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 2110 Other limits by agree. ment. Coin. jewelry. etc. Fees for Indemr.ity. Return receipts and Inquiries. PARCEL POST CONVENTION-S'VEDEN June 28. 1932., • July 11. 1932. Both Administrations reserve the right to arrange by mutual agreement through correspondence for a higher or lower limit of indemnity than that mentIOned in this Convention. 2. The insurance of all parcels containing coin, bank notes, paper money, bullion, jewelry, or any other precious article exchanged between the two Administrations is obligatory. If a parcel containing coin, bank notes, paper money, bullion, jewelry, or any other precious article, is mailed uninsured, it shall be placed under insurance by the post office which first observes the fact of its having been mailed unmsured and treated in accordance ~ith the regulations of the country placing the matter under Insurance. 3. The Administration of origin is entitled to fix its own fees for different limits of indemnity wIthin the maximum provided. ARTICLE 11. Retwrn Reoeipts (]fft I nquiPies. Advice of dellvery. 1. The sender of an insured parcel may obtain an advice of delivery upon palment of such additional charge, if any, as the country of origin 0 the parcel shall stipulate. Request for informa- 2. A fee may be char~ed, at the option of the country of origin, on tion. a request for informatIOn as to the disposal of an ordinary :parcel 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. 9omplaln! of Irregu- A fee may also be charged, at the option of the country of origin, larity. in connection with any complaint of any irregularity which prima facie was not due to the fault of the Postal Service. Marking requests. 3. When an advice of delivery is desired, the sender or office of origin shall write or stamp on the parcel and the customs declaration in a conspicuous manner, the words" Return receipt requested ", "Advice of delivery requested ", or the letters "A. B.". ARTICLE 12. Indemnity. Indemnity. Allowance to sender. 1. Except in cases of loss or damage through 100000e majf!lJlf'e (causes beyond control) as that term is defined by the legal decisions or rulings of the country in the service of which the loss or damage occurs, when an insured parcel has been lost, rifled, or dama~ed, the sender, or other rightful claimant, is entitled to an indemnIty cor- Limitation. responding to the actual amount of loss, rifling or damage, based on the actual value at the time and place of mailmg 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- sentative of either or from the nature of the article, provided tp.at the indemnity shall not exceed the sum for which the required insurance fee was paid in the country of origin. Lossby!orcemajeure. While, as stated in the preceding paragraph, the Administrations are not obligated to pay indemnity in the case of loss or damage due to foroe majeure, either Administration may, at its option and without recourse to the other Administration, pay indemnity for loss or damage due to forGe majeu're even in the cases where the Administration of the country in the service of which the loss or damage occurred recognizes that th~ damage was due to force majewre.