Postal Rates - New Guinea
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Descriptor
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Rate
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Commentary
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Inland
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Also to Australia, Papua, New Zealand, New Zealand Dependencies, Fiji
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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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- Commercial and Printed papers,
Catalogues per 2 oz
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1d
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Maximum weight = 5 lbs
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- Patterns, Samples, Merchandise
per 2 oz
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1d
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Maximum weight = 1bs
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- Books/Magazines printed in
Australia/New Guinea per 8 oz
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1d
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Maximum weight = 5 lbs.
Australia = 1d per 6 ozs; New Zealand/Fiji = 1d per 2 oz
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- Books/Magazines printed
elsewhere per 4 oz
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1d
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Maximum weight = 5 lbs.
Australia, New Zealand, Fiji = 1d per 2 oz
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- Newspapers per 10 oz
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1d
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Australia, New Zealand, Fiji = 1d per 6 oz
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Empire
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Includes New Hebrides, Banks and Torres Islands
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- Letter per ounce
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2d
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- Post card
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1½d
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- Commercial and Printed papers,
Catalogues per 2 oz
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1d
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Maximum weight = 5 lbs. Minimum rate = 3d for Commercial papers
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- Patterns, Samples per 2 oz
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1d
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Maximum weight = 1bs
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- Books/Magazines per 2 oz
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1d
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Maximum weight = 5 lbs.
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- Newspapers per 2 oz
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1d
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Great Britain = 1d per 4 oz
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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 and Printed papers,
Catalogues per 2 oz
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1d
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Maximum weight = 5 lbs. Minimum rate = 3d for Commercial papers
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- Patterns, Samples per 2 oz
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1d
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Maximum weight = 1bs. Minimum rate = 1½d
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- Books/Magazines per 2 oz
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1d
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Maximum weight = 5 lbs.
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- Newspapers per 2 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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- Inland - surcharge per ½ oz
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3d
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Mail either flown or travelled by boat first to Australia then onwards
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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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- Literature for the blind per 2½ lbs
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1d
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Notes
Postal rates the same as the Commonwealth of Australia
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