✨ Parcel Post Rate Schedule
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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 69
SCHEDULE—continued.
FOREIGN PARCEL POST RATES, VIA LONDON.
| Colony or Country. | Route from New Zealand. | Route or Means of Conveyance from London. | Rates of Postage. | Maximum Dimensions. | Special Prohibitions. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWEDEN Except at Stock-holm, parcels weighing over 21lb have to be applied for at post office. | Direct steamers to London | Thule Steamship Company via the Thames, and Wilson Line via Hull | Not exceeding 21b .. s. d. 2 10$ rac{1}{2}$ Exceeding 21b but not exceeding 31b 5 4$ rac{1}{2}$ " 31b 71b 6 5$ rac{1}{2}$ | 2ft. in any direction. Parcels slightly longer than 2ft. are admitted if their other dimensions are small | Letters, manufactured gold and silver not of a certain degree of fineness, drugs and arsenic unless addressed to profes- sional men. |
| SWITZERLAND | Ditto | Via France | Via France. Not exceeding 21b 3 2 Exceeding 21b but not exceeding 31b 5 8 31b 71b 6 2 | Ditto | |
| Via Belgium and Germany | Via Belgium. Not exceeding 21b 3 5 Exceeding 21b but not exceeding 31b 5 11 31b 71b 6 4 | ||||
| TANGIER | " | Via Gibraltar | Not exceeding 11b .. 2 4 Exceeding 11b but not exceeding 21b 2 11 21b 41b 6 7 41b 71b 8 4 71b 11fb13 2 | Same as Inland Par- cel Post | Arms, ammunition, tobacco, pipes used for smoking, opium. |
| TOBAGO Delivery of par- cels confined to chief post office. | Direct steamers to London | Royal Mail Com- pany's steamers | Not exceeding 11b .. 1 9 Exceeding 11b but not exceeding 21b 2 5 For each additional Ib or fraction of a Ib up to 111b .. 1 2$ rac{1}{2}$ | Same as Inland Par- cel Post. | |
| TONQUIN | Ditto | Via France | Not exceeding 21h .. 6 1 Exceeding 21h but not exceeding 31b 8 7 31b 71b 9 0 | Greatest length, 2ft.; greatest length and girth combined, 4ft. | Letters. |
| TORTOLA (see LEE WARD ISLANDS). | See CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. | ||||
| TRANSVAAL Parcels detained at Cape Town until Customs & Postal Charges are paid by addressees. | Direct steamers to London | Via Capetown .. | Same as Cape of Good Hope (maximum weight, 71b). The cost of conveyance beyond the Cape Colony is collected from the addressee | Same as Inland Par- cel Post | |
| TREBIZOND (see TURKEY). | |||||
| TRINIDAD Delivery of par- cels confined to chief post office. | Direct steamers to London | Royal Mail Com- pany's steamers | Not exceeding 11b .. 1 9 Exceeding 11b but not exceeding 215 2 5 For each additional Ib or fraction of a lb up to 111b .. 1 2$ rac{1}{2}$ | Ditto | Letters, articles infringing Bri- tish copyright or trade-mark laws, cocoa, parts of dutiable articles, rum, all other spirits except perfumed or medicinal spirits, tobacco, cigars, cigaril- los or cigarettes, gunga, bhang, Cannabis indica, opium. |
| TRIPOLI (Syria) (see TURKEY). | |||||
| TRIPOLI (Africa) | Direct steamers to London | Via France | Not exceeding 21b .. 3 6$ rac{1}{2}$ Exceeding 21b but not exceeding 31b 6 0 31b 71b 6 5$ rac{1}{2}$ | Greatest length, 2ft.; greatest length and girth combined, 4ft. | Letters, arms and ammunition of war, nitrate of soda, salt- petre, sulphur, salt, tobacco, plants, parts of the vine, fruit, fresh vegetables, gold and sil- ver articles, jewellery, lace. |
| TUNIS | Not exceeding 21b .. 4 0 Ditto Exceeding 21b but not exceeding 318 6 6 31b 71b 6 11 | Ditto | Letters, plants, articles of ex- ceptional value. | ||
| TURKEY—French Ditto and Austrian agencies at Turkish ports, a list of which may be con- sulted at any post-office | Ditto | " .. | Not exceeding 21b .. 4 2 Exceeding 21b but not exceeding 315 6 8 31b 71b 7 1 | Ditto. | |
| ADRIANOPLE, JA- NINA, and JERU- SALEM (see also CONSTANTI- NOPLE, SMYRNA, and BEYROUT) | " | " /.. | |||
| ZANZIBAR Parcels must be addressed to a per- son residing in Zanzibar itself. | Direct steamers to London | Peninsular and Oriental steam- ers via the Thames | Not exceeding 11b .. 2 8 Same as Inland Par- Exceeding 11b but not exceeding 21b 3 8 cel Post. 21b 4lb 8 2 41b 71b11 2 71b 111b17 8 |
NOTE.—Further extensions of the Foreign and Colonial Parcel Post will be notified to the public in the Quarterly Postal Guides
By Authority: GEORGE DIDSBURY, Government Printer, Wellington.
NZ Gazette 1889, No 69
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Continuation of Foreign Parcel Post Rates Schedule via London
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🚂 Transport & Communications11 December 1889
Parcel Post, Rates, Schedule, International Mail, Postage, Table, Customs
- George Didsbury, Government Printer