Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 58 Part 2.djvu/615

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58 STAT.] PALESTINE-PARCEL POST-Set.6,1944 1535 May 10, 1943 by the office of origin or by any other office appointed by the Adminis- tration of origin and shall be firmly attached to the dispatch note of the parcel to which it relates in the case of parcels sent to Palestine, and to the parcels to which it relates in the case of parcels sent to the United States of America. If it does not reach the office of desti- nation, that office shall make out officially a new advice of delivery form. 3. The office of destination, after having duly filled out the form, shall return it by ordinary post, unenclosed, and free of postage to the address of the sender of the parcel. 4. When the sender makes inquiry concerning an advice of delivery which has not been returned to him after a reasonable interval, action shall be taken in accordance with the rules laid down in Article 9 following. In that case a second fee shall not be charged, and the office of origin shall enter the words "Duplicate advice of delivery" at the top of the form. ARTICLE 9. Advice of delivery applied for after posting. When the sender applies for an advice of delivery after an insured parcel has been posted, the office of origin or any other office appointed by the Administration of origin shall fill up an advice of delivery form and shall attach it to a form of ilquiry. The form of inquiry accompanied by the advice of delivery form shall be treated according to the provisions of Article 18 below, with the single exception that, in the case of the due delivery of the parcel, the office of destination shall withdraw the form of inquiry and shall return the advice of delivery form in the manner prescribed in para- graph 3 of the preceding article. ARTICLE 10. Indication of insured value. Every insured parcel and the relative dispatch note shall bear an indication of the insured value in the currency of the country of origin. The indication on the parcel shall be both in words and in figures. The amount of the insured value shall be converted into gold francs by the Administration of origin. The result of the conversion shall be indi- cated distinctly by new figures placed beside or below those represent- ing the amount of the insured value in the currency of the country of origin. ARTICLE 11. Insurance numbers, labels, seals. Every insured parcel and its dispatch note as well shall bear on the address side, an insurance number and a small red label with the words "Insured" or "Valeur declaree" in large letters, or these words shall be marked or stamped on the parcel and the dispatch note. The wax or other seals, the labels of whatever kind and any post- age stamps affixed to insured parcels shall be so spaced that they