Barbados Postal Rates
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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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½d
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Reply postcard = ½d
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- Printed papers, Commercial
documents, Patterns & Samples,
Small packets per 4 oz
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½d
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Maximum weight 4 lbs
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- Newspapers per 6 oz
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½d
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Maximum weight 4 lbs
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- Literature for the blind per 2½ lbs
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½d
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Maximum weight 11 lbs
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- Registration fee
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2d
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Empire
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- Letter for first ounce
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1½d
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Each additional oz = 1d
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- Post card
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1d
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Reply postcard = 2d
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- Printed papers, Commercial
documents per 2 ozs
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½d
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Minimum charge 2½d for first 10 oz. Maximum weight 5 lbs
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- Patterns and Samples first 4 oz
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1d
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Each additional 2 oz = ½d. Maximum weight 5 lbs
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- Small packets per 2 oz
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1d
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Minimum charge 5d. Maximum weight 5 lbs
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- Newspapers per 2 oz
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½d
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Maximum weight 5 lbs
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- Literature for the blind per 2½ lbs
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½d
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Maximum weight 11 lbs
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- Registration fee
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3d
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Foreign
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- Letter first ounce (oz)
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2½d
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Each additional oz = 1½d
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- Post card
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1d
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Reply post cards = 2d
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- Printed papers, Commercial
documents per 2 oz
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½d
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Minimum charge 2½d for first 10 oz. Maximum weight 4 lbs
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- Patterns and Samples first 4 oz
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1d
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Each additional 2 oz = ½d. Maximum weight 4 lbs
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- Small packets per 2 oz
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1d
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Minimum charge 5d. Maximum weight 4 lbs
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- Newspapers per 2 oz
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½d
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Maximum weight 4 lbs
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- Literature for the blind per 2½ lbs
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½d
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Maximum weight 11 lbs
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- Registration fee
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3d
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Airmail
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Airmail letters from Barbados are known but limited rates are available
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Egypt, KUT, South Africa, Zanzibar
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7½d
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2nd oz 1s 2½d
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Parcel Post
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- Inland parcels
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<1 lb = 4d; then 2d per ½ lb to maximum of 5 lbs
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- Bermuda, British Guiana, British
West Indies
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<3 lbs = 1s; 3-7 lbs = 2s; 7-11 lbs = 3s; 11-22 lbs = 5s (British Guiana and Jamaica not included)
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- Great Britain
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<3 lbs = 2s; 3-7 lbs = 3s 3d; 7-11 lbs = 4s 3d; 11-22 lbs = 6s 9d
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- Other countries and colonies
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Variable rates
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- Insurance
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£12 = 5d; Each additional £12 to max of £60 = 2½d
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Other
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- Advice of delivery
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2½d
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Notes
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