desire to use the special delivery service. The labels must be supplied to special delivery dispatching desks also; and when articles placed in post office drops or street boxes are observed to be prepaid for special delivery but do not bear the "Exprès" label or endorsement, the clerks must place labels on the articles.

(2) Special delivery mail is to be dispatched to the appropriate U.S. exchange office in the manner prescribed in Regional International Standpoint Surface Scheme and Regional International Standpoint, all Classes, Airmail Scheme.

(b) Incoming. (1) Foreign special delivery articles are to be delivered as prescribed in § 16.6 of this chapter. These articles will bear a label, printed in red or on a red background, containing the word "Exprès" or bear the notation "Exprès" or "Special Delivery" in bold letters.

(2) Articles bearing U.S. special delivery stamps sufficient to cover the domestic special delivery fee are to be delivered as special delivery mail even though the article does not bear the "Expres" label or endorsement.

§ 44.5 Delivery in other countries.

Delivery is made in the various countries according to the special delivery regulations in force in the country of destination.

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PART 45-SPECIAL HANDLING

45.1 Availability.

45.2 Fees.

45.3

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Treatment.

AUTHORITY: The provisions of this Part 45 issued under 39 U.S.C. 401, 407.

SOURCE: 37 F.R. 22599, Oct. 20, 1972, unless otherwise noted.

§ 46.1

Conditions and limitations.

The mailer may cause any mail article or parcel addressed for delivery in another country to be withdrawn from the Postal Service, or have its address changed if it can be intercepted in the United States. If the article has been dispatched from the United States, but not delivered to the addressee, withdrawal or change of address may be effected if:

(a) The country of destination of the article is willing to allow the withdrawal or change of address (see § 46.5);

(b) The article has not been confiscated or destroyed by the authorities of the country of destination as being prohibited importation; or

(c) The article has not been seized under provisions of the domestic legislation of the country of destination.

§ 46.2 How to apply.

If the article was mailed in a post office, station, or branch, make application there. If it was mailed in a street letterbox, apply at the main post office. The mailer must identify himself and sub

(a) Search at office of mailing. If the article has not been dispatched from the immediate point of mailing, it may be returned or its address may be changed without charge. Otherwise a search can. be made at the main post office or other concentration point, provided the mailer pays a fee of 60 cents in stamps, whether the search is successful or not. The post office will change the address without charge, but if the article is returned to the mailer, domestic postage will be charged except in the case of letters or post cards, which are returned free of postage. If the mailing office is also the dispatching exchange office, the conditions stated in § 46.3(b) will apply.

(b) Search at exchange office. The mailer may have a search made for the article at the U.S. dispatching exchange office if he requests it and pays the fee of 60 cents, unless he has already paid it. (See § 46.3 (a).) If the mailer desires such search to include opening made-up sacks, he must guarantee payment of the cost of opening, searching, and closing the sacks, whether his article is located or not. If he wishes the request sent to the exchange office by telegraph, the mailer must pay the cost of the telegram. The exchange office will change the address without charge, but if the article is returned, postage will be charged at domestic rates for its transportation to the exchange office and back to the mailer's address, unless it is a letter or post card which is returned free of postage. The post office will inform the customer of the amount of charges due.

(c) Search in country of destination. A request will be sent to the postal administration of the country of destination to return an article or change its address if the mailer furnishes a facsimile of the address and pays the 60cent fee in stamps, unless he has already paid it. (See $ 46.3(a) and (b).) If the request is to be transmitted by telegraph

or cable, the application must be accompanied with an amount sufficient to pay the telegraph or cable charges. Otherwise the application must be accompanied with additional stamps in the amount of the registry fee to cover transmission of the request by registered mail, and with airmail postage if it is desired that the request be transmitted to the foreign administration by air. The fee and cost of registration is not charged if the request is being made as the result of official notice to the sender in reply to an inquiry (see Part 71 of this chapter) or in the form of advice of nondelivery by the postal service of destination, showing that the article or parcel is undeliverable as addressed. If a request for change of address involves forwarding a parcel post package to another country the sender must furnish a written guarantee to pay the forwarding charges in the event they are not paid by the addressee in the new country. If the mailer wishes to have the foreign administration report by airmail, telegraph, or cable on the result of the action taken, he must furnish the additional return airmail postage or amount sufficient to cover the cost of a prepaid telegraph or cable reply. Any amount remaining after transmitting a telegram or cablegram will be returned to the mailer. Return postage is charged on parcel post packages but not on other articles returned from other countries. See § 46.5 (c) regarding a statement to be furnished when the article is addressed to a country which does not generally accept requests for recall or change of address. § 46.4

Mailing receipts.

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If the mailer possesses a mailing receipt covering any article which is withdrawn or on which the address is changed, he must surrender it or submit it so that a suitable notation may be made thereon.

§ 46.5

Countries not permitting.

(a) For postal union mail. The legislation of the following countries does not allow senders of postal union articles to withdraw them from the mail or to change their address: Ascension, Australia, Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Bermuda, Bhutan, Botswana, British Honduras, Brunei, Burma, Canada, Cyprus, Gambia, Gibraltar, Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Guyana, Hong Kong, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Kuwait, Leeward Islands, Malawi, Malaysia, Malta,

Muscat, Nauru, New Guinea, New Zealand, Nigeria, Papua, Qatar, Rhodesia, St. Helena, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Africa (Rep. of), Swaziland, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Trucial States, Uganda, Windward Islands (except Dominica), and Zambia.

(b) For parcel post. Under the terms of the parcel post agreements in effect with the following countries, parcels cannot be recalled after they have left this service nor can the address be changed, unless the parcels are undeliverable at the original address: Barbados, British Honduras, Brunei, Burma, Canada, Cyprus, Gambia, Gilbert and Ellice Islands, Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Hong Kong, Ireland, Malawi, Malaysia, Nauru, Nigeria, Rhodesia, Seychelles, Solomon Islands, Swaziland, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, Windward Islands, and Zambia.

(c) Applications accepted. Applications involving the countries named in § 46.5 (a) and (b) will be received and acted on, subject to the conditions prescribed in § 46.3 (c), if the mailer furnishes a written statement giving his. reasons for the request. Compliance with the request is discretionary with the postal administration of the country of destination.

(a) Mail of U.S. origin (1) Beforedispatch from the United States. The following procedures apply to both postal union mail and parcel post packages:

(i) Before accepting an application for recall or change of address, require the applicant to identify himself as the sender or the sender's authorized representative.

(ii) If the piece is not located at the immediate point of mailing and the applicant desires the search continued, require the sender to submit a written application as prescribed in § 46.2, and collect the fee indicated in § 46.3(a) before conducting further search. If the piece is located and is returned to the sender, charge appropriate domestic postage unless it is a letter or post card. If the piece is not located, explain to the applicant the conditions set forth in § 46.3 (b) and (c).

(iii) It is recommended that requests be made to the postal administration of the country of destination rather than search being made at U.S. dispatching exchange offices. However, if the appli

cant desires search made at the exchange office and agrees to the conditions, send a request to the exchange office setting forth the details on the application and the particulars of dispatch to the exchange office, if known.

(iv) If the exchange office returns the piece, collect domestic postage for its conveyance to the exchange office and return, unless it is a letter or post card. If the search included the opening of made-up sacks, the exchange office will inform the post office requesting the search as to the cost, which should also be collected on delivery. The exchange office will likewise advise if the search was unsuccessful.

(v) Amounts collected on delivery of returned articles and parcels are accounted for by affixing postage-due stamps to the mail articles and canceling.

(2) After dispatch from the United States. If the sender requests that the postal authorities of the country of destination be asked to intercept the piece, collect as prescribed in § 46.3 (c) and transmit with the application and facsimile address to the Mail Classification Division, Finance Department, U.S. Postal Service, Washington, DC 20260.

(3) Sender's mailing receipt. A mailing receipt relating to an article or parcel returned or redirected at the sender's request is to have the action taken noted thereon.

(b) Mail of foreign origin. Post offices may comply with a request for correction of address (without changing the addressee) and may forward an article or parcel to the same addressee at another U.S. post office without previous authorization from the Headquarters. Comply with § 32.4(a) of this chapter in forwarding parcel post packages. If a request is received for redirection of a piece to another country, for return to origin, or for change of addressee, hold the piece and refer the request to the Mail Classification Division, Finance Department, U.S. Postal Service, Washington, DC 20260.

§ 47.3 On Treasury Department forms. If requested, the sender may receive a certificate of mailing on Treasury Department (Internal Revenue) Form P. T. 26, P. T. 27-A, or 550, certifying that he has waived the right to withdraw the article or parcel from the mail. Post offices may also certify on Customs Form 4455 to the exportation by mail of articles sent abroad for alteration, repair or replacement, as provided in § 61.5(h) (3), for which a certificate of mailing fee of 5 cents applies to each completed form. § 47.4 On Agriculture Department Forms.

See Part 55 of this chapter concerning certificates required in connection with the exportation of dried whole eggs and tobacco seed and plants.

Business concerns sending merchandise exceeding $250 in value to other business concerns

(a) From the United States,1 Puerto Rico, or the Virgin Islands of the United States to any foreign country, to the Canal Zone, and to the Caroline, Mariana, and Marshall Islands.

(b) From the United States' to Puerto Rico and the U.S. possessions.2

(c) From Puerto Rico to the United States,1 and to the U.S. possessions, must fill out a shipper's export declaration on Department of Commerce Form 7525-V and present it at the post office at the time of mailing. The shipper's export declaration is required only for goods mailed for commercial purposes and not for goods which involve no commercial consideration. However, Commerce Form 7525-V must also be filed for shipments of all articles covered by a validated export license or a distribution license from the Bureau of International Commerce, Department of Commerce, regardless of value or whether the sender or addressee is a business concern. (See Part 52 of this chapter.) The declaration need not be

1 For purposes of this instruction the term "United States" refers to the fifty States and the District of Columbia.

2 For purposes of this instruction the term "United States Possessions" refers to the Virgin Islands of the United States, Guam, American Samoa, Canton, and Enderbury Islands, Midway, and Wake Islands.

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furnished for catalogs, instruction books, and other advertising matter or for magazines, newspapers, and periodicals. It is also not required for shipments of technical data, regardless of value and whether or not they are covered by export licenses. Shippers who wish to correct a previously filed export declaration must submit such corrections to the post office on Commerce Form FT-7403.

§ 51.2 Preparation.

Only a single copy of the shipper's export declaration is required for mail shipments. A single export declaration may include any number of packages mailed by one sender the same day to one addressee. Export declarations need not be notarized; however, signature in ink is required.

§ 51.3

Information to be furnished.

(a) The following are the only items on the shipper's export declaration (Commerce Form 7525-V) which are required to be filled in by the sender of a postal shipment:

(1) Item 1. Name of post office where shipment is being mailed. (Insert in space on the form reading From (U.S. port of export).)

(2) Item 3. Name and address of exporter.

(3) Item 4. Name and address of forwarding agent, if any.

(4) Item 5. Name and address of ultimate consignee.

(5) Item 6. Name and address of intermediate consignee, if any.

(6) Item 8. Country of final destination.

(7) Item 10. Number of packages being mailed; description of merchandise and export license number and expiration date, or general license symbol.

(8) Item 13. Schedule B, commodity number.

(9) Item 14. Net quantity of merchandise, in Schedule B units.

(10) Item 15. Value of merchandise. (b) The description of contents and units of quantity must be in the detail required by Schedule B, Statistical Classification of Domestic and Foreign Commodities Exported from the United States, 1971 edition. The shipper may obtain copies of Schedule B for a nominal charge from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20401; from Collectors of Customs; or from Department