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PARCEL POST-GOLD COAST COLONY. March G. 1!l29. April 2, 111:!9. 2247 Parcel post agreement 6etween the United States OJ Amenca and the _~M""arc:;;ch;.;:6,,-;,'1",,"?9;c-:c- - lIT h. April 2, 1929. Gold Coast Colony. Signed at Accra, March 6, 1929, at tas wgton, April 2 1929; approved by the President, April 8, 1929. PARCEL POST AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE GOLD COAST COLONY For the purpose of concluding arran~ements for the exchange of m~arce\th~~d ~gr:t parcel-post packages between the United States of America (includ- COk ,n; 0 0 mg Alaska, Hawaii, Porto Rico, Guam, Samoa, and the Virgin Islands Preamble. of the United States) and the Gold Coast Colony, the undersigned Walter F. Brown, Posi;master General of the United States of Amer- ica, and Samuel Bucknell Gosling, Postmaster Generai of the Gold Coast Colony, by virtue of authority vested in them, have agreed upon the following articles: I. LIMITS OF WEIGHT AND SIZE 1. No parcel shall ,exceed twenty-two pounds (ten kilograma) in 8tz!;~mltsorWelgbtand weight, three feet six inches (one hundred and five centimeters) in length, or six feet (:me hundred and eighty centimeters) in length and girth combined. 2. As regurds the exact calcula.tion of the weight and dimensions of parcels, the view of the dispatching office shall be accepted, save in cases of obvious error. II. POSTAGE AND FEES Posiage and fees. 1. The Administra.t .ion of origin is entitled to collect from the sender er~ollectIOIl(romsend. of each parcel such postage and fees for requests for jnformation us to the disposal of a parcel made after it has been pcsted, as may from time to time be prescribed by its regulations. 2. Except in the case of returned or redirected parcflls, the postage Prepayment. and such of the fees mentioned in the preceding Rection as are appli- cuble, must be prepaid. III. PREPARATION OF PARCELS PrepN'8tloD or par- cels. 1. The name and address of the sender und uf the uddressee must mtn~~ require- be legibly and correctly written in every c.,ase wh~n pOdsible on the parcel itself, or on a label gummed thereto, and, in the case of parcels addressed by tag only because of their shape or sjze, must also be written on a separate slip which slip must be enclosed in the parcel, but such address slips should be enclosed in all parcels. Parcels will not be accepted when sent by or addressed to initials, unless the initials are the adopted trade name of the senders or eddressees. Addresses in ordinary pencil are not allowed, but copying ink or indelible pencil on a. surface previously dampened may be used. 2. The sender shall prepare one customs declaration for each parcel Oustomsdeclaration. sent from either country, upon a special form provided for the purpose, which customs declaration shall give a general description of the parcel, an accurate statement in detail of its contents and value, date of mail-