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 2178 PARCEL POST CONVENTION-FINLAND. September 1. 1932. September 23. 1932. 3. Except as otherwise provided, undeliverable parcels in both countries will be returned to the senders at the expiration of thirt~ days from the date of receipt at the post office of destination, while r-efused parcels will be returned at once, the parcels in each case to be marked to show the reason for non-delivery. 4. Articles liable to deterioration or corruption, and these only, may, however, be sold immediately even on the outward or return journey, without previous notice or judicial formality, for the benefit of the right party. If for any reason a sale is impossible, the sl?oilt or worthless ar- ticles shall be destroyed. The sale or destructlOn shall be recorded and report made to the Administration of origin. - 5. Undeliverable parcels which the sender has marked "Aban- don " may be sold at auction B.t the expiration of thirty days, but in case such di5:Dosition is made of insured parcels, proper record will be made and -the Administration of origin notified as to the <;lisposi- tion made of the parcels. The Administration of origin shall also be notified when for any reason an insured parcel which is not delivered is not returned to the country of origin. ARTICLE 20. OmtomtJ Oharges to be OOlnCelled. IJeCusto~ charges to Provided the formalities prescribed by the Customs authorities C&Dool • concerned are fulfilled, the customs charges, properly so-called, on parcels sent back to the country of origin, or redirected to another country shall be cancelled both in the United States of America and in Finland. ARTICLE 21. Retransmission. 1. Missent ordinary parcels shall be forwarded to their destina- tion by the most direct route at the disposal of the reforwarding Admiriistration, but must not be. marked with customs or other charges by the reforwarding Administration. Missent insured par- cels Shall not be reforwaraed to their destination unless the;t can be forwarded as insured mail. If they can not be forwarded as insured mail they shall be returned to the country of origin. 2. When this retransmission involves the return of the parcels to the office of origin, the retransmitting offics of exchange shall credit that office with the allowances received after having called attention to the error by means of a Verification Note. In the contrary case, and if the amount allowed by the despatch- ing office to the retransmitting office is insufficient to cover the ex- penses of retransmission which it had to defray, it shall recover the difference by making 8. suitable amendment to the parcel bill of the despatching office of exchange. The reason for this amend- ment shall be notified to the said office by means of a Verification Note. 3. When a farcel has been wrongly allowed to be despatched in consequence 0 an error on the part of the postal service and has for this reason to be returned to the country of origin, the procedure followed shall be the same as if the parcel had to be sent back to the despatching office in consequence of missending. 4. A redirected parcel shall be accompanied by the Customs Dec- laration prepared at the office of origin. In case the parcel, for any reason whatsoever, has to be repacked or the original Customs Dec-