Postal Rates Falkland Islands
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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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Reply postcard = 2d
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- Printed paper first 4 oz
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1d
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Each additional 2 oz = ½d. Maximum weight 2 lbs
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Empire
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- Letter per oz
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1d
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- Post card
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1d
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Reply postcard = 2d
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- Printed paper 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 = 2½d
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- Patterns or samples per 2 oz
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½d
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Minimum rate = 1d
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- Small packet per 2 oz
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1½d
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Minimum rate 6d
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Foreign
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- Letter first oz
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2½d
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Each additional oz = 1½d
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- Post card
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1½d
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Reply postcard = 3d
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- Printed paper 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 = 2½d
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- Patterns or samples per 2 oz
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½d
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Minimum rate = 1d
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- Small packet per 2 oz
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1½d
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Minimum rate 6d
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Airmail
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No airmail service in 1935
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Parcel Post
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- Inland parcels
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<2 lbs = 9d; 2-5 lbs = 1s; 5-8 lbs = 1s 3d; 8-11 lbs = 1s 6d; 11-22 lbs = 3s
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- To Great Britain
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<3 lbs = 1s 9d; 3-7 lbs = 3s 3d; 7-11 lbs = 4s 6d; 11-22 lbs = 8s
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Other
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- Registration fee
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3d
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- Insurance fee
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<£12 = 5d; £12-£24 = 7d; £24-£36 = 9d; £36-£48 = 11d; £50 = 1s 1d
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- Literature for the Blind per lb
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½d
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Maximum weight 6 lbs
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