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Postal Rates - Australia
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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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2d
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- Post card
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1½d
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- Printed matter per 6 oz
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1d
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Books, periodicals, newspapers officially registered with the Post Office
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- Printed matter per 4 oz
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1d
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Not officially registered with Post Office. Includes printed papers, circulars, newspapers, books
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- Commercial papers, Patterns and
Samples per 2 oz
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1d
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Empire
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- Letter per ounce
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2d
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Includes New Hebrides, Banks and Torre Islands
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- Post card
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1½d
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- Commercial papers, Merchandise,
Samples to New Zealand per 2 oz
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1d
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Includes Fiji and New Zealand Dependencies
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- Commercial papers per 2 oz
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1d
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Minimum rate = 3d
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- Samples per 2 oz
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1d
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Minimum rate = 2d
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- Printed matter per 4 oz
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1d
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- Small packets per 2 oz
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2½d
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Minimum rate = 6d
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Foreign
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- Letter first ounce (oz)
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3d
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Each additional oz = 2d
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- Post card
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2d
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- Commercial papers per 2 oz
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1d
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Minimum rate = 3d
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- Samples per 2 oz
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1d
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Minimum rare = 2d
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- Printed matter per 4 oz
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1d
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- Small packets per 2 oz
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2½d
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Minimum rate = 6d
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Airmail
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- Within Australia surcharge per ½ oz
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3d
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Parcel Post
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Other
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- Registration fee
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3d
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- Late fee
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1d
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- Acknowledgement of Receipt
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3d
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- Express rate
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6d
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- Literature for the blind per 2½ lbs
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1d
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Notes
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Airmail Rates - Australia 
(Inclusive)
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Destination
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Letters
per ½ oz
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Postcards
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ASIA & OCEANIA
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New Zealand
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7d
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Dutch East Indies
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5d
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9d first ½ oz. 8d each additional ½ oz.
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Brunei, Hong Kong, North Borneo, Sarawak, Singapore, Java
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9d
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5d
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Indo-China, Japan, Philippines
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5d
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10d first ½ oz. 9d each additional ½ oz
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Thailand
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1s first ½ oz. 11d each additional ½ oz
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Burma
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1s 1d
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7d
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Ceylon, India
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1s 2d
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7d
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EUROPE & MIDDLE EAST
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Great Britain
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1s 6d
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9d
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Europe - Air to Brindisi then rail to destination
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1s 9d
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9d
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Europe - All air service
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2s 1d
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9d
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Gaza
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1s 6d
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9d
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Iraq, Palestine
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1s 8d
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9d
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AFRICA
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Algeria
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1s 11d
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1s 10d each addiitonal ½ oz
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Belgian Congo
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2s 4d
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1s 2d
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Egypt
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1s 7d
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9d
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Kenya, Uganda & Tanganyika
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2s 3d
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1s 2s
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Nyasaland, Northern and Southern Rhodesia
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2s 5d
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10d
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South Africa
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2s 9d
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1s 5d
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Sudan
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1s 10d
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1s 1d
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AMERICAS
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Canada
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1s 6d
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USA
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1s 7d
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In-State Parcel Post rates - Australia 
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<1 lbs
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1-2 lbs
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2-3 lbs
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3-5 lbs
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5-8 lbs
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8-11 lbs
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Within 30 miles of Office of posting
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6d
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9d
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1s
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1s 3d
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1s 6d
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1s 9d
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Elsewhere within the State
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9d
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1s
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1s 3d
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1s 6d
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2s
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2s 9d
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Out of State
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Varies
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