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PARCEL POST CONVENTION-FINLAND. September I, 1932. September 23, 1932. No insured parcel shall be idemnified for an amount above the real value of its contents. Bot.h Adminisu·ations reserve the right to arrange by mutual a~ment through correspondence for a higher or lower limit of indemnitv than that mentioned in this Convention. 2. The· insurance of all parcels containing coin, bank notes, paJY.lr money, bullion, jewelry, or any other precious article exchanged be- tween the two Administrations is obligatory. If a parcel containing roin, bank notes, paper money, bullion, jewelry, 0:." any other precious article, is mailed uninsured, it shall be placed under insurance by the post office which first observes the fact of its having been mailed uninsured and treated in accord- ance with the regulations of the country placing the matter under insurance. 3. The Administration of origin is entitled to fix its own fees for different limits of indemnity within the maximum provided. ARTICLE 11. Ret'l.WTh Receipt8 arul Inquirie8. 2173 1. The sender of an insured parcel may obtain an advice of deliv- in:=- receipts and ery u'p0n payment of such addItional charge, if any, as the country . of orIgin of the parcel shall stipulate. 2. A fee may be charged, at thA option of the country of origin, on It r(jquest for information as to the disposal of an ordmary parcel and also of an insured parcel made after it has been posted if the sen~er has not already paid the special fee to obtain an advice of dehvery. A fee may also be charged, at the option rA the country of ori~n, in connection with any complaint of any irregularity which p"ma facie was not due to the fault of the Postal Service. 3. When an advice of delivery is desired, the sender or office of origin shall write or stamp on the parcel and the customs declara- tion in a conspicuous manner, the words" Return receipt requested ", "Advice of delivery requested ", or the letters "A. R .". .A~TlCLE 12• . Indemmity. 1. Except in cases of loss or damage through force majetlQ'e Indemnity. (causes beyond control) as that term is defined by the legal decisions or rulings of the country in the service of which the loss or <lamage occurs, when. an insured parcel has been lost, rifled, or damaged, the sender, or other rightful claimant, is entitled to an inc>mnity corresponding to the actual amount of loss, rifling or damage, based on the actual value at the time and. place I)f mailing of the lost, rifled, or damaged article, unless the loss, rifling, or damage has arisen from the fault or negligence of the sender or the addressee or of the representative of either or from the nature of the article, provided that the indemni!y shall not exceed the sum for which the re<tl!ired insurance fee was paid in the country of origin. While, as stated in the preceding paragraph, the Administrations are not obli~ated to pay indemnity in the case of loss L r damage due to force ma1ewre either Administration may, at its option and with- out recourse to the other Administration, pay indemnity for loss or damage due to force 'fn(Jjewre even in the cases where the Adminis- tration of the country in the service of which the loss or damage occurred recognizes that the damage wns due to force majeure.