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 2484 PARCEL Posr CONVENTION-—NETHERLANDS. declarations for each parcel sent from the United States of America, upon a special form provided for the purpose, which customs declara- tion shal give a general description of the parcel, an accurate state- ment in detail of its contents and value, date of mailing, the sender’s name and address, and the name and address of the addressee, and _ __ shall be securely attached to the parcel. A§,‘}i,§'f.§‘{‘,§,‘,§’f""°' 3. The Administrations accept no responsibility for the correct- ness of the customs declarations. _ m§¤{;¤¤¤ ¤>¤¤i*=· .4. Every parcel shall be packed 1n a_manner adequate for the ' length of the journey and _for the protection of the contents. Ordi- nary parcels may be closed by means of wax, lead seals, or other- wise. Registered and insured parcels must be closed and securely sealed with wax or otherwise, but the country of destination shall have the right to open them as well as ordinary parcels (including the right to break the seals) in order to inspect the contents. Parcels which have been so opened shall be closed again and officially sealed except that in the case of ordinary parcels they need not be sealed if they were not sealed by the sender in the first instance. Either Administration may require a special impress or mark of the sender in the sealing of registered or insured parcels mailed in its service, as a means o protection. wY)jjF:£L$yg£¤¤*¤ ¤°* 5. No registered or insured parcel shall have written on it informa- ` tion as to the value of its contents, although this may be stated in the _ accompanying customs declaration. °“"""°‘"“l’°" 6. Each insured and registered parcel must be marked or labeled or stamped “ Insured " or “Registered," as the case may be, in a conspicuous manner on the address side, and in close proximity to such indorsement there must appear the registration or insurance number given the parcel. The customs declaration, if not gummed to the parcel, must also be marked or labelled or stamped ‘Regis- _ tered " or " Insured.” P1“°"‘“°'S‘“‘“p’· 7. The labels or stamps on registered and insured parcels must be so placed that they can not serve to conceal injuries to the covers. lflheydmust not be folded over two sides of the cover so as to hide t e e ge. Li‘*“id"°°°‘ 8. Any liquid or any substance which easily liqueHes must be packed in a double receptacle Between the first receptacle (bottle, ask, pot, box, etc.) and the second (box of metal, strong wood strong corruglated cardboard or stron tibreboard or receptacle of equal strengt ) shall be left a space which shall be filled with saw- dust, bran, or some other absorbent material, in sufficient quantity to P d absorb all the liquid contents in the case of breakage. °w "` 9. Powders and dyes in powder form must be packed in lead- sealed metal containers which containers must be mclosed in sub- stantial outer covers, so as to afford the utmost protection to the accompanying mail matter. 1’=°¤i¤*¤*°¤=· IV. Pmkibiazm. ost: L°“°”·°‘°· P a. A letter or a communication having the nature of a letter. Nevertheless it is permitted to enclose in a parcel an open invoice, confined to -the particulars which constitute an invoice, and also a sgndpelle copy of the address of the parcel, that of the sender being a . dry? ‘”“°"°“‘ "‘1' b. An enclosure which bears an address different from that placed on the cover of the parcel.
 * ““°‘“ F"°"“’"°‘*· 1. The following articles are prohibited transmission by parcel

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