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 2844 UNIVERSAL POSTAL CONVENTION. MAHCIl 20, 1034. Time limitation. PUlft, fl. :.!002. Rilling of mails. Inquiries. cernent son service soient trans- mises a son Administration cen- trale ou a un bureau specialement designe. 5.-La formule C 13 et les pieces y anncxces doh~ent, dans tous les cas, fnire retour it l'Ad- ministration d'origine de l'envoi rcclame, dans Ie plus brf'f delai possible et au plus tard dans un delai de trois mois a partir de Ia date de la r6clamation. Ce delai est porte a six mois dans les relations avec les pays eloignes. 6.- Les dispositions qui prece- dent ne s'appliquent pas aux cas de spoliation de depeche, manque de depeehe ou autres cas sem- blables qui com portent une eorres- pOlldance plus etendue entre les Administrations. ARTICLg 152 Reclamations concernant des envois deposts dans un autre pays. Articles mailed in Dam, Ie eas prcvu al'article 53, another country. Artie, p. 2771; Post, § 3, de la Convention, la formule p.2 'JOO. de reelamation C 12 011 C 1:3 est transmise it l'Administra tion d'ori- gme. La formule C 13 doit etre accompngnce dll rccepisse de depot. L'Administration d'origine doit etre mise en possession de la formule dans Ie dclai prevu a l'article 53, § 2, de la Convention. ARTICLE 153 Coo of presumed Emploi de timbres-poste presumes fraudulent stamps, etc. jwil d' . Procedure. ra u eux ou empre'l,ntes con- trejaites de machines aaffranchir. Sous reserve expresse des dis- positions que comporte la legisla- tion de chaque pays, la procedure ci-apres est suivie pour la consta- tation de l'emploi, pour l'affran- chissement, de timbres-poste frau- duleux ou d'empreintes contre- faites de machines a affranchir: Action upon de tec- a,) lorsque la presence, sur un tion. envoi quelconque, d'un timbre- poste frauduleux (contrefait ou ayant deja servi) ou d'empreintes contrefaites de machines a affran- chir est constatee au depart, la transmitted to its central Admin- istration or an office specially design a ted. 5.TheFcrmC13andthe pa.pers attached thereto shull in ull cuses be returned to the Ad- ministration of origin of the article inquired about within the short- est period possible, and at the lutest within a pNiod of three months, counting from the da.te of the inquiry. That period is extended to six months in r£'lu- tions with distant countries. 6. The foregoing provisions do not apply to cases of rifling of mails, shortage of a dispatch or other similar cnses which involve more extended correspondence between the Administrations. ARTICLE 152 Inquiries concern'i'fl!} articles mailed in another country In the case contemplated by Article 53, Section 3, of the Con- vention, the tracer form C 12 or C 13 is transmitted to the Ad- ministration of origin. The Form C 13 shall be accompanied by the certificate of mailing. The Administration of origin shall be pu t in possession of the form within the period prescribed by Article 53, Section 2, of the Convention. ARTICLE 153 Employment of postage stamps pre- sumed to be jraudulent or oj c01Lnterjeit impressions if stamp- ing machines Subject expressly to the pro- visions of the legislation of each country, the following procedure is followed for establishing the usc, for the prepayment of post- age, of fraudulent postage stamps or counterfeit impressions of sta.mping machines: (a) "Then the presence on any article of a fraudulent stamj> (counterfeit or already used) or of counterfeit impressions of stamping machines is detected upon dispatch, the stamp or im-