European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 28, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Mailing gifts any gift mailed through the Apo system must have a customs Labet attached stating the exact contents and value. If your gift was made in the United states no customs duty is charged. On the Cus Toms Label write returned .  if your gift was made in a foreign country and costs More than $50.00, custom duty must be paid on the entire amount not just. That pan Over $50.00. If a foreign made gift Cost less than $50.00, no duty has to be paid gifts for several persons can be in one Box and sent to a single address if 1 each Gill is separately wrapped shows the name and address o intended receiver and is marked Bona fide gift not exceeding $50.00 in value 2 the outer parcel shows the total num Ber of gifts and their value on the address Side for example a parcel containing three gifts will be endorsed three Dona fide gifts enclosed each not exceeding $50.00 in  3 the customs declaration form is addressed to the person to whom the outer parcel is addressed. Parcel con tents will be listed on this form and show the person receiving each gift in the parcel. You can say a package has no value but you must clearly describe what s in the package including what it s made of e.g., Cotton shirt wooden spoons Crystal bowl. Kern Ember the receiver not the tender of the package must pay any custom duty. Do not mail terns thai May till or injure a person or damage mail or other property nay not be mailed through the Apo system. Also it is illegal to mail rationed items some of these items Are shown above. See your Apo representative if you have any questions. Intoxicating liquors and liquor candies contraband e.g., switchblade knives Dairy products narcotic drugs Usa eur rationed items i.e., Coffee and cigarettes poisonous animals snakes explosives and flammable material that might ignite or explode obscure indecent publications or films concealable firearms lottery or fraudulent matter radioactive matter Poison or poisonous matter acids Alkalies oxidizing materials or highly flammable wilds Likely to cause fire while being transported magnetic material having enough magnetic Field to cause appreciable deviation of an aircraft Compass sensing device at 15 or More feet pcs and Apo when you return to the United states on permanent change of  pcs orders you May mail personal property of unlimited value duty free. On the is form 2966-a parcel Post customs declaration list the items in the pack age. Write on the wrapper free entry claimed under Public Law 69-436, permanent change of station pc orders  place a copy of your pcs orders in the parcel. You May Send both items you brought from conus and those you bought overseas for your own use or Bona fide gift. Is form 3376 customs Douane cd h Green in color and must be com pitted and placed on the address Side of each Tetter or letter package con Taining dutiable Merchan Dise  cassette tapes and on each Small pack age. Sender s  us nun Dunith of a .5 tin Ltan feud uni Fla Tea a Nus Tillton a if ism in is form 2966-a Parce Post cd Suomi declaration untied state of America is White. Surface or airmail parcel Post and third class surface parcels must have this form attached to the address Side of the package. Know inhere few Sand under the Sot chum. C f 111 jut Buckrim so s .1" customs declaration forms who i in or m4i m t Nim flt Dot cum nov i s5lj.vbi d of o9yp3_ e Aden rail Makh Mimi twin. 2 ,3 \ to l \ h act and i to la. W a a  a. By. � is form 2976 a customs decl Iriton ,. If the sender does not Trish to describe the contents of a letter or parcel on the wrapper the sender May place the upper part of the Green is form 3976 on he address tide of the article and Complete is form 3976-a and place it inside the a adage. Thursday May so 1987 paid special insert to the stars and stripes Page do