"دليل البريد والتلغراف العراقي ‎١٩٣٠" [ظ‎‎٨‎٩] (٤٨٣/١٨٩)

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Foreign Post Directory.
f<>i Explanation of Symbols see page 139.
%emarlts —Parcels for the places in Abyssinia mentioned above are
subject to the recovery by the Postal Administration of that
country from the addressees of a domestic charge of 60 cen
times a parcel in the case of parcels, for Dirre-Daoua, of 1
franc 20 centimes a parcel in that of parcels for Harrar, and
of 2 francs 50 a parcel in that of parcels for Addis-Abbeba.
The conditions of transit in Abyssinia are exceptional ; and to pre
vent injury, parcels should be very strongly packed. Articles
liable to suffer from atmospheric moisture should be packed
in air tight cases.
Afghanistan—
Letter Post.
Letter Postage. —3 annas for the 1st 20 grammes and If annas
for every additional 20 grammes or part of that weight.
T^oute —Through India.
Insurance —Not available.
Special Prohibitions'] —Articles liable' to customs duty; coin,
bank notes and promisory notes, articles of gold and silver, pearls
jewellery and other precious articles ; bees and silk worms ; alcoholic
leverages; living plants ; all drugs and intoxicating substances;
narcotics prepared with the poppy or with any portion of the hemp
p ant ; dry or liquid chemical tinctures, except under certain con
ditions.
Parcel Post.— No Service.
Ajuda- See Portuguese Colonies in West Africa.
AlSOites.— See Syria.
Alaska—
Letter Post II Same as United States of America.
Parcel Post-Same as United States of America.
Albania—
Letter Post II.
Letter 'Postage '—-S annas for the 1st 20 grammes and If annas
oi ev ery additional 20 grammes or part of that weight.
I^oute By Air—Through Syria—Egypt.
Insurance —Not available.
Parcel Post
Pai cels ai e accepted for the following places only viz. Berat
— ^L^el vme, Dnres, (Derazzo), Elbassan, Fler, Gjinskaste r,