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Postal Rates Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika
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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 first ounce (oz)
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20c
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Each additional oz =15c.
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- Post card
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15c
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Reply card 30c.
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- Printed paper per 2 oz
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5c
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Maximum weight 5 lbs
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- Commercial papers per 2 oz
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5c
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Maximum weight 5 lbs. Includes book post
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- Sample post first 4 oz
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10c
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Each additional 2oz = 5c. Maximum weight 5 lbs
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- Newspapers
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Less than 2 oz = 5c; >2oz = 10c. Must be registered at G.P.O.
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Empire
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- Letter first ounce (oz)
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20c
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Each additional oz =15c. Maximum weight 4 lbs 6 oz
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- Post card
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15c
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Reply card 30c.
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- Printed paper per 2 oz
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5c
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Maximum weight 5 lbs
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- Commercial papers first 12 oz
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30c
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Each additional 2 oz = 5c. Maximum weight 5 lbs
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- Sample post first 4 oz
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10c
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Each additional 2oz = 5c. Maximum weight 5 lbs
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- Newspapers < 2oz
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5c
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>2oz = 10c. Must be registered at G.P.O.
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Foreign
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- Letter first ounce (oz)
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30c
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Each additional oz =15c.
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- Post card
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15c
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Reply card 30c.
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- Printed paper per 2 oz
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5c
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Minimum rate 10c. Maximum weight 4 lbs 6oz
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- Commercial papers per 2 oz
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5c
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Minimum rate 10c. Maximum weight 4 lbs 6 oz
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- Sample post first 4 oz
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10c
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Each additional 2oz = 5c. Maximum weight 1 lb
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- Newspapers < 2oz
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5c
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>2oz = 10c. Must be registered at G.P.O.
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Airmail
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Parcel Post
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- Inland parcels
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<1 lbs = 75c; 1-3 lbs = 1s 50c; 3-7 lbs = 3s; 7-11 lbs = 4s 50c;
11-22 lbs = 7s 50c. Includes rates between Kenya and Uganda
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- Inland - between Kenya/Uganda &
Tanganyika and vice versa
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<1 lbs = 1s 75c; 1-3 lbs = 2s 50c; 3-7 lbs = 4s; 7-11 lbs = 5s 50c;
11-22 lbs = 8s.
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- South Africa (includes Basutoland &
Swaziland
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<3 lbs = 2s 20c; 3-7 lbs = 4s; 7-11 lbs = 5s 50c.
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- Great Britain & Northern Ireland
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<3 lbs = 2s 30c; 3-7 lbs = 4s; 7-11 lbs = 5s 50c; 11-22 lbs = 8s 80c.
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Other
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- Registration fee
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30c
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- Advice of delivery
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30c
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- Express rate
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50c
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- Literature for the blind per 2 lbs
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5c
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Maximum weight 11 lbs. Same rate world wide
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Airmail rates for KUT - Direct routing 
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Destination
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Letters
Per ½oz
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Postcards
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Parcels
Per ½lb. Max 11lbs
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Inland
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35c
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20c
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1s
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Africa - Southern
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Madagascar
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2s 20c
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65c
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Northern Rhodesia
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45c
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25c
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1s 25c
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Nyasaland
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60c
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30c
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1s 75c
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Portuguese East Africa*
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- Direct
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1s 35c
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45c
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- via Salisbury
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55c
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25c
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- via Johannesburg
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60c
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25c
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South Africa
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50c
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25c
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2s
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South West Africa
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50c
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25c
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2s
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Southern Rhodesia
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45c
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25c
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1s 50c
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Africa - Central
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Belgian Congo (Katanga Province)
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1s 15c
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40c
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(Other Provinces)
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45c
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20c
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Zanzibar
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35c
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20c
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1s
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Africa - Northern
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Egypt
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50c
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25c
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Sudan
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45c
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25c
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French Equatorial Africa
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70c
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Europe
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Great Britain, Northern Ireland
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65c
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30c
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3s
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Irish Free State
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65c
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30c
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Europe
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75c
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30c
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Middle East
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Iraq, Persia
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85c
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30c
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Palestine
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50c
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25c
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Asia
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Burma
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1s 5c
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40c
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Dutch East Indies
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1s 60c
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50c
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India, Ceylon (Air to Karachi only)
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75c
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30c
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India, Ceylon (via Karachi)
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90c
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35c
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India (via Bombay)
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1s
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35c
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Malaya, Siam
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1s 30c
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40c
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Australia
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1s 90c
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60c
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America - South
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Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay (via France or Germany)
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8s 25c
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2s 15c
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Brazil (via France or Germany)
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7s
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1s 85c
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Note 1: On 1 July 1935 the following rate changes were introduced
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Europe
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Great Britain, Northern Ireland
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50c
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30c
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Middle East
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Iraq, Persia
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85c
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30c
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Palestine
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50c
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25c
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Asia
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Burma
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70c
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30c
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Dutch East Indies
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1s 60c
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50c
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India - air to Karachi
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50c
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30c
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India - air to Karachi and air within India
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70c
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30c
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Malaya
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50c
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30c
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Siam
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1s 30c
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40c
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Note 2: On 1 July 1935 a supplemental fee was introduced on items flown by the Coastal Air Mail Feeder service. This service operated between Dar es Salaam, Zanzibar, Tanga, Mombasa and Nairobi.
It affected all air mail not going to KUT and Zanzibar
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Supplemental rates
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20c
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10c
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1s
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In many instances mail could only flown only part of the way by air and then had to be forwarded by surface mail.
The cover had to include the superscription "By air mail to ...."
Airmail rates for KUT - Partial airmail routing 
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Destination
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Letters
Per ½oz
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Postcards
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"By airmail to ...."
(Then forwarded by surface mail)
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Africa - Southern
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Mauritius
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50c
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25c
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Cape Town
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Portuguese East Africa
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- Route 1
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1s 35c
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45c
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Mocambique
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- Route 2
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55c
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25c
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Salisbury
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- Lourenco Marques
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60c
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25c
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Johannesburg
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Africa - Central
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Belgian Congo
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- Katanga Province
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1s 15c
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40c
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Broken Hill to Elizabethville
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- Route 2
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55c
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25c
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Juba
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- Route 3
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45c
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20c
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Uganda or Dodoma
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Africa - Western
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French Guinea, Senegal
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2s 5c
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60c
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Marseilles to Dakar
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Gambia, Gold Coast, Sierra Leone
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1s 95c
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60c
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Marseilles to Dakar
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Africa - Northern
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Algeria, Morocco, Tunis
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1s 20c
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40c
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Marseilles
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Middle East
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Syria, Transjordan
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60c
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25c
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Cairo
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Asia
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British North Borneo
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1s 30c
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40c
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Singapore
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China, Japan
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1s 40c
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45c
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Singapore
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Oceania (Fiji, New Caledonia, Papua, New Guinea, Solomons etc)
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1s 90c
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60c
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Australia
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New Zealand
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1s 90c
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60c
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Sydney
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America - North
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Canada
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65c
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30c
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London
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USA
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70c
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30c
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London
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- Airmail in USA
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1s 35c
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45c
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London. Airmail in USA
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Mexico
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1s 95c
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60c
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London. Airmail from USA
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America - Central
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Costa Rica
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2s 60c
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75c
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London. Airmail from USA
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Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Salvador
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2s 15c
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65c
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London. Airmail from USA
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America - Caribbean
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Bahamas, Jamaica
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1s 85c
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60c
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London. Airmail from USA
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Barbados, Leeward Islands, Trinidad, Windward Islands
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2s 50c
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75c
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London. Airmail from USA
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Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Puerto Rico
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1s 95c
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60c
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London. Airmail from USA
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America - South
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Bolivia, Chile, Peru
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4s 50c
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1s 20c
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London. Airmail from USA
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Brazil
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5s 40c
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1s 45c
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London. Airmail from USA
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British Guiana
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3s 45c
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1s
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London. Airmail from USA
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British Honduras
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2s 5c
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65c
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London. Airmail from USA
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Columbia
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4s
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1s 10c
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London. Airmail from USA
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Ecuador, Dutch and French Guiana, Venezuela
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3s 55c
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1s
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London. Airmail from USA
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