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Postal Rates - Cayman 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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½d
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- Post card
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¼d
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- Printed and Commercial papers,
Samples, books per oz
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½d
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- Registration fee
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1d
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Empire
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- Letter 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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- Commercial material per 2 oz
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½d
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Includes Printed and Commercial papers, samples, books. Minimum = 1d
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- Registration fee
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2d
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- Advice of Receipt
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2½d
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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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- Commercial material per 2 oz
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½d
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Includes Printed and Commercial papers, samples, books. Minmum = 1d
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- Registration fee
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2d
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- Advice of Receipt
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2½d
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Mail transported by sea to Kingston (aboard M.S. Cimboco). Must be posted at least 30 minutes prior to sailing time.
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Parcel Post
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- British West Indies (BWI)
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<3 lbs = 1s; 3-7 lbs = 2s; 7-11 lbs = 3s; 11-22 lbs* = 5s
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- Canada per lb
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6d
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Maximum weight 20 lbs
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- USA and Canal Zone per lb
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6d
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Maximum weight 11 lbs
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- Great Britain
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<3lbs = 1s 7d; 3-7 lbs = 2s 10d; 7-11 lbs = 4s: 11-22 lbs = 6s 6d
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Notes:
* = 11-22 lbs parcel rate for BWI applies only to Antigua, British Guiana, Grenada, Trinidad, St. Vincent and Bermuda
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Airmail Rates - Cayman Islands 
Airmail effective 26 July `1935
via Kingston, Jamaica
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Destination
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Letters
per ½oz
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CARIBBEAN
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Bahamas
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1s 5d
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Barbados, Leeward Islands
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11d
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Bermuda
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6½d
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Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Puerto Rico
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6d
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Curacao
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1s 4d
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NORTH AMERICA
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Canada, United States of America
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6½d
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Mexico
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1s 2d
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CENTRAL AMERICA
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Canal Zone
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8d
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Honduras, Nicaragua
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1s 2d
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SOUTH AMERICA
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British Honduras, Colombia
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1s 2d
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Venezuela
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1s 4d
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EUROPE
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Great Britain
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6½d
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Germany
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11½d
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ASIA and PACIFIC
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Japan
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6½d
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