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The Scale of Postage for
Letters for Places Abroad
progresses by Half
ounces.
For Countries and Colonies
in the Postal Union (See
page 74).
, ^ , .
For Countries and Colonies
not in the Postal Union
viz ;
—
Abj'ssinia
Africa (West Coast Native
Possessions)
Ascension
Bechuanaland
, , British Pro
tectorate
Cape of Good Hope
China
Friendly Islands
Madagascar via Marseilles
(except
French Esta
blishments
in, see page
74)
„ via Mauritius
Morocco (ex. British Post
OflSces in. see page 74),
Navigation Islands
(Samoa)
Oil Rivers Protectorate
(Benin, Brass, Bonny,
New and Old Calabar,
Opobo, Waree, or Forcados).
Orange Free State
St. Helena
Sarawak
Other parts
POSTAL DIRECTORY. 73
FOREIGN AND COLONIAL RATES
OF POSTAGE. §
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(c) denotes that prepayment is compulsory, it being in all other cases optional
(a) that an additional charge is made on delivery ; (in) that the Registration is
incomplete, not extending beyond Port of Arrival ; and (none) that no registration
can be effected.
Unpaid letters are charged double the prepaid rate, and those partially prepaid
are charged double the deficiency.
No letter for a colony or foreign country may exceed 2 feet in length or 1
foot in width or depth. The same dimensions are allowed for packets of
books and other printed papers sent to British Colonies and Possessions and
non-union countries, but to foreign countries of the Postal Union the length
is limited to 18 inches.
Letters, &c., for officers on board ships of war on the Pacific Station (North
or South) are subject to the same rates of postage as ordinary correspondence
for ChiU.
§ For Parcel Post, see page 76,
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