1.4 foreign articles.ppt

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CATEGORIESOF

FOREIGN POSTAL ARTICLES1. LETTER POST

a) LETTERS L.C.

b) POSTCARDS (Lettres et Cartes)c) PRINTER PAPERS (INCLUDING BOOKS

& REGISTERED NEWSPAPERS) A.O.

d) SMALL PACKETS (Autres Objets)

e) LITERATURE FOR THE BLIND

2. PARCEL POST

3. MONEY ORDERS


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FOREIGN POSTAL ARTICLES

a) LETTERS: (Maximum weight 2 Kgs.)

Should not contain

i) any other letter, note or document having the

character of current & personal correspondence,

exchanged between person other than the sender & the

addressee of article or persons living with them.

ii) articles liable to customs duty except those addressedto the countries which allow inclusion of dutiable articles

in letters.

(Clause 24 PO Guide Part II)


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FOREIGN POSTAL ARTICLESa) LETTERS:

INFRINGEMENT OF CONDITIONS:

Outward articles: Returned to Sender treating asunpaid letter. Double the

deficiency to be collected.

Inward articles: Double the postage at the

international rates from the

addressee before delivery.



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b) POST CARDS:

- Air mail Postcards issued by POs.

- For surface, inland/privately

manufactured postcards withadditional stamps may be used.

- Superscribed as Post Card (exceptpicture postcards)

- No reply paid post card service

(except for bhutan, bangladesh & nepal)



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b) POST CARDS:- Right hand half of the front should be

reserved for address of receipant

- No attachment of samples ofmerchandise or similar articles.

INFRINGEMENT:

- Treated as Letters and taxed.



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c) PRINTED PAPERS: (MAX WT. 2 Kgs.printed papers having books & pamphlets5 kgs)

- Similar to BookPacketin inland service.

- items not admitted in BookPacketin inland post arenot admitted as PrintedPapersin foreign post.

- Only 2 categories

- Ordinary printed papers

- regd. Newspaper(conditions as inland post)

(Clause 34/39 PO Guide Part II)


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c) PRINTED PAPERS:- paper obtained by means of typewriting,tracing, handwriting / films/sound & video

recordings are not allowed.

INFRINGEMENT:

Returned to sender. If he wishes he may

repost it by paying fresh full postage.

(Clause 34/41 PO Guide Part II)


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BULK BAG SYSTEM

- Available for despatch/receipt of special bags of printed

papers to/from addressees/senders in foreign

countries.

- bags to be closed so as to enable the PO to inspect the

contents.

- weight not less than 5 kgs & not more than 30 kgs.

- may be sent unregistered or registered (except few

countries like argentina, cuba, peru, philippines & sri

lanka)

(Clause 43 of PO guide part II)


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d) SMALL PACKETS: (MAX WEIGHT 1 kgs.)

- To transmit small quantities of goods, items of

saleable value & samples of merchandise.- should not contain personal correspondence.

INFRINGEMENT:

Return to the sender charging double the deficiency

for inland post.



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e) LITERATURE FOR THE BLIND: (MAX WEIGHT 7 kgs.)

- should contain papers/periodicals/booksimpressed in Braille type for the use of blind.

- should not contain inscriptions or documents inconventional

- should be packed so as to enable quick & easyexamination of the contents

INFRINGEMENT:

Return to the sender charged with inland letter orparcel postage.

(Clause 51 to 56 PO Guide Part II)


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2) PARCEL POST

Maximum weight 20 kgs.

- should be properly packed

- should be accompanied with a despatch

note / customs declaration completely filled

in

(Clause 113 to 118 PO Guide Part II)


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2) PARCEL POST

The other categories of parcels are:

i) Express Parcel

- Parcels to be delivered at the

residence

ii) Parcels free of charges:

- Sender undertakes to pay the

whole of the postal charges/other fees towhich the parcel is subject to, at the time of

delivery.

(Rule 203 Foreign Post Manual )


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2) PARCEL POST

iii) Cash on Delivery parcel:

Any parcel subject to a trade charge

& covered by the agreement concerning

cash on delivery items.

iv) Fragile parcel:

Parcel containing articles which areliable to break easily & which should be

handled with great care

(Rule 203 Foreign Post Manual)


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2) PARCEL POST

v) Prisoner of War or Internee parcel

Parcel intended for or sent by

prisoners.

vi) Cumbersome parcel:

Parcel whose dimensions exceed the

prescrbed limit / which does not lend itselfreadily to load with other parcels / which

require special precautions



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2) PARCEL POST

vii) Service Parcel:

Any parcel relating to postal service

- India does not exchange express,

fragile & cumbersome parcels with any

administration.



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2) PARCEL POST

PARCELS FOR PRISONERS OF WAR & INTERNEES:

- They are exempt from postage. However,

air surcharge is payable.

- No compensation is payable in the eventof loss, abstraction or damage.

- should bear the superscription Service

des prisonniersed guerre or Service desinternes as the case may be

- an indication should be in the despatch

notes



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3) MONEY ORDER

Foreign Money Order service from India to

the countries to which the service available

is TEMPORARILY UNDER SUSPENSION,except MYANMAR, NEPAL, BHUTAN.

(Important note above Clause 129 of PO

Guide Part II)

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