Evening star., 1946-03-10
Parcel Post Is Resumed Abroad
Gift Packages
Accepted for
War-Torn Areas
By Bill Covle

ages containing relief articles may be
sent to those suffering from postwar
privations in many stricken lands.
The sender must comply, however
with certain mailing regulations of the
United States Post Office, the Depart
ment OF Commerce, as well as the Gus
toms authorities of the country for
which the parcel is destined
What can be exported is determined
by the Department of Commerce
which lists items subject to quantity or
dollar limits.
Of the restricted list now are woolen
cloth, woolen clothing, knitted wooden
clothing and new shoes. There are no
restrictions on used clothing, used shoes,
rayon yard goods and rayon clothing.
The department also states that you can
send any amount OF hosiery (if you can
get IT'D
Only dollars worth OF certain items
may be exported at any one time. These
include: Tea, sugar, spices, butter. olive
oil, refined coconut, cottonSeed and pea
nut oils, cheese spreads, except processed
American cheddar, and any one kind
OF canned fish and dried beans. Also
on this list are certain medicinals
such as quinine and quinine products,
hsh and fish liver oils with the excep-
ton OF cod liver oil, any amount of
which may be shipped.
There is $25 limit per shipment on
eacn KIND OF cotton cloth and new cot
Ton clothing. There is no dollar limit
on the amount of prepared vitamins in
capsule, liquid or tablet form.
Secure Wrapping
OF Prime Importance
The Post Office Department empha-
sizes that gift packages are no excep-
ton to the rule that all parcels should
be securely and substantially wrapped.
overseas shipments should be prepared
with extreme care. Climatic conditions
OF the route should be taken into con-
sideration. 1t is recommended that can
vas or waterproof paper lined with linen
or gauze be used as an outer WRAPPER
Double-faced corrugated cardboard or
wooden containers should be used. Un-
DER no circumstances will ordinary
rigors of the trip
Post Office notices state that the weight
limit Is ii pounds per parcel to liberated
European countries and the frequency
OF mailing Is one package each week
from the same sender to the same ad-
dressee, except that Greece restricts
mailing to one package each two weeks.
Unless otherwise specified the size of
the package must be within the dimen-
sions feet 6 inches in length and
feet in length and girth combined.
Customs declaration forms and other
necessary tags to insure proper ship
ment will be provided by the postal
clerk. The package and the relative
customs declarations should be conspic-
uously marked Gift package" Contents
and value are to be clearly stated on the
declarations.
A special license obtainable from the
Once of International Trade Opera
tons, Department of Commerce, is re-
qu1red II the sender desires to ship items
valued at more than S25 to any of the
following places to which parcel post
Spanish colony; Argentina and Hun
gaey.
Set forth here is partial list of
countries and the new parcel post reg
ulations pertaining to them.
Britain, North Ireland
Gift packages are dutiable at the same
rates as commercial shipments. British
Board of Trade has exempted from i'm
port regulations most bona fide, unso-
llclted gift packages clearly marked as
gifts sent not more than once a month,
Most consumers goods other than
1oodstuffs, children's garments and foot
wear not containing silk or fur and knit
ting wool are also subject to a purchase
tax which may be as much as 100 per
cent on the wholesale value.
Recipients of clothing need not forfeit
any ration coupons.
Packages of foodstuffs may not con-
tain more than pounds of any one fooc
and not more than pounds of food
stuffs in general.
France
Gift packages may contain foodstufs,
soap. clothing, textile piece goods and
shoes. Tobacco products may not be
included under any circumstances.
No more than 20 kilograms per month,
10 Kilograms per fortnight or Kilograms
weekly may be received by any indi-
vidual. (Kilogram is equal to about %
poundsO
Gift parcels are admitted without an
import license or duty and taxes except
that some items are subject to luxury
tax up to Is per cent ad valorem. These
include skins and furs, clothing so per
cent or more of the value of which is
made up of furs and skins (excepting
clothes for children under IA and work.
ing clothes made up of goat skins or
rabbit fur, gloves of leather or skin or
trimmed with leather or skin, stockings
or. socks in which the weight of angora
rabbit hair content exceeds so per cent
Except layette articles, all nylon prod
uctS, all fabrics and clothing articles
containing more than 20 per cent of silk
or sold under designation containing the
word silk" Except layette articles.
sports clothes and liveries.
For gifts of II pounds or less which
come within parcel post limits there is
no duty and no restriction as to value
OF contents. The package may be sent
directly to the individual, or in care of
the Headquarters Netherlands Red
Cross, Rotterdam, which will insure
prompt delivery without charge and