to that fact is made on the declaration itself, or an additional customs declaration may be used for the purpose.

All customs declarations must be postmarked by the office of mailing.

It is not sufficient that the tags be tied to the parcel and allowed to hang loose. In addition to being tied by means of a cord passed through the eyelets, the tag should be bound to the parcel so that it lies flat thereon and can not be used as a handle to lift the parcel while in transit.

Facsimilies of Forms 2966 and 2967 are shown in this section.

See $21.81 concerning the preparation of customs declarations for parcels forwarded under the "group shipment" arrangement.

See 21.16 (b) regarding the paper form of customs declaration (Form 2976-A) required to be enclosed in small packets and packages of dutiable articles prepaid at the letter rate of postage.

See $21.80 regarding instructions which must be given by senders at time of mailing concerning the alternative disposition to be made of the parcels in the event of nondelivery.

(BOTH SIDES OF THIS FORM MUST BE FILLED IN.) Parcel-Post Between the United States and France. DECLARATION FOR THE FRENCH CUSTOMS.

NOTE-No. 1. Exemptions from customs dues, either for Import or export, does not dispense with the declarations for the customs prescribed by law in accordance with the specifications and unities provided by the general tariff, under penalty of 100 francs fine for omission of the declaration or for a false declaration.Article 19 of the law of May 16, 1863. (Laws of France.)

No. 2. The sender and the addressee are responsible for the results and the delays arising from declaratious which are inaccurate, Incomplete or false.

21.78 Dispatch notes. Postmasters will cause a dispatch note (Form 2972), properly filled out by the sender, to be attached to each parcel-post package (except in the case of group shipments, when one copy of this form is sufficient for a group), mailed at their offices, addressed for delivery in the following countries:

**For statutory and source citations, see note to § 21.1.

Mauritius and dependen

cies (service 2).

Morocco (Spanish Zone).
Netherlands.

New Caledonia.
Niger.

Palestine.

Paraguay.

Portuguese India.

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Dispatch notes should be prepared in ink or on the typewriter.
A facsimile of Form 2972 (dispatch note) is shown below.

21.79 Parcel-post sticker. The buff-colored "International Parcel Post" sticker (Form 2922) must be affixed by the sender to each parcel-post package addressed for delivery in a foreign country, whether the parcel is forwarded under the "group shipment" arrangement with other parcels or as a single shipment. The sender must complete and sign the "Instructions Given by Sender" as set forth in § 21.80.

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**For statutory and source citations, see note to § 21.1.

The accepting clerk will complete the column at the right hand side of the sticker by filling in both the postage and the weight, and for identification purposes will initial the sticker in the space provided. The rate of postage charged on the parcel, which to be indicated in the space marked "Postage," does not include registry, insurance, C. O. D. or special-handling fees.

If the shape or size of the parcel makes it impracticable to affix the international parcel-post sticker to the wrapper thereof the sticker may be affixed to a tag which should in turn be securely attached to the parcel.

This sticker should not be affixed to parcel-post packages addressed for delivery in the United States possessions.

Postmasters will also see to it that the use of these stickers is restricted to parcel-post packages exclusively.

Facsimile of the international parcel-post sticker is shown below:

21.80

Alternative disposition. (a) The sender of a parcel-post package for any foreign country must give instructions at time of mailing that the parcel, if undeliverable as originally addressed, is to be either (1) tendered for delivery at a second address in the country of destination, (2) treated as abandoned, or (3) returned to the sender.

(b) The alternative disposition instructions must be given by means of endorsements on the customs declaration (Form 2966) and on the international parcel-post sticker (Form 2922). Appropriate endorsement must also be made by the sender on the dispatch note (Form 2972) in the case of a parcel for a country which requires the dispatch note in addition to the customs declaration. Specimens of Forms 2922, 2966, and 2972 are shown in §§ 21.77-21.79.

(c) Postmasters will see to it that such of the printed instructions (1), (2), (3), appearing on the forms mentioned, as are not employed

**For statutory and source citations, see note to § 21.1.

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in indicating the alternative disposition to be made of the parcel are obliterated by the mailer.

(d) Parcels dispatched from the mailing office which are not marked to indicate the alternative disposition to be made of them will, as an exceptional measure, be sent onward to the country of destination and in the event of nondelivery they will be returned to the senders at their expense.

(e) See § 21.100 regarding the return and redirection of parcel-post packages received for foreign countries.*†

21.81 Group shipments. The "group shipment" of parcel-post packages is an arrangement by which senders of parcel-post packages for certain foreign countries have the option of attaching a single customs declaration (Form 2966) (or a single set of customs declarations) to only one parcel of a consignment mailed simultaneously by the same sender to the same addressee at one address. In those cases where dispatch notes are required, a single copy of this form is sufficient for a group. See country items, Subpart B.

The following is a list of the countries, colonies, or islands to which group shipments may be sent:

Afghanistan (limited to 3| parcels).

Argentina (limited to 3 parcels).

Bahamas.

Barbados.

Great Britain and North- | Portuguese East Africa ern Ireland (ordinary). (Mozambique). Greece (including Crete) (limited to 3 ordinary parcels). Guadeloupe. Guatemala. 3|Hong Kong.

Belgian Congo (via Eng

land)

parcels).

Bermuda.

(limited

British Cameroons.

British Honduras.

British Somaliland.
Bulgaria.

to

Cape Verde Islands (limited to 3 parcels).

Ceylon (limited to 3 par-
cels).

Chile.
Curacao.
Cyprus; service 2 (limited
to 3 parcels).
Denmark (including Faroe
Islands and Greenland).
Dominican Republic.
Ecuador.

Egypt (limited to 3 par-
cels).
Federated Malay States
(ordinary).

Fiji Islands.

French Guiana.

Gibraltar (ordinary).

Iran (Persia) (limited to 3
parcels).

Iraq (Mesopotamia) (lim-
ited to 3 parcels).
Japan and dependencies
(ordinary).

Luxemburg.

Portuguese India (limited to 3 parcels). Portuguese Timor (limited to 3 parcels). Portuguese West Africa (limited to 3 parcels).

Rhodesia

(Northern);

service 3 (limited to 3
parcels).

Rumania (limited to 3
ordinary parcels).
St. Pierre and Miquelon.
Salvador (El).

Madeira Islands (limited Saudi Arabia (Kingdom

to 3 parcels).
Malta.

Mauritius and dependen-
cies; service 2 (limited
to 3 parcels).
Mexico.
Netherlands.
Netherlands Indies (lim-
ited to 3 parcels).
New Zealand (ordinary).
Nigeria.

North Borneo (State of)
(ordinary).
Nyasaland Protectorate.
Palestine (limited to 3
parcels).
Paraguay.

of) (limited to 3 parcels).

Siam.
Surinam.
Switzerland (limited to 3
ordinary parcels).
Trans-Jordan (limited to
3 parcels).
Trinidad and Tobago.
Turkey (limited to 3 or-
dinary parcels).
Uruguay.

Venezuela (limited to 3
parcels).

Western Samoa (British) (ordinary).

Windward Islands (ordinary).

It will be noted that the "group shipment" arrangement does not apply to insured parcels when addressed to Federated Malay States, Gibraltar, Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Greece, Japan and dependencies, New Zealand, North Borneo (State of), Rumania,

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**For statutory and source citations, see note to § 21.1.