ARTICLES FOR OVERSEAS

Opotiki News, Volume I, Issue 87, 21 September 1938, Page 3

ARTICLES FOR OVERSEAS

BEST MEANS OE POSTING VARY! NG HESTRICTIONS Members of Llie public are olten at a loss to know the best- means ol forwarding by post to relatives and friends overseas gifts and other articles. particularly those on which customs* duty may have to be paid in the country of destination. 1 lie requirements and restrictions in regard to articles 0 f this kind are so varied that the advice cl the post office should be sought before posting.

All kinds of articles may be sent by inland packet post, but only bona fide trade patterns and samples without saleable value are admitted in the overseas .sample packet post. r l o certain countries other small articles may he sent either by letter-post- or by “small packet” post, but if a. duti-' aide article is sent in a letter to a country which prohibits the entry ol customs articles in letters or if a. “small packet” is sent to a country which is not a party to the “small packet” service, the article, instead of reaching the addressee, may he sent hack to the Dominion for return, wherever possible, to tin* sender. The parcel-post- provides the only channel for forwarding dutiable articles by post to some countries; the parcel-post, therefore, will usually be found the most satisfactory means of sending to all countries articles exceeding 211) in weight.