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Postal Rates Southern Rhodesia
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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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Same rates for SA Postal Union
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- Post card within Southern Rhodesia
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½d
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for SA Postal Union
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1d
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- Commercial & Printed paper per oz
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½d
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Minimum rate 1d for SA Postal Union
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- Newspaper - From SR (first 8 oz)
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½d
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8-16 oz = 1d. Special rate for newspaper made, registered, published and printed in Southern Rhodesia = ½d to maximum of 7 lbs
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Empire
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- Letter per ounce
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2d
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Includes Egypt and Palestine
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- Post card
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1½d
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- Printed paper per oz
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½d
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Minimum rate 2d
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Foreign
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- Letter first ounce (oz)
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3d
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Each additional oz = 2d
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- Post card
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1½d
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- Printed paper per oz
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½d
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Minimum rate 3d
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Parcel Post
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- Southern Rhodesia first 1 lb
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9d
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Each additional lb = 3d. Maximum weight 11 lbs
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- Northern Rhodesia
(Excludes North East Rhodesia)
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< 3 lbs = 1s 3d; 3-7 lbs = 2s 6d; 7-11 lbs = 4s
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- Bechuanaland per lb
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9d
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Minimum rate = 1s
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- South Africa per lb
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1s 1d
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- Mocambique first lb
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1s 7d
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Each additional lb = 10d
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- To select countries per lb
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1s 4d
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Via Cape Town to Great Britain, South West Africa, India, Australia, Japan. Maximum weight = 11 lbs
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Other
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- Registration fee
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4d
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- Advice of receipt
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3d
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- Late fee
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1d
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2d if posted on train,unless sender's name and address written on reverse
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- Literature for the Blind per 2 lbs
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½d
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Maximum 11 lbs
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Notes:
SA (Southern African) Postal Union = Basutoland, Bechuanaland, Mocambique, Northern Rhodesia, South Africa, South West Africa, Southern Rhodesia, Swaziland
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Airmail Rates Southern Rhodesia 
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Destination
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Letters
Per ½oz
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Postcards
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Notes
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Africa - Southern
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Bechuanaland
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4d
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2d
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Mocambique
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9d
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4½d
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From 1/10/35: Letters 4d per ½oz; Postcards 2d. Parcels 1s per ½lb
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Northern Rhodesia
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4d
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2d
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Nyasaland
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4d
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2d
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South Africa
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4d
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2d
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South West Africa
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4d
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2d
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Southern Rhodesia
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4d
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2d
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Africa - Central
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Angola and Belgian Congo
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7d
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3½d
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Africa - Eastern
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Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika, Zanzibar
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6d
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3d
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Beira
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4d
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2d
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From 3 October 1935.
Parcels = 1s per ½ lb
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Madagascar
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1s 3d
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7½d
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Africa - Western
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British and French Territories
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1s 8d
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10d
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Africa - Northern
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Algeria, Morocco, Tunis
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1s 2d
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7d
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Egypt, Sudan
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6d
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3d
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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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Irish Free State
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6d
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3d
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Europe
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11d
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5½d
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Letters 10d each additional ½oz
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European Russia
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1s 2d
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7d
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Middle East
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Iraq, Palestine, Persia
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11d
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5½d
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Asia
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Burma
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7d
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3½d
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China, Hong Kong (via Saigon)
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1s 9d
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10½d
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Dutch East Indies
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1s 8d
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10d
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India
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7d
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3½d
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Indo-China
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1s 9d
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10½d
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Japan, Korea, China (via Siberia)
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2s 5d
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1s 2½d
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Malaya
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7d
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3½d
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Russia in Asia
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1s 11d
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11½d
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Siam
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1s 7d
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9½d
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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, USA
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1s 2d
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7d
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Mexico
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1s 8d
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10d
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America - Central
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Costa Rica
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2s 2d
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1s 1d
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Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Salvador
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1s 8d
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10d
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Panama
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1s 11d
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11½d
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America - Caribbean
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Bahamas
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1s 2d
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7d
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Barbados, Leeward Islands, Trinidad, Windward Islands
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2s 2d
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1s 1d
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Cuba
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1s 2d
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7d
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Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico
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1s 5d
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8½d
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America - South
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Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay
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4s 11d
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2s 5½d
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Brazil
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4s 5d
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2s 2½d
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Columbia
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2s 11d
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1s 5½d
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Ecuador, British and French Guiana, Venezuela
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2s 8d
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1s 4d
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Peru
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3s 2d
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1s 7d
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