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Postal Rates - St. Lucia
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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 ounce (oz)
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1d
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Each additional oz = ½d
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- Post card
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½d
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- Newspapers per 6 oz (1 copy)
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½d
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- Book packets per 2 oz
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½d
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- Patterns & Samples per 2 oz
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½d
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Minimum rate = 1d. Maximum weight = 8 oz
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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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- Printed papers 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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- Samples per 2 oz
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½d
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Minimum rate = 1d
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- Small packets per 2 oz
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1d
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Minimum rate = 5d. Maximum weight = 2 lbs
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- Literature for the blind first 2 lbs
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½d
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Each addiitonal 3 lbs (to maximum of 11 lbs) = ½d
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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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1½d
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- Printed papers 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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- Samples per 2 oz
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½d
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Minimum rate = 1d
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- Small packets per 2 oz
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1d
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Minimum rate = 5d. Maximum weight = 2 lbs
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- Literature for the blind first 2 lbs
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½d
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Each addiitonal 3 lbs (to maximum of 11 lbs) = ½d
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- Express delivery to Great Britain
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6d
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Other
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- Registration fee
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3d
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- Advice of delivery
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3d
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- Insured letters, parcels etc first £12
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8d
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Each additional £12 to maximum of £100 = 4d
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Notes
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Airmail Rates - St. Lucia 
(By sea to Antigua or Trinidad - then by air)
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Destination
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Letters
per ½oz
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Postcards
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NORTH AMERICA
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Canada, Mexico, Newfoundland
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1s 6d
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9d
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United States of America
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1s 3d
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7d
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CENTRAL AMERICA
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Canal Zone, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Salvador
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2s
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1s
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CARIBBEAN
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Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Trinidad, US Virgin Islands
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8d
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4d
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Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica
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1s 6d
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9d
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Bahamas, Curacao
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2s
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1s
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SOUTH AMERICA
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British Guiana, Dutch Guiana
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1s 6d
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9d
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British Honduras, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Peru, Venezuela
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2s
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1s
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Brazil
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2s 6d
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1s 3d
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Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay
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3s 6d
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1s 9d
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Parcel Postage rate - St. Lucia 
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Destination
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<3 lbs
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3-7 lbs
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7-11 lbs
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11-20lbs
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11-22 lbs
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Bermuda, British West Indies, British Guiana, British Honduras
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1s
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2s
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3s
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5s
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Canada
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1s
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2s
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3s
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5s
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Great Britain
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1s 9d
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3s 3d
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4s 6d
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7s 3d
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Countries served through Great Britain (amount in addition to British Postage rate)
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1s
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1s 9d
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2s 9d
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4s 9d
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France - direct
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2s
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2s 3d
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2s 9d
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5s 3d
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USA, US Virgin Islands
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Rate first lb = 9d. Each additional lb = 6d.
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US Possessions
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Rate first lb = 1s 3d. Each addiitonal lb = 1s
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