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Postal Rates South Africa
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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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See note 1
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- Post card
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½d
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See note 1
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- Books, Printed matter per 2 oz
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½d
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- Newspapers per 4 oz
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½d
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Maximum weight 1 lb
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- Samples per 2 oz
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½d
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Minimum rate 1d to areas in note 1 outside of South Africa
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Empire
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Rate change 1 June 1935
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- Letter per ounce
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1d
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2d/oz
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- Post card
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1d
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1½d
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- Newspapers per 2 oz
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½d
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- Commercial & printed papers per 2oz
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½d
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Included books. Minimum rate commercial papers 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
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3d
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1½d subsequent oz (Between 1/6/35-9/7/35 extra rate 2d/oz)
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- Post card
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1½d
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- Books, Printed papers per 2 oz
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½d
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Minimum rate commercial papers 3d
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- Newspapers per 2 oz
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½d
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- Samples per 2 oz
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½d
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Minimum rate 1d
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Parcel Rates
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- South Africa, Basutoland, Swaziland
South West Africa, Mocambique
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<4 oz = 2d; 4-8 oz = 4d; 8 oz - 1 lb = 6d; each additional lb = 6d
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- Bechuanaland, Nyasaland per lb
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1s
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To remote Post Offices 1s 3d per lb
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- Southern Rhodesia per lb
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1s 1d
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- Northern Rhodesia per lb
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1s 3d
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13s 9d per 11 lbs
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- Britain and select countries per lb
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9d
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See note 2
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- British East Africa per lb
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1s 6d
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8s 6d per 11 lbs
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- Germany, Holland direct per 2 lbs
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1s 6d
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6s 9d per 11 lbs
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Other
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- Registered mail
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4d
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- Express rate
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6d
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- Braille items
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<3lbs - ½d; 3-7lbs 1d; 7-11 lbs 1½d
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Notes:
1 = Mail within South Africa, Basutoland, Bechuanaland, Swaziland, South West Africa, the Rhodesias, Mocambique
2 = Great Britain, India, Australia, New Zealand, Ceylon, The United States of America, japan
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Airmail rates - South Africa 
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Destination
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Letters
Per ½oz
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Postcards
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Air Parcels
Per ½lb
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Africa - Southern
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Basutoland
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1½d
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1d
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Bechuanaland
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1½d
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1d
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Mocambique
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10d
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5d
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Northern Rhodesia
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4d
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2d
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1s 6d
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Nyasaland
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6d
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3d
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South Africa
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1½d
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1d
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9d
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South West Africa (see also note 1)
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1½d
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1d
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1s 3d
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Southern Rhodesia
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4d
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2d
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1s 6d
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Swaziland
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1½d
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1d
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Africa - Central
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Angola, Belgium Congo via Broken Hill
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4d
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2d
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Angola, Belgian Congo via Nairobi
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5d
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2½d
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Africa - Eastern
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Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika, Zanzibar
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5d
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2½d
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2s
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Madagascar
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1s 3d
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7d
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Africa - Western
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Gambia, Gold Coast, Sierra Leone
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1s
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French Guinea, French West Africa
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1s 9d*
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10½d
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Africa - Northern
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Algeria, Morocco, Tunis
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1s 3d*
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Egypt
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9d
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4½d
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Sudan
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7d
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3½d
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French Somaliland
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1s 9d*
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10½d
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Europe
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Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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6d
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3d
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3s 6d
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Europe
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1s
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6d
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Russia
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1s 3d
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7½d
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Middle East
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Iraq, Syria, Transjordan
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9d
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4½d
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Asia and Oceania
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China via Cairo and Saigon
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1s 9d
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10½d
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Dutch East Indies
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1s 9d
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10½d
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India - to Karachi
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1s
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6d
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India - to Delhi
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1s 3d
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7½d
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Korea and Japan via Moscow
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1s 9d
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10½d
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Malaya, Siam
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1s 6d
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9d
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Russia
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2s
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1s
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Australia and New Zealand
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1s 8d
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10d
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America - North
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Canada
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1s 3d
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7½d
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USA
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1s 3d
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7½d
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America - Central
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1s 9d
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10½d
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Honduras
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1s 9d
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10½d
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Costa Rica
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2s 3d
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1s 1½d
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Nicaragua
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1s 9d
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10½d
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Panama
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2s 3d
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1s 1½d
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Salvador
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1s 9d
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10½d
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America - Caribbean
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Bahamas
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1s 3d
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7½d
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Cuba
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1s 3d
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7½d
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Jamaica
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1s 6d
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9d
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Leeward Islands, Windward Is
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2s 3d
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1s 1½d
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America - South (via Dakar)
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Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay
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5s
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2s 6d
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Brazil
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4s 6d
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2s 3d
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Columbia
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3s
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1s 6d
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Ecuador, British and French Guiana, Venezuela
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2s 9d
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1s 4½d
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Peru
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3s 3d
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1s 7½d
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Note:
1 = South West Africa airmail parcel rate. By surface to Kimberley, thence by air = 9d
* = Via France and French airline related companies
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