terms;
“ Carbon paper, coated with Wax, and containing no oxidisable
oily or fatty substance”,
Value-payable or Cash-on-Delivery parcels may be sent to
Great Britain and Northern Ireland by both routes (a) & (b),
No liablility is accepted by the British Post Office for any parcel
containing jewellery exceeding £100 sterling in value, unless
it is packed in a box measuring not less' than 3 feet 6 inches
in length and girth combined.
The name of the country as well as that of the office of delivery
should appear on the address of parcels intended for Great
Britain and Northern Ireland,
For undeliverable parcels see clause 175.
Greece —(including C rete —
Letter Post—
Letter postage —3 annas for the 1st 20 grammes and Pj annas for
every additional 20 grammes or part of that weight.
T^ouh —Th rough Syria.
By Air—Through Egypt.
Insurance —Not available.
■Sped'il prohibitions t—Playing cards : cigarette-paper, tobacco,
cigars, and cigarettes ; opium, morphine, cocaine and other
narcotics ; saccharine and its products ; mango seeds ; tickets,
prospectuses or announcements of foreign lotteries ; sweets
and confectionery in general; articles of fur or trimmed or
lined with fur ; artificial flowers, feathers, artistic glass and
porcelain : silk umbrellas and parasols. The importation of
silk and silk goods is subject to restriction.
T^em/fries —Ordinary or registered correspondence for Greece con
taining articles of a saleable value (except registered packets
of samples and letters containing therapeutic serums) is not
delivered. The transmission is temporarily prohibited also of
the following articles : Body-linen, clothes and wearing appard
(already worn) : bedding that has been used; rags; used
hags or sacking; carpets ; embroideries that have been used;
taw leather, untanned and fresh skins or hides; animal
lemains ; claws, hoofs, bristles and hair : raw silk and wool.
Reply-Coupons issued in Greece after the 4th October, 1920 , will
n( h be accepted for exch ange with postage stamps.