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 62 STAT.] MULTILATERAL-UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION-JULY 5, 1947 3337 FINAL PROTOCOL OF THE CONVENTION At the moment of proceeding to sign the Universal Postal Conven- tion concluded on the present date, the undersigned plenipotentiaries have agreed as follows: I. Withdrawal. Change of address. The provisions of Article 54 do not apply to Great Britain, norto Provisions not ap those British Dominions, Colonies and Protectorates whose domestic Britain, letc. reat legislation does not permit the withdrawal or change of address of Ate33 correspondence at the request of the sender. II. Equivalents. Maximum and minimum limits. 1. Each country has the option of increasing by 40 percent, or of decreasing by 20 percent, at most, the postage rates fixed by Article 36, Section 1, in accordance with the indications of the following table: Minimum Maximum limits limits Centimes Centimes Lette First unit- 16 28 LEach additional unit-t -. . ... .. ..-- ---_ 9.6 16. 8 Post cards Single- 9.6 16. 8 lWith reply paid-- 19.2 33. 6 First unit ---........... 6.4 11. 2 Commercial papers Each additional unit---....... 3.2 5.6 Minimum charge -.-- .. ... .-- 16 28 Raised print for the blind, each 1,000 grams ... 1.6 2.8 Prited tterFirst unit - 6.4 11. 2 [Each additional unit -- 3.2 5.6 Samples of merchandiseFirt unit - --- -- - 6.4 11. 2 [ Each additional unit --... 3.2 5.6 Small packets, each 50 grams . 4 11. 2 Minimum charge 32 56 Phonopost ar First unit -- -- - 12 21 Eonoach additional unit-- 8 14 Ante, p. 3320. 2. The rates chosen shall, as far as possible, be in the same propor- tion among themselves as the basic rates, each Administration having the option of rounding off its rates higher or lower as the case may be, in order to suit the convenience of its monetary system. 3. The rates adopted by a country are applicable to the charges to be collected upon arrival as a result of absence or insufficiency of prepayment. Proportional basis of rates chosen. Unpaid or insuffi- cient postage.

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