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54STAT.] BARBADOS-PARCEL POST St. 14 193 1841 ARTICLE XI. Redirection. 1. A parcel may be redirected in consequence of the addressee's Redirection. change of address in the country of destination. The Administration of destination may collect the redirection charge prescribed by its internal regulations. Similarly, a parcel may be redirected from one of the two countries which are parties to this Agreement to another country, provided that the parcel complies with the con- ditions required for its further conveyance and provided, as a rule, that the extra postage is prepaid at the time of redirection, or docu- mentary evidence is produced that the addressee will pay it. 2. Additional charges levied in respect of redirection and not paid by the addressee or his representative shall not be canceled in case of further redirection or of return to origin, but shall be collected from the addressee or from the sender as the case may be, without prejudice to the payment of any special charges incurred which the Administration of destination does not agree to cancel. ARTICLE XII. Missent parcels. Parcels received out of course, or wrongly allowed to be dispatched, Missentparcels. shall be retransmitted or returned in accordance with the provisions of Article 1, Section 2, and Article 15, Sections 1 and 2, of the De- Pt.pp. 1847, 1851 tailed Regulations. ARTICLE XIII. Non-delivery. 1. The sender may request at the time of posting that, if the parcel Nondellvery. cannot be delivered as addressed, it be either (a) treated as abandoned, or (b) tendered for delivery at a second address in the country of destination. No other alternative is admissible. If the sender avails himself of this facility, his request must appear on the dispatch note and must be in conformity with or analogous to one of the following forms: "If not deliverable as addressed, abandon." "If not deliverable as addressed, deliver to " The same request must also be written on the cover of the parcel. 2. In the absence of a request by the sender to the contrary, a parcel that cannot be delivered shall be returned to the sender with- out previous notification and at his expense thirty days after its arrival at the office of destination. Nevertheless, a parcel which is definitely refused by the addressee shall be returned immediately. 3. The charges due on returned undeliverable parcels shall be recovered in accordance with the provisions of Article XXVIII. P , P 1846. ARICLE XIV. Cancelation of customs charges. The customs charges on parcels sent back to the country of origin tosclhaios o cus- or redirected to another country shall be canceled both in Barbados and the United States of America. ARTICLE XV. Sale. Destruction. Articles of which the early deterioration or corruption is to be ex- sale destrucon. pected, and these only, may be sold immediately, even when in transit