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Postal Rates Straits Settlements
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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 first 2 ounces (oz)
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5c
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Each additional oz = 1c. (Includes Federated Malay States, Johore, Kedah, Perlis, Kelantan, Trengganu, North Borneo, Sarawak, Brunei, Labuan)
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- Post card
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2c
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Includes above places
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- Printed papers per 2 oz
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2c
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- Sample post first oz
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5c
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Each additional oz = 1c. Includes above places
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- Registered newspapers per 5 oz
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2c
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Includes above places
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Empire
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- Letter first ounce
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8c
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Each additional oz = 4c
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- Post card
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4c
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Foreign
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- Letter first ounce (oz)
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12c
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Each additional oz = 6c
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- Post card
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6c
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- Printed paper per oz
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2c
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Minimum rate = 4c
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Airmail
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Other
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- Registration fee
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15c
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- Late fee
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10c
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If items registered at Singapore/Penang GPO <1 hr of closing = 20c;
1-1½ hrs after closing = 30c; 1½-2 hrs after closing = 40c
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- Advice of delivery at time of posting
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12c
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After posting: Till 30 June = 24c; After 1 July = 16c
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- Express delivery
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30c
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Notes
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Airmail rates Straits Settlements for Pacifica, Asia and Middle East 
These are Air Fee rates and are in addition to surface rates (charged per ounce)
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Letters (per ½ oz)
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Postcards
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via I.A.
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via KLM
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via I.A.
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via KLM
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Pacific
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Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, Papua, New Guinea
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25c
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15c
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Netherland East Indies
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16c (a)
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8c (a)
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Asia
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Siam
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3c
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2c
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India
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10c
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5c
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India - to 31/7/35
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12c
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5c
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- from 1/8/35
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10c
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5c
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Middle East
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Iraq
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25c
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30c
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15c
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Palestine
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30c
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15c
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Syria
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30c
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35c
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15c
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18c
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Notes:
(a) = Routing via Qantas airlines
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Airmail rates Straits Settlements for Europe and Africa 
These are Air Fee rates and are in addition to surface rates (charged per ounce)
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Letters (per ½ oz)
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Postcards
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via I.A.
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via KLM
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via I.A.
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via KLM
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Europe
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Great Britain (NB: Inclusive rate)
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25c
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15c
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Europe
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35c
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45c
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20c
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21c
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European Russia
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35c
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20c
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Africa
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Egypt
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30c
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35c
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15c
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18c
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Sudan
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40c
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20c
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Gambia, Senegal, Sierra Leone
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85c
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45c
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Nigeria
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70c
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20c
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Belgian Congo
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55c
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30c
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Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika, Zanzibar
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45c
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55c
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25c
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30c
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Northern Rhodesia
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35c
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70c
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20c
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Southern Rhodesia, Nyasaland
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50c
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70c
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25c
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South Africa, South West Africa, Bechuanaland, Swaziland
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55c
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80c
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30c
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40c
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Airmail rates Straits Settlements for the Americas and Caribbean 
These are Air Fee rates and are in addition to surface rates (charged per ounce)
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Letters (per ½ oz)
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Postcards
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via I.A.
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via KLM
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via I.A.
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via KLM
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North America
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United States of America
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60c
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30c
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Mexico
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80c
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40c
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Caribbean
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Bahamas, Barbados, Jamaica
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70c
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35c
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Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Puerto Rico
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80c
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40c
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Leeward Islands, Trinidad & Tobago, Windward Islands
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95c
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50c
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Central America
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British Honduras
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75c
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40c
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El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua
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85c
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45c
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Costa Rica, Panama
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$1.05
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55c
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South America
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British Guiana
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$1.25
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65c
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Dutch Guiana, Ecuador, French Guiana, Venezuela
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$1.35
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70c
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Columbia
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$1.50
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75c
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Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Falklands Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay
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$2.00
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