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 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [54 STAT. Extraordinary serv- ices. Articles other than letters, etc. Optional collection. Prepayment. 6. -Les surtaxes doivent etre acquittees au depart. 7. - La surtaxe d'une carte pos- tale avec reponse payee est pergue pour chaque partie separement, au point de depart de chacune de ces parties. 8.- Les correspondances-avion sont affranchies dans les conditions Ante, p. 2073. pr6vues par l'article 47 de la Con- vention. Toutefois, et sans 6gard A la nature de ces correspondances, l'affranchissement peut Atre repre- sente par une mention manuscrite, en chiffres, de la somme pergue, exprimee en monnaie du pays d'origine sous la forme: «Taxe perdue: Fr. c., Cette mention peut, soit figurer dans une griffe sp6ciale ou sur une figurine ou etiquette speciale, soit encore etre simplement portee, par un procede quelconque, du c6te de la suscription de l'objet. Dans tous les cas, la mention doit 6tre appuyee du timbre A date du bureau d'origine. ARTICLE 6. Correspondances-avion n o n affranchies ou insuffisamment affranchies. Unprepoid alr-mafl cn-pondenoe. maximum A 15 centimes par 20 grammes, quelle que soit la dis- tance. 3. -Les surtaxes des correspon- dances-avion transportees par les services extraordinaires (article 14, § 9, ci-apres) sont fix6es compte tenu des frais extraordinaires que l'utilisation de ces services occa- sionne. 4.-Pour les objets autres que les lettres, cartes postales, mandats de poste et valeurs a recouvrer, les surtaxes percues par application des §§ 2 et 3 peuvent etre reduites a 1/5 au minimum. 5.- Les Administrations ont la facult6 de ne percevoir aucune sur- taxe de transport a6rien, sous reserve d'information a donner au pays de destination et d'un accord pr6alable avec les pays de transit. 1. -En cas d'absence totale d'af- 1. In case of total lack of pre- franchissement, les correspon- payment, air-mail correspondence at most to 15 centimes per 20 grams regardless of the distance. 3. The surcharges for air-mail correspondence transported by ex- traordinary services (Article 14, Section 9, hereafter) are fixed to take account of the extraordinary expenses to which the use of those services gives rise. 4. For articles other than let- ters, post cards, money orders and collection orders, the sur- charges collected by application of Sections 2 and 3 may be re- duced to a minimum of 5. Administrations have the option of not collecting any sur- charge for aerial transportation, on condition that they give in- formation to the country of destination and that a previous agreement has been made with the transit countries. 6. The surcharges shall be pre- paid at the time of mailing. 7. The surcharge for a reply ost card is collected separately for each half at the place of mail- ing of each of those halves. 8. Air-mail correspondence is prepaid under the conditions fixed by Article 47 of the Convention. However, regardless of the nature of such correspondence, the pre- payment may be represented by a handwritten notation, in figures, of the sum collected, expressed in money of the country of origin, in the following form: "Taxe perpue (postage collect- ed): Fr. c. " That notation may appear either in a special hand-stamp impression or on a special adhesive stamp or label, or, finally, it may be simply indicated on the address side of the article by any process whatever. In all cases, the nota- tion shall be supported by the date stamp of the office of origin. ARTICLE 6 Unprepaid or insufetly pre- pa ai-mail corrspodence 2236

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