✨ Postage Rates
RATES OF POSTAGE.
INLAND.
(Inland includes the Cook Islands—namely, Rarotonga, Mangaia, Atiu, Aitutaki, Mitiaro, Mauke (Parry), and Hervey (Mannae); also Palmerston (Avarua), Niue (Savage), Pukapuka (Danger), Rakaanga, Manahiki, Penrhyn (Tongareva), and Suwarrow Islands.)
Registration, 2d.
Letters and letter-cards
(Limits of size: 2 ft. by 1 ft. by 1 ft.)
.. 1d for first 4 oz., and ½d. for each succeeding 2 oz.
Post-cards
(Limits of size: maximum; 5½ in. by 3½ in.; minimum, 4 in. by 2¾ in.)
.. Single, ½d. ; reply, 1d.
Commercial papers
(Limits of size: 18 in. in any direction, but if in form of roll 30 in. in length and 4 in. in diameter; limit of weight, 4 lb.)—
Town (for accounts, &c., only) (see p. 23)
.. ½d. for ½ oz., or 1d. for 4 oz., and ½d. for each succeeding 2 oz.
Inland
.. 1d. for 4 oz. and ½d. for each succeeding 2 oz.
Books and printed papers
(Limits of size: 18 in. in any direction, but if in form of roll 30 in. in length and 4 in. in diameter; limit of weight, 4 lb.)
.. ½d. for each 2 oz.
Pattern and sample packets
(Packets must not exceed 2 ft. in length by 1 ft. in width and 1 ft. in depth; limit of weight, 5 lb.)
.. ½d. for each 2 oz.
Magazines (not registered)
.. ½d. for each 2 oz.
Magazines (registered)
.. Each copy, 1d. for each 16 oz.
Newspapers..
.. ½d. each.
BEYOND NEW ZEALAND.
[See table following.]
TABLE OF BRITISH AND FOREIGN COUNTRIES,
Showing Rates of Postage, Routes of Transmission, and all Special Items.
Registration, 2d.
Letters and letter-cards
(Limits of size: 2 ft. by 1 ft. by 1 ft.)
.. 1d. per oz. to United Kingdom, Australia, British possessions, United States, and many other countries (see col. 2 of following table); 2½d for first oz., and 1½d. for each succeeding oz. to all other countries (Postal Union rates) (see col. 2 of following table).
Post-cards
(Limits of size: maximum; 5½ in. by 3½ in.; minimum, 4 in. by 2¾ in.)
.. Single, 1d.; reply, 2d. (Postal Union rates).
Commercial papers
(Limits of size: 18 in. in any direction, but if in form of roll 30 in. in length and 4 in. in diameter; limit of weight, 4 lb.)
.. 2½d. for first 10 oz., and ½d. for each succeeding 2 oz. (Postal Union rates).
Books and printed papers
(Limits of size, 18 in. in any direction, but if in form of roll 30 in. in length and 4 in. in diameter; limit of weight, 4 lb.)
.. ½d. for each 2 oz. (Postal Union rates).
Pattern and sample packets..
(Limits of size: United Kingdom and Australia, 2 ft. by 1 ft. by 1 ft. For other places, 1 ft. by 8 in. by 4 in., but if in form of roll 1 ft. in length and 6 in. in diameter; limit of weight 12 oz., unless otherwise specified in col. 7 of following table)
.. 1d. for 4 oz. and ½d. for each succeeding 2 oz. (Postal Union rates).
Magazines
.. ½d. for 2 oz. (Postal Union rates). (For Australian States and Fiji, see col. 7 of following table.)
Newspapers..
.. 1d. each, or 1d. for first 4 oz. and ½d. for each succeeding 2 oz., according to destination (see col. 3 of following table).
[NOTE.—All the following countries are in the Postal Union unless otherwise specified in col. 7.]
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NZ Gazette 1910, No 3
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