Postal Rates Gambia
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Descriptor
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Rate
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Commentary
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Inland
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- Letter per ounce (oz)
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1½d
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- Post card
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1d
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Reply 2d
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- Printed paper (first oz)
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½d
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Minimum 1d
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- Commercial papers per 2 oz
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½d
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Minimum 3d
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- Sample post per 2 oz
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½d
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Minimum 1d
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- Literature for the blind
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1-5lbs = 1d; 5-6.5lbs = 2d
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Empire
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Included USA
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- Letter per ounce
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1½d
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- Post card
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1d
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Reply 2d
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- Printed paper per 2 oz
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½d
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- Commercial papers
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<12oz = 3d; ½d each additional oz
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- Literature for the blind
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1-2lbs = 1d; 2-3lbs = 1½d; 3-4 lbs = 2d; 4-5lbs = 2½d; 5-6.5lbs = 3d
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Foreign
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- Letter per ounce
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3d
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1½d each additional oz
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- Post card
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1½d
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Reply 3d
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- Printed paper (per oz)
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½d
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Minimum rate 1d
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- Commercial papers per 2 oz
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<12ozs = 3d; ½d each additional oz
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- Literature for the blind
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1-2lbs = 1d; 2-3lbs = 1½d; 3-4 lbs = 2d; 4-5lbs = 2½d; 5-6.5lbs = 3d
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Airmail
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Empire
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- Letter per ½ oz (till 15 July 1935)
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1s 3d
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Included USA
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- Letter per ½ oz (from 16 July 1935)
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1s 1d
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Included USA
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- Post card (till 15 July 1935)
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1s 3d
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Included USA
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- Postcard (from 16 July 1935)
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1s 1d
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Included USA
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- Printed paper per oz
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8d
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Foreign
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- Letter per ½ oz (till 15 July 1935)
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1s 4½d
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- Letter per ½ oz (from 16 July 1935)
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1s 2½d
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- Post card (till 15 July 1935)
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1s 4½d
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- Postcard (from 16 July 1935)
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1s 2½d
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- Printed paper per oz
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8d
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Parcel Post
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- Inland parcels first oz
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6d
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Each additional oz = 4d
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- Great Britain
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1-3lbs = 2s 3d; 3-7 lbs = 3s 6d; 7-11lbs = 4s 9d; 11-22lbs = 6s 9d
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- British West Africa
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1-3lbs = 2s; 3-7lbs = 3s; 7-11lbs = 4s; 11-22lbs = 7s
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- From abroad redirected to inland office
(first 2lbs)
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6d
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Each additional lb = 4d
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- Insurance fee
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2d for each £12 up to £400
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Other
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- Registered mail
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3d
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- Late fee
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3d
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For registered mail 6d
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- Advice of delivery
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3d
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- Compulsory registration
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6d
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- Express rate
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6d
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- Insured letters first £12
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5d
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Each additional £12 insurance up to £400 = 2d
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