Postal Rates - Jamaica
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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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Post Cards, reply paid = 1d
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- Newspapers/Local magazines
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½d
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Cost per copy
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- Other printed matter per 2 oz
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½d
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- Small packets per 2 oz
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1d
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Maximum 8 ozs
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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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Post Cards, reply paid = 2d
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- Newspapers/Printed Matter 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 charge = 2½d
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- Samples per 2 oz
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½d
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Minimum charge = 1d
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- Small packets per 2 oz
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1½d
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Minimum charge = 6d
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- Literature for the Blind per 2lb 3oz
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½d
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Maximum 6 lbs 9 ozs
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Foreign
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- Letter for 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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Post Cards, reply paid = 2d
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- Newspapers/Printed Matter 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 charge = 2½d
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- Samples per 2 oz
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½d
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Minimum charge = 1d
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- Small packets per 2 oz
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1½d
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Minimum charge = 6d
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- Literature for the Blind per 2lb 3oz
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½d
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Maximum 6 lbs 9 ozs
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Airmail
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Surcharge in addition to regular letter rate per ½ oz
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- Great Britain, USA
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7d
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- Canal Zone
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8d
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- Canada
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9½d
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- Europe
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11d
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Parcel Post
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- Inland parcels per pound (lb)
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4d
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Maximum 11 lbs
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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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Other
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- Registration fee
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2d
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- Advice of delivery
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2d
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- Insurance Fee (letters only) per £12
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5d
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Notes
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