Postal Rates Canada
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Descriptor
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Rate
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Commentary
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Inland
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- Letters - unsealed
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1c
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- drop letter local first oz
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2c
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Each additional oz = 1c
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- regular first ounce (oz)
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3c
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Each additional oz = 2c
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- Post card
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2c
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Reply postcard = 2c
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- Books and Samples per 2 oz
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1c
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- Registration fee for indemnities
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<$25 = 10c; $26-$50 = 20c; $51-$75 = 30c; $76-$100 = 40c
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- C.O.D. for collections
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<$50 = 15c; $50-$100 = 30c
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Empire
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- Letter first oz
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3c
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Each additional oz = 2c. Included France, Spain, North & South America
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- Post card
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2c
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Included France, Spain, North & South America
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- Printed matter per 2 oz
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1c
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- Commercial papers first 10 oz
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5c
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Each additional 2 oz = 1c
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- Samples for first 4 oz
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2c
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Each additional 2 oz = 1c
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Foreign
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- Letter first oz
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5c
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Each additional oz = 3c
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- Post card
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3c
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- Printed matter per 2 oz
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1c
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USA = 2c per 4 oz
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- Commercial papers first 10 oz
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5c
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Each additional 2 oz = 1c
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- Samples for first 4 oz
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2c
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Each additional 2 oz = 1c. Mexico & USA = 1c per 2 oz
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Airmail
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See Groups below
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- Group 1 - letters first oz
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6c
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Each additional oz = 5c
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- Group 2 - letters per oz
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6c
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per oz
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- Group 3 - letters per ½ oz
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10c
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per ½ oz
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- Group 4 - letters to 30 June 1935
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35c
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per ½ oz
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- letters from 1 July 1935
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25c
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per ½ oz
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- Group 5 - letters to 30 June 1935
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55c
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per ½ oz
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- letters from 1 July 1935
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50c
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per ½ oz
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- Group 6 - letters to 30 June 1935
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85
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per ½ oz
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- letters from 1 July 1935
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70
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per ½ oz
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- Group 7
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35c
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per ½ oz
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Parcel Post
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- Inland parcels
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Variable rate based on distance. Weight limit 15 lbs
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- Empire parcels
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Variable rate based on distance and routing. Weight limit 15 lbs
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- Foreign parcels
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Variable rate based on distance and routing. Weight limit 15 lbs
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- Insurance - Inland
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<$50 = no fee; $51-$100 = 12c
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- Empire
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<$50 = 12c; $51-$100 = 30c
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- USA
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<$5 = 3c; $5-$25 = 6c; $25-50 = 12c; $50-$100 = 30c
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- All other countries
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<$50 = 12c; $51-$100 = 30c
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Other
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- Registration fee
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10c
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- Advice of delivery
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10c
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20c if requested after time of posting
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- Literature for the blind
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Canada, Newfoundland, Mexico, USA free. Weight limit 11 lbs
All other countries = 1c per 2 lbs
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Notes:
Group 1: Canada, Great Britain, Irish Free State, Newfoundland, any other place in North America not part of Group 2
Group 2: Bermuda, USA
Group 3: Europe except places mentioned in Group 1
Group 4: Africa, Asia, British Guiana, Central America, Cuba, Mexico, West Indies
Group 5: South America (Columbia, Dutch Guiana, Ecuador, French Guiana, Venezuela)
Group 6: South America (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay)
Group 7: Australia, New Guinea, New Zealand, Papua, South Pacific Islands
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