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 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [54 STAT. July 17,1939 September 13, 1939 Agreement between Egypt and the United States of America concerning the exchange of parcelpost, with regulations of execution; signed at CairoJuly 17,1939 andat Washington September 13, 1939; approved and ratified by the Presidentof the United States September 18, 1939. AGREEMENT BETWEEN EGYPT AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CONCERNING THE EXCHANGE OF PARCEL POST. 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. Contractingparties. Between the United States of America (including Alaska, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, Samoa, and Hawaii) on one hand, and Egypt on the other hand, there may be exchanged under the denomination of parcel post, parcels up to the maximum weight Post, p.1832. and the maximum dimensions indicated in the Regulations of Exe- cution. ARTICLE II. Transit parcels. Right of transit. Administrations as intermediaries. a8 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. Postage and fees. ,ollection from 1. The Administration of origin is entitled to collect from the sender of each parcel the postage and the fees for requests for infor- mation as to the disposal of a parcel made after it has been posted, and also, in the case of insured parcels, the insurance fees and the fees for return receipts that may from time to time be prescribed by its regulations. Prepayment. 2. Except in the case of returned or redirected parcels, the postage and such of the fees mentioned in the preceding section as are appli- cable must be prepaid. 1822

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