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Postal Rates Nyasaland
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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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1d
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- Post card
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1d
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- Newspapers first 4 oz
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½d
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Each additional 2 oz = ½d
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- Printed paper per 2 oz
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½d
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Minimum rate = 1d
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- Commercial papers first 4 oz
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2½d
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4-6 oz = 3d; each additional 2 ozs = 1d
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- Sample packets per 2 oz
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½d
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Minimum rate = ½d. Maximum weight 5 lbs
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- Literature for the blind
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To June 1935 = ½d per 2lbs;
From July 1935. ½d first 2lbs, then ½d per 3 lbs
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Empire
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(Includes Mocambique)
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- Letter first ounce
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2d
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1½d each additional oz
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- Post card
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1½d
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- Newspapers/printed matter per 2 oz
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½d
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- Commercial papers per 2 oz
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½d
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Minimum rate = 3d
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- Samples per 2 oz
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½d
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Minimum rate = 1d
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Foreign
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- Letter first ounce (oz)
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3d
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2d each additional oz
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- Post card
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1½d
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- Newspapers per 2 oz
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½d
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- Commercial papers per 2 oz
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½d
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Minimum rate = 3d
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- Samples per 2 oz
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½d
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Minimum rate = 1d
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- Literature for the blind
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To June ½d per 2 lbs; From July ½d first 2 lbs then ½d each additional 3lbs
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Airmail -
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Other
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- Registration fee
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4d
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- Advice of delivery
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4d
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- Express rate
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6d
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Notes
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Airmail rates Nyasaland 
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To 31 May 1935
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From 1 June 1935
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Destination
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Letters
per ½oz
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Postcards
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Parcels
per ½lb
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Letters
per ½oz
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Postcards
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Parcels
per ½lb
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AFRICA
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South Africa
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7d
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3½d
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2s 6d
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6d
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3d
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2s 6d
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South West Africa
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7d
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3½d
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3s
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6d
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3d
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3s
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Southern Rhodesia
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4d
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2d
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1s 3d
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4d
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2d
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1s 3d
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Northern Rhodesia
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6d
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3d
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2s 3d
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4d
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2d
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2s 3d
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Mocambique
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11d
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5½d
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Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika
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8d
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4d
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6d
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3d
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2s 6d*
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Zanzibar
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6d
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3d
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2s 6d*
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Madagascar
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1s 6d
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9d
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1s 6d
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9d
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Belgian Congo
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1s
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6d
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- South
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9d
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4½d
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- West
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2s
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1s
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Sudan
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10d
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5d
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9d
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4½d
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Gold Coast, Nigeria
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9d
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4½d
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Gambia, Sierra Leone
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1s 10d
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11d
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1s 10d
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11d
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French Equatorial Africa
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1s 11d
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11½d
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2s
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1s
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Egypt
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11d
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5½d
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9d
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4½d
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Algeria
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1s 5d
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8½d
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1s 6d
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9d
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Morocco, Tunisia
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1s 5d
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8½d
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1s 5d
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8½d
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EUROPE
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Great Britain, N. Ireland, Eire
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9d
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4½d
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4s 6d
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7d
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3½d
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1s**
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Europe
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1s 2d
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7d
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1s
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6d
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Russia in Europe
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1s 5d
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8½d
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1s 5d
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8½d
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* = Parcel weight maximum of 11 lbs. ** = Parcel weight maximum of 22 lbs
Airmail rates Nyasaland (continued) 
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To 31 May 1935
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From 1 June 1935
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Destination
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Letters
per ½oz
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Postcards
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Letters
per ½oz
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Postcards
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MIDDLE EAST
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Iraq, Persia (Iran)
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1s 2d
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7d
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1s 1d
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6½d
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Palestine
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1s 1d
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6½d
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1s
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6d
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ASIA
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Burma
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1s 8d
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10d
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1s 6d
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9d
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China*
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2s
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1s
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Hong Kong
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1s 11d
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11½d
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1s 11d
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11½d
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India & Ceylon - to Karachi**
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1s 1d
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6½d
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1s
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6d
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- to Madras**
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1s 4d
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8d
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1s 2d
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7d
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- to Delhi
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1s 4d
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8d
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1s 2d
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7d
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- to Calcutta
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1s 7d
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9½d
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1s 2d
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7d
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Japan & Korea
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2s
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1s
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Macao & South China*
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2s
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1s
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2s
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1s
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Malaya, Straits Settlements, Dutch East Indies
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1s 11d
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11½d
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1s 9d
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10½d
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Phillipines
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2s
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1s
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Russia in Asia
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2s 2d
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1s 1d
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1s 10d
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11d
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Siam
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1s 10d
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11d
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1s 9d
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10½d
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OCEANIA
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Australia/New Zealand - via steamer from South Africa
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9d
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4½d
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Australia/New Zealand
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1s 5d
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8½d
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1s 10d
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11d
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British Solomons, Fiji, New Guinea, New Caledonia, Papua
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1s 10d
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11d
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* = South China to 31 May. All China from 1 June ** = Routes for Ceylon
Airmail rates Nyasaland (continued) 
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To 31 May 1935
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From 1 June 1935
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Destination
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Letters
per ½oz
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Postcards
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Letters
per ½oz
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Postcards
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NORTH & CENTRAL AMERICA
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Canada
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1s 4d
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8d
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1s 4d
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8d
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Mexico, Central America
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1s 11d
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11½d
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1s 10d
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11d
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Panama, Costa Rica
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2s 5d
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1s 2½d
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2s 3d
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1s 1½d
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USA
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1s 5d
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8½d
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1s 4d
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8d
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CARIBBEAN
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Bahamas
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1s 4d
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8d
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1s 4d
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8d
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Cuba
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1s 5d
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8½d
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1s 4d
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8d
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Dominican Republic, Haiti, Honduras, Puerto Rico
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1s 8d
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10d
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1s 10d
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11d
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Jamaica
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1s 7d
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9½d
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1s 9d
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10½d
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Leeward and Winward Islands, Barbados, Trinidad & Tobago
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2s 4d
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1s 2d
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2s 2d
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1s 1d
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SOUTH AMERICA
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Argentina -via France/Germany
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5s 2d
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2s 7d
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5s 8d
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2s 10d
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Bolivia, Chile - Fr./Germany
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5s 2d
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5s 8d
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2s 10d
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Bolivia, Chile - via New York
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3s 11d
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1s 11½d
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Brazil - via France/Germany
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4s 8d
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2s 4d
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4s 11d
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2s 5½d
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- via New York
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3s 11d
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1s 11½d
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Columbia (via New York)
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3s 2d
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1s 7d
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3s 2d
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1s 7d
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Paraguay, Uruguay
- via France/Germany
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5s 2d
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2s 7d
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5s 8d
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2s 10d
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Peru - via France/Germany
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5s 8d
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2s 10d
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- via New York
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3s 5d
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1s 8½d
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3s 5d
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1s 8½d
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Venezuela, Ecuador, Guianas
- via New York
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2s 11d
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1s 5½d
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2s 9d
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1s 4½d
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