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 2324 PARCEL POST AGREEMENT-LEEWARD ISLANDS. May 27. 1929. July 11. 1929. Responsibility. IX. Responsibility not Acceptedfor Ordinary Parcels. I No c;>mpeFt~o~:: Neither the sender nor the addressee of an ordinary (uninsured) parcel shall be entitled to compensation for the loss of the parcel or for the abstraction of or damage to its contents. Insurance. Fee. Indemnity limited. X. Insurance. 1. The sender of a parcel may have the same insured by paying in addition to the postage such insurance fee as is prescribed by the country of origin, and in the event of loss, rifling, or damttge, indemnity shall belaid for the actual amount, based on the actual value at the time an place of mailing of the loss, rifling or damage up to a sum not exceeding S100 gold, when mailed in the United States of America, or £20 when mailed in the Leeward Islands No insured parcel shall be indemnified for an amount above the real value of its contents. Otherlimitsbyagree- Both Administrations reserve the ng'ht to 8.ITan te by mutual ment. •• agreement through correspondence for a higher or ower linut of indemnity than that mentioned in this Agreement. Coin. jewelry. etc. 2. Every parcel containing com, bullion, jewellery or any ether precious article must be insured. If a parcel containing coin, bullion, Jewellery or any other precious article is posted uninsured, the Administration which delivers it shall treat it in accordance with its own regulati.ons. Every parcel containing jewellery or any other precious article exceeding £100 ($500), in value must be packed in a box measuring not less than 2 feet 6 inches in length and girth Fees for Indemnity. Return receipts and inquiries. combined. 3. The Administration of origin is entitled to fix its own fees for different limits of indemnity within the maximum provided. XI. Return Receipts and Inquiries. Advice of delivery. 1. The send of an insured parcel may obtain an advice of delivery upon payment of such additional charge, if any, as the country of origin of the parcel shall stipulate. . Request for informa· 2. A fea Inay be charged, at the option of the country of origin, on tlOn. a request for information as to the disposal of an ordinary p,arcel and also of an insured parcel made after it has been posted If the sender has not already paid the special fee to obtain an advice of delivery. Complaints ofirregu· A fee may also be charged at the option of the country of origin, in larlty. connection with any complaint of any irregularity which prima facie was not due to the fault of the Postal Service. Marking of requests. 3. When an advice of delivery is desired, the sender or office of origin shall write or stamp on the parcel in a conspicuous manner, the words" Return receipt requested", "Advice of dehvery requested" or boldly, the letters" A. R" Indemnity. XII. Indemnity, Allowance to sender. 1. Except in cases of loss or damage through force majeure (causes fi~nd control) as that term is defined by the legal decisions or, gs of the country in the service of which the loss or damage occurs, when an insured parcel has been lost, rifled or dam~ed, the sender, or other rightful claimant, is entitled to an indemmty cor- responding to the actual amount of loss, riflin~ or damage, based on the actual value at the time and place of mailing of the lost, rifled or damaged article, unless the loss, rifling, or damage has arisen from the fault or negligence of the sender or the addressee or of the repre-
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