New Zealand Gazette – 1901 – No. 3

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✨ Parcel Post Rates



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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 3

BRITISH, INTERCOLONIAL, AND FOREIGN PARCEL POST—continued.

Colony or Country. Route. Rate of Postage. Maximum Dimensions. Special Prohibitions, in addition to those specified under the Conditions of Transmission.
Obock (East Africa). (Parcels must be claimed at Jibouti) London ... {Not over 3lb. ... 3 3
Over 3lb. but not over 7lb. ... 4 9
Over 7lb. but not over 11lb. ... 6 3}		 {Greatest length, 2ft.; greatest length and girth combined, 4ft.} Letters, arms, gold, silver, jeweller &c.
Oil Rivers. See Nigeria.
Orange River Colony ... ... ... Capetown {Not over 1lb. ... 1 3
For each additional lb. or fraction of a lb. up to 11lb. ... 1 3}		 {Greatest length, 3ft. 6in.; greatest length and girth combined, 6ft.} Same as Cape Colony.
Padang, Sumatra. See Dutch East Indies.
Panama. See Colombia.
Pangani. See German East Africa.
Paraguay ... ... ... ... London ... {Not over 3lb. ... 3 8
Over 3lb. but not over 7lb. ... 6 0}		 {Greatest length, 2ft.; greatest length and girth combined, 4ft.} Letters, gold, silver, jewellery, corrosive fluids.
Perim. Same as India.
Persia (not including Bandar Abas, Bushire, Jask, Linga, which see under India). Parcels for Persia must be packed in wood, tin, canvas, linen, or similar material, not merely in paper or cardboard London ... {Not over 1lb. ... 5 4
Over 1lb. but not over 2lb. ... 6 0
Over 2lb. but not over 3lb. ... 6 8
Over 3lb. but not over 7lb. ... 8 10}		 Ditto Letters.
Peru * ... ... ... ... London ... {Not over 3lb. ... 5 6
Over 3lb. but not over 7lb. ... 7 0
Over 7lb. but not over 11lb. ... 8 6}		 Ditto {Letters, corrosive liquids, guns, swords, pistols, and other instruments of war.}
{Letters, tobacco, parts of the vine (except grapes without leaves), plants, medicine (unless accompanied by the prescription), coin, unobliterated postage or other stamps or stamped paper; bank notes, promissory notes, and all orders for the payment of money to the bearer can only be sent in insured parcels by sea direct. A parcel may not consist of two or more packages tied together.}
Portugal... ... ... ... London ... {Not over 3lb. ... 2 6
Over 3lb. but not over 7lb. ... 4 0
Over 7lb. but not over 11lb. ... 5 6}		 2ft. in any direction
Portuguese West Africa— Bissau and Bolama (in Guinea) London ... {Not over 3lb. ... 3 5
Over 3lb. but not over 7lb. ... 4 10
Over 7lb. but not over 11lb. ... 6 3}		 {Greatest length, 2ft.; greatest length and girth combined, 4ft.} Letters.
Other places † ... ... ... London ... {Not over 3lb. ... 4 3
Over 3lb. but not over 7lb. ... 5 8
Over 7lb. but not over 11lb. ... 7 1}
Queensland ... ... ... Sydney ... {Not over 1lb. ... 0 8
For each additional lb. or fraction of a lb. up to 11lb. ... 0 6}		 {Greatest length, 3ft. 6in.; greatest length and girth combined, 6ft.} Coin or bullion, tobacco in any form (unless for the personal use of the addressee), opium, grapes, vine cuttings, coffee-plants or -seeds.
Quita. See Gold Coast Colony.
Rarotonga (Cook Islands) ... ... Auckland {Not over 1lb. ... 0 8
For each additional lb. or fraction of a lb. up to 11lb. ... 0 6}		 Ditto. ——
Réunion ... ... ... ... London ... {Not over 3lb. ... 4 0
Over 3lb. but not over 7lb. ... 5 6
Over 7lb. but not over 11lb. ... 7 0}		 {Greatest length, 2ft.; greatest length and girth combined, 4ft.} Letters, gold, silver, jewellery, &c.
Rhio. See Dutch East Indies.
Rhodes. See Turkey.
Rhodesia (Mashonaland and Matabeleland) Capetown {Not over 1lb. ... 3 0
For each additional lb. or fraction of a lb. up to 7lb. ... 3 0}		 {Greatest length, 3ft. 6in.; greatest length and girth combined, 6ft.} Same as Cape Colony.
Roumania ‡ ... ... ... ... London ... {Not over 3lb. ... 3 0
Over 3lb. but not over 7lb. ... 4 6
Over 7lb. but not over 11lb. ... 6 0}		 2ft. in any direction {Letters, tobacco in any form, plants or parts of plants (except seeds and dried roots), arms, ammunition, playing-cards, salt, Roumanian bronze money, rags, cotton-waste &c., patent medicines, special pharmaceutical preparations.}
{Letters, plants (unless accompanied by a phylloxera certificate), objects from which liquid or fat exudes, Russian coins of small value, gold or silver articles not up to proper standard, lottery-tickets, wooden pipe-stems, arms, playing-cards, unauthorised medicines. To Finland: Brandy, poisons, potatoes, alcoholic varnish, church effects, ether, skin and fur of sea-otters.}
Russia, European (including Finland) ठLondon ... {Not over 3lb. ... 3 0
Over 3lb. but not over 7lb. ... 4 6
Over 7lb. but not over 11lb. ... 6 0}		 Ditto Gold (unless manufactured), ostrich feathers, Cape brandy, arrack, Bengal rum, aqua ardente.
Saadani. See German East Africa.
St. Croix. Same as St. Thomas.
St. Eustatius. See Dutch West Indies.
St. Helena ... ... ... London ... {Not over 3lb. ... 3 0
Over 3lb. but not over 7lb. ... 4 0
Over 7lb. but not over 11lb. ... 6 0}		 {Greatest length, 3ft. 6in.; greatest length and girth combined, 6ft.}
St. John. Same as St. Thomas.
St. Kitt's. See Leeward Islands.
St. Lucia ... ... ... ... London ... {Not over 3lb. ... 2 0
Over 3lb. but not over 7lb. ... 4 0
Over 7lb. but not over 11lb. ... 6 0}		 Ditto. ——
  • Arequipa, Callao, Chala, Casma, Cuzco, Cajamarca, Chiclayo, Huacho, Huanuco, Huarez, Ica, Lima, Moquegua, Pasco, Piura, Puno, Trujillo. Parcels are accepted at sender's risk for other places in Peru. † Ambriz, Ambrizette, Benguela, Cabenda, Loanda, Novo Redondo, Mossamedes, Porto Alexandro, Principe, Santo Antonio do Zaire, and St. Thomas only. ‡ Parcels must be packed in wood, tin, canvas, linen, or similar material, not merely in paper or cardboard. § Declared values must be given in Russian as well as English money, and in the case of gold or silver articles, except watches, the fineness of the metal must be stated.


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