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2106 PARCEL POST CONVENTION-SWEDEN. June 28, 1932. July 11, 1{)S2. _-"iJun~e28::;::7.193~2.;:-_ Parcel post convention between the United States oj America and Sweden. July 11,1932. Signed at Stockholm, June 28,1932, at Washington, July 11,1932; approved by the President, July 18, 1932. PARCEL POST CONVENTION between THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND SWEDEN Parcel post conve'l· For the purpose of concluding an arrangement for the exchange of tion with Swe( Jll. I • b Preamble. parce post paCKages etween the United States of America (includ- ing Alaska, Hawaii, Porto Rico, Guam, Samoa and the Virgin Islands of the United States) and Sweden, the Postmaster General of the United States of Americ~. and the Directton General of Posts of Sweden, by virtu~ of authority vested in them, ha.Ve agreed upon the following articl0s : Ordinary and insured A. O . .dinaMJ u'Wl i ~u1'ed Por'eels. parcels. ." Limits of weight and si!~. Basis of calculation. PClStage and fees. Collection from sender. Limits of lVeigh.t (ind Size. 1. No parcel shall exceed forty-four pounds (twenty kilograms)' in weight, thr'3e feet six inches (olle hundred and five centimeters) in length) or six teet seven inc!les (two hundred centimeters) in length and gIrth combined, the girth mellwred in a direction other than that of the length, provil.1ed, however, that parcels exceeding six feet (one hundred and 2ighty centimeters) in combined length and girth be restricted in length to thirty inches (seventy-five centimeters). 2. As regards the exact calc-Ulation of the weight and dimensIOns of pdrcels, the view of the dispat~hing office shall be accepted, except in cases of obvious error. ARTICLE 2. Postage atnd Fees. 1. The Administration of origin is entitled to collect from the sender of each parcel such postage and fees for requests for informa- tion as to the disposal of II parcel made after it has been posted, and also, in the case of insured parcels, such insurance fees and fees for return receipts, as may from time to time be prescribed by its regulations. '-l.~~8yment re- 2. Except in the case of returned or redirected ;r;>arcels, the postage and such of the fees mentioned in the precedmg section as are applicable, must b~ prepaid. Preparation of par- cels. ARTICLE 3. P,'eparation of Parcels. Addressing require- 1. The name and address of the sender and of the addressee must ments. be legibly and correctly written in every case when possible on the parcel itself, or on a label gummed thereto, and, in the case of parcels