Postal Rates Fiji
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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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2d
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1d each additional oz
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- Local Delivery first oz
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1½d
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1d each additional oz
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- Post card
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1d
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- Printed matter per 4 oz
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½d
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Books, magazines, newspapers
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- Commercial papers per 4 oz
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1d
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- Small packet first 8 oz
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6d
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1½d each additional 2 oz
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Empire
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- Letter first oz
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2d
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1d each additional oz
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- Post card
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1½d
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Reply card 3d
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- Printed matter per 2 oz
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½d
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Books, magazines, newspapers
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- Commercial paper first 12 oz
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3d
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½d each additional 2 oz. Includes documents
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- Small packet first 8 oz
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6d
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1½d each additional 2 oz
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- Samples first 4 oz
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1d
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½d each additional 2 oz
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Foreign
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- Letter first oz
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3d
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1½d each additional oz
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- Post card
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1½d
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Reply card 3d
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- Printed matter per 2 oz
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½d
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Books, magazines, newspapers
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- Commercial paper first 12 oz
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3d
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½d each additional 2 oz. Includes documents
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- Small packet first 8 oz
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6d
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1½d each additional 2 oz
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- Samples first 4 oz
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1d
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½d each additional 2 oz
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Airmail
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- Letters to India per ½ ounce
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1s 6d
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- Letters to GB via Australia per ½ oz
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1s 10½d
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Parcel Post
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- Within Fiji - first 3lbs
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10d
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3-7 lbs = 1s 4d; 7-11 lbs = 2s
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- To Australia & Tonga first lb
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8d
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Each additional lb = 6d. Maximum weight 11 lbs
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- To New Zealand - first 3 lbs
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2s
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3-7 lbs = 3s 4d; 7-11 lbs = 4s 9d
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- To India/Ceylon - first 3 lbs
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2s 5d
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3-7 lbs = 4s 7d; 7-11 lbs = 7s 1d
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- To Canada/USA per lb
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6d
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Maximum weight 11 lbs
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- To GB via Canada - first 3 lbs
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3s 3d
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3-7 lbs = 5s 10d; 7-11 lbs = 8s 6d
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- To GB via New Zealand - first 3 lbs
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2s 9d
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3-7 lbs = 4s 5d; 7-11 lbs = 6s 2d
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- Other countries via GB/Canada
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2s 5d
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3-7 lbs = 4s 6d; 7-11 lbs = 6s 9d + GB postage
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- Other countries via NZ/GB
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1s 11d
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3-7 lbs = 3s 1d; 7-11 lbs = 4s 5d + GB postage
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- Other countries via Australia - first lb
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5d
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Each additional lb (maximum 11 lbs) = 4d + Australian postage
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- Delivery fee for
Cash-on-Delivery Parcels
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From Australia/New Zealand = 6d; From Great Britain = 6d per parcel plus 1s 4d for each 10s portion of the Trade Charges
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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 delivery
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3d
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- Literature for the blind - first 2 lbs
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½d
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2-5 lbs = 1d; 5-8 lbs = 1½d; 8-11 lbs = 2d. (From July 1935 each additional 3lbs over 2 lbs = 3d)
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- Insured letters/parcels first £12
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7d
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Each additional £12 (maximum £400) - 4d (includes registration)
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