Mauritius

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=100 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>King George V Silver Jubilee</B><B> - Additional Charges</B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" > <B>   </B></FONT></div> <div> <B> </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="King George V Silver Jubilee"><U><B>Home</B></U></A><B>               </B><A HREF="id8.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Information"><U><B>General Information</B></U></A><B>               </B><A HREF="id16.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Stamps"><U><B>Stamps</B></U></A><B>               </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Verdana" ><A HREF="id3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Postal History"><U><B>Postal History</B></U></A></FONT><B>               </B><A HREF="id298.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Location"><U><B>Variety Locator</B></U></A><B>         </B></div> <div> <A HREF="id28.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Site Information"><U><B>Help/Site Information</B></U></A><B>                              </B><A HREF="id147.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Search"><U><B>Search</B></U></A><B>                               </B><A HREF="mailto:philatel2@yahoo.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:philatel2@yahoo.com"><U><B>Contact Me</B></U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=165 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="137" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div> <B>POSTAL HISTORY</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id325.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="PH Stamp Issue Dates"><U>Dates of Issues of Stamps</U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id311.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Issue Design History"><U>Issues Design History</U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div> <A HREF="id296.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Postal Rates"><U>Postal Rates</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div> <A HREF="id14.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Postal Covers"><U>Postal Covers</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div>    - <A HREF="id189.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Inland Mail"><U>Inland Mail</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div>       - <A HREF="id189.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Inland Mail"><U>Inter-Island</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div>       - <A HREF="id200.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Cyprus local"><U>Local</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div>    - <A HREF="id180.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Solomon"><U>Empire Mail</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div>    - <A HREF="id188.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Foreign Mail"><U>Foreign Mail</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div>    - <A HREF="id190.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Registered Mail"><U>Registered Mail</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div>       - <A HREF="id190.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Registered Mail"><U>Empire</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div>       - <A HREF="id192.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bahamas"><U>Foreign</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div>    - <A HREF="id191.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Airmail"><U>Air Mail</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div>       - <A HREF="id199.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Double airmail"><U>Double Rate</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div>       - <A HREF="id270.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="GBairmail"><U>Airmail - Perfin</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div>    - <A HREF="id179.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mauritius"><U>Added Charges</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div>       - <A HREF="id179.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mauritius"><U>Extra weight</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div>       - <A HREF="id186.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sierra Leone"><U>No postage</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 ><NOBR><div>       - <A HREF="id368.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Redirected Mail"><U>Redirected Mail</U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div>    - <A HREF="id194.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Postal Marks"><U>Postal Marks</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div>       - <A HREF="id194.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Postal Marks"><U>Flying Boat</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div>       - <A HREF="id195.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Dutch"><U>Posted at Sea</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div>       - <A HREF="id197.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Paquebot"><U>Paquebot</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div>    - <A HREF="id391.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Book Mail"><U>Book Mail</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div>    - <A HREF="id182.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Honduras"><U>Other Mail</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div> <A HREF="id12.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Collectors Covers"><U>Commemoratives</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div> <A HREF="id269.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Rocket Mail"><U>Rocket Mail</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div> <A HREF="id13.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Other Postal Items"><U>Other Postal Items</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=380 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="045fa583.png"> <div> <B>Click on covers to see other examples:</B></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="309" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 47 WIDTH="96"><div> <A HREF="id179.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mauritius"><U><IMG SRC="2e5321d0.jpg" border=0 width="50" height="29" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="96"><div> <A HREF="id186_no_postage.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sierra Leone"><U><IMG SRC="2e632290.jpg" border=0 width="50" height="41" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="101"><div> <A HREF="id368.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Redirected Mail"><U><IMG SRC="720321c0.jpg" border=0 width="50" height="28" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 32 ><NOBR><div> Extra weight</div> <div> 31k</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="96"><div> No Postage</div> <div> 35k</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> Redirected Mail</div> <div> 22k</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <B> <A NAME="extra_weight"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <div> <I><B>Mauritius to England via Kenya (Extra weight)</B></I></div> <div> Examples of the Mauritius 1 rupee correctly used on its own are extremely rare. There are apparently only two such examples. </div> <bR> <div> <B>Jubilee stamps</B>: 5c, 12c, 20c, 1r.</div> <bR> <div> The below letter (see map) was mailed from the General Post Office in Mauritius (<B>A</B>) and travelled via surface mail to Kenya (<B>B</B>)and then airmail on to England (<B>C</B>). Airmail rate at the time was 50c per 10 grams or part. It appears that this letter was a double weight letter (weighing between 10 and 20 grams).</div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="502" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 275 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="2d290eb0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="235" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 158 WIDTH="496"><div> <IMG SRC="2d32c980.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="152" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> map courtesy of  <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.theodora.com/maps" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.theodora.com/maps"><U>www.theodora.com/maps</U></A></FONT> used with permission</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> Information and scan kindly provided by <B>John Cooper</B></div> </td> </tr></table></body>