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 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [62 STAT. of which shall be fixed by the Administration of the country of origin. Subject to the provisions of Section 7, the aerial surcharge is also due for air-mail articles which enjoy the franking privilege by virtue of Ante, p. 3326. Article 52, Sections 2 to 4 of the Convention. 2. In relations considered as services of class A (Article 14, Section pot, p. 3407. 9, hereafter), letters and post cards, with or without registration or C. O. D. charges, as well as money orders and collection orders, are transported by air without collection of air surcharges if the route to be traversed does not exceed 2,000 kilometers and if their delivery will be advantageously accelerated by air dispatch. The Administrations shall advise one another of the countries for which the dispatches mentioned are sent by air. 3. In relations between countries of Europe, in appropriate cases, the surcharge amounts to 7% centimes per 20 grams at most regard- less of the distance. 4. The maximum amounts of air-transportation surcharges due for each unit of weight of 20 grams and for each air distance of 1,000 kilometers are shown below: CLASS A AIR-MAIL SERVICE Up to 2,000 kilometers --- 7% centimes Over 2,000 kilometers -- _-- --- 7 centimes 73 centimes CLASS B AIR-MAIL SERVICE All distances --.. .. .. --.. -.-- ..-- . 15 centimes 15 centimes 5. The surcharges fixed according to Section 4 shall be uniform for all the territory of a country of destination, regardless of the route used. IArtcles other than 6. For articles other than letters, post cards, money orders and collection orders, the surcharges collected by application of Sections 2 to 5 may be reduced to a minimum of one-fifth. Optionsl collecton 7. Administrations have the option of not collecting any surcharge for air transportation, on condition that they inform the country of destination and that a previous agreement has been made with the transit countries. Prepayment. 8. The surcharges shall be prepaid at the time of mailing. 9. The surcharge for a reply post card is collected separately for each half at the place of mailing of each of those halves. 10. Air-mail correspondence is prepaid under the conditions fixed Ante, p. 3325. by Articles 50 and 51 of the Convention. However, regardless of the nature of such correspondence, the prepayment 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, for example: "Taxe perque (postage collected): Dollars cents" 3404 -

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