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Postal Rates Great Britain
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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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1½d
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Each additional 2 oz = ½d
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- Post card
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1d
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- Printed paper per 2 oz
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½d
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Maximum 2 lbs. Late fee = ½d
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- Samples first 4 oz
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1d
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Each additional 2 oz = ½d. Maximum 8 ozs
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- Newspapers first 6 oz
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1d
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Each additional 6 oz = ½d. Maximum 2 lbs
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- Certificate of posting
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½d
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- Parcels
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To 30/6/35: <2 lbs = 6d; 2-5 lbs = 9d; 5-8 lbs = 1s; 8-11 lbs = 1s 3d
From 1/7/35: <3 lbs = 6d; 3-4 lbs = 7d; 4-5 lbs = 8d; 5-6 lbs = 9d;
6-7 lbs = 10d; 7-8 lbs = 11d; 8-15 lbs = 1/-
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- Compensation fee for loss or damage
of postal item - for first £5
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3d
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Included in base Registration fee. £5-£20 = 4d. If additional compensation required. Each additional £20 = 1d. Maximum compensation = £400
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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. Included BPO Morocco, Egypt, HM Ships, USA
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- Post card
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1d
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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. Included Iraq and Transjordan
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- Post card
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1½d
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Rates applicable to Empire & Foreign
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- Printed papers per 2 ounces (oz)
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½d
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Minimum 1d. Foreign weight max = 4 lbs; Empire weight max = 5lbs
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- Commercial papers first 10 oz
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2½d
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Each additional 2 oz = ½d.
Foreign weight max = 4 lbs; Empire weight max = 5lbs
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- Samples first 4 os
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1d
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Each additional 2 oz = ½d. Maximum weight = 1 lb
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- Small packet first 10 oz
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5d
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Each additional 2 oz = 1d. Maximum weight = 2 lbs
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- Special Canadian Magazine rate
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< 6 ozs = 1d; 6 oz - 1½lbs = 1½d;
Each additional ½lbs = ½d to maximum of 5 lbs
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- Insured Mail - first £12
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5d
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Each additional £12 = 2d. Maximum insurance = £400
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Parcel Post (rate per ½ lb)
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- Sudan and Egypt
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2s 3d
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- Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika
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3s
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- Northern and Southern Rhodesia
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3s 6d
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- South Africa
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3s 6d
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Airmail
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- Inland: - letter
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Same rate as surface i.e. 1½d first 2 ozs, ½d each additional oz
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- Post card
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Same rate as surface i.e. 1d
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- Out of Country
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Europe - letter first oz
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4d
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Each additional oz = 3d. Includes Turkey and European Russia
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- postcard
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2½d
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Mail carried by air to Brindisi (passengers by train)
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Mail carried by air to Brindisi (passengers by train)
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Other (applicable to all)
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- Registration fee
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3d
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- Advice of receipt
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3d
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At time of posting and also after posting
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- Express rate
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6d
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- Literature for the Blind
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<2 lbs = ½d; 2-5 lbs = 1d; 5-8 lbs = 1½d; 8-11 lbs = 2d
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Notes:
Postage due rates calculated as 10 centimes = 1d. Deficiency charged double rate
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Airmail Rates to Africa and the Middle East 
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Destination
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Letters
per ½ oz
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Postcards
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Notes
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Africa - North
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Egypt, Sudan
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3d
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2d
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Parcels per ½ lb = 2s 3d. PCS**
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Libya
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5d
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3d
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PCS**
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Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia
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6d
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3d
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Via France. Printed papers per ½ oz = 2d
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Africa - West
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Gold Coast, Nigeria
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6d
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3d
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From 9 Feb 1936
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Gambia, Sierra Leone
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9d
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5d
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Printed & commercial papers, samples per ½ oz = 4d
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Liberia
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2s
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9d
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Ivory Coast, Senegal
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10d
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5d
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Via France. Printed papers etc per ½ oz = 4d
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French Equatorial Africa (FEA),
French Guinea (FG)
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1s 3d
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7d
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Via France. FG: Printed papers etc per ½ oz = 4d
FEA: Printed papers etc per ½ oz = 5d
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Africa - Central
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Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika, Nyasaland, Zanzibar, Mauritius
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6d
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3d
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Parcel post to KUT & Zanzibar per ½ lb = 3s
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Belgian Congo - Imperial Air
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8d
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4d
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6d each additional oz. PCS**
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- Via France
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1s 3d
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7d
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Printed papers etc per ½ oz = 5d
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- Internal air service
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3d
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2d
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Additional amount
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Africa - Southern
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Rhodesias, South Africa
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6d
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3d
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Parcel post per ½lb = 3s 6d
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Portuguese East Africa
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10d
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5d
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PCS**
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Madagascar
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2s
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9d
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PCS**
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Middle East
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Iran, Iraq, Palestine, Syria, Transjordan
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3d
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2d
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PCS**
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Bahrein
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6d
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3d
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PCS**
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Notes:
(PCS)** = Rates for Printed papers, Commercial papers and Samples same as airmail letter rate
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Airmail Rates to Asia and Oceania 
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Destination
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Letters
per ½ oz
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Postcards
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Notes
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Asia
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Brunei, Burma, Ceylon, Hong Kong (via Singapore), India, North Borneo, Sarawak, Straits Settlements
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6d
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3d
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PCS**
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China (via Singapore), Phillipines, Siam
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11d
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5d
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PCS**
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Dutch East Indies, Japan, Russia in Asia
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1s
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6d
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PCS**
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French Indo China
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1s 4d
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8d
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Printed and Commercial papers, Samples per ½ ozs = 3d
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Oceania
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Australia, Fiji, New Caledonia, New , Guinea, New Zealand, Papua, British Solomons
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1s 3d
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6d
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PCS**
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Notes:
(PCS)** = Rates for Printed papers, Commercial papers and Samples same as airmail letter rate
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Airmail Rates to Caribbean, North and Central America 
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Destination
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Letters
per ½ oz
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Postcards
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Notes
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Caribbean
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Bahamas
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5
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3
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Cuba
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6
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3
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Jamaica
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8
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4
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Dominican Republic, Haiti, Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Trinidad, Windward Islands
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1s 3d
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7d
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Leeward Islands (Antigua, Dominica, Montserrat,
Nevis, St. Kitts)
Windward Islands (Grenada, St. Lucia, St. Vincent)
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North America
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Canada and Newfoundland
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2d
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2d
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Ship to Canada + Airmail from Rimouski to Montreal
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United States of America
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5d
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3d
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Mexico
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10d
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5d
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Central America
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Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador
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1s 3d
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7d
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Airmail Rates to South America 
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Ship + Airmail
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Air via France
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Air via Germany
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Air via USA
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Destination
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Letters
per ½ oz
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Postcard
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Letters
per ½ oz
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Postcard
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Letters
per ½ oz
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Postcard
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Columbia
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1s 3d
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7d
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2s
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1s
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Guiana (British, French, Dutch), Venezuela
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1s 9d
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10d
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Brazil
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3s 6d
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1s 9d
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3s 6d
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1s 9d
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2s 9d
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1s 4d
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Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay
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4s
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2s
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4s
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2s
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Ecuador
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4s
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2s
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1s 9d
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10d
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Bolivia, Peru
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4s
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2s
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4s
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2s
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2s 3d
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1s
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Chile
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4s
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2s
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4s
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2s
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2s 9d
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1s 4d
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Rates for Printed Papers, Commercial Papers and Samples per ½ oz
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Ship + Airmail
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Air via France
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Air via Germany
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Brazil
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10d
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3s 6d
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3s 6d
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Ecuador
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1s
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4s
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Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay
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1s
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4s
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4s
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Notes:
1) Ship + Airmail = Mail sent trans-Atlantic by ship and then onward by air
2) Air via France = French airmail service. Air to Dakar, Fast boat trans-Atlantic and then onward by air
3) Air via Germany = Graf Zeppelin or Deutsche Lufthansa South trans-Atlantic airmail service
4) Air via USA = North Atlantic catapult airmail service Europe to New York and then onward by air
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