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 September 5, 1937 NETHERLANDS--PARCEL POST-- - - 2- -i9- September 20, 1937 295 Parcel post agreement between the United States of America and the September 5,1937 Kingdom of the Netherlands. Signed at Washington, September 5, September 20,1937 1937, and at The Hague, September 20,1937; approved by the President, October 18, 1937. PARCEL POST AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS The undersigned, provided with full powers by their respective governments, have by mutual consent and subject to ratification by the competent superior authorities, drawn up the following agree- ment: ARTICLE I. Object of the agreement. Between the United States of America (including Alaska, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, Samoa, and Hawaii) on one hand, and the Kingdom of the Netherlands on the other hand, there may be exchanged, under the denomination of parcel post, parcels up to the maximum weight and the maximum dimensions indicated in the Regulations of Execution. ARTICLE II. Transit parcels. 1. Each Postal Administration guarantees the right of transit through its service, to or from any country with which it has parcel post communication, of parcels originating in or addressed for de- livery in the service of the other contracting Administration. 2. Each Postal Administration shall inform the other to which countries parcels may be sent through it as intermediary, and the amount of the charges due to it therefor, as well as other conditions. 3. To be accepted for onward transmission, parcels sent by one of the contracting Administrations through the service of the other Administration must comply with the conditions prescribed from time to time by the intermediate Administration. ARTICLE III. Monetary standard. Parcel post agree- ment with the Neth- erlands. Object. Territory embraced. Post, p. 305. Transit parcels. tlights Iguaranteed Notice. Intermediate Ad- ministration, require- ments. Monetarystandard. The franc used as the monetary unit in the provisions of the nd en' weight present Agreement is the gold franc of 100 centimes, weighing 10/31 of a gram and having a fineness of 0.900.

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