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 62 STAT.] MULTILATERAL-UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION-JULY 5, 1947 3333 CHAPTER III. Allocation of Postage. Transit Charges. ARTICLE 66. Allocation of postage. Except in cases expressly provided for by the Convention, each Administration retains all of the postage which it collects. ARTICLE 67. Transit charges. 1. Articles of correspondence exchanged in closed mails between two Administrations, by means of the services of one or more other Ad- ministrations (third services), are liable, for the benefit of each of the countries traversed or whose services participate in the conveyance, to the transit charges indicated in the following table: 1° Territorial transit: Up to 1,000 km.. . From 1,000 to 2,000 km--. - From 2,000 to 3,000 km- From 3,000 to 6,000 km_---.--.--.--.---..- From 6,000 to 9,000 km- .-- --- --- --- --.- --- --__. Over 9,000 km-- ..- -- -- -- -- -- 20 Maritime transit: Up to 300 nautical miles- .-- - - -___ _.. From 300 to 1,500 nautical miles--- - .- -- .- .- Between Europe and North America - .- - _ From 1,500 to 6,000 nautical miles---. . Over 6,000 nautical miles-. ... .. . --

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Per kilogram of letters and post cards Fr.c. 0. 60 0.80 1. 20 2.00 2. 80 3.60 0. 60 1. 60 2.40 3. 20 4. 80 of other articles Fr.c. 0. 08 0. 12 0.16 0.24 0.32 040 0.08 0. 20 0.32 0. 40 0.60 2. The transit charges for maritime conveyance on a route not exceeding 300 nautical miles are fixed at one-third the amounts set forth in Section 1, if the Administration concerned already receives, on account of the mails transported, compensation for territorial transit. 3. In the case of maritime transit effected by two or more Adminis- trations, the total maritime transit charges may not exceed 4 francs 80 centimes per kilogram of letters and post cards or 60 centimes per kilogram of other articles. When occasion arises, those maximum amounts are divided between the Administrations taking part in the transportation in proportion to the distances traversed. 4. Barring contrary agreement, maritime transportation effected directly between two countries by means of ships of one of them, as well

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