New Zealand Gazette – 1910 – No. 3

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✨ International Postage Rates



RATES OF POSTAGE, ETC.—continued.

Country. Letter-postage per Oz.* Newspaper-postage.* Routes. (Main in Roman Type, Alternatives in Italics.) Reply Coupons. Prohibitions. Special Items. Country.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
CANARY ISLANDS 2½d. for first oz. and 1¼d. for each additional oz. 1d. for first 4 oz. and ½d. for each additional 2 oz. Teneriffe .. .. Same as Spain Same as Spain Canary Islands.
CAPE COLONY 1d. 1d. for first 4 oz. and ½d. for each additional 2 oz. Melbourne Reply coupons exchanged Anything relating to lotteries Limit of weight for pattern and sample packets, 5 lb. Jewellery and precious articles, if dutiable, are liable to detention until the duty is paid. Advertising matter (catalogues, price-lists, &c.) is liable to Customs duty at the rate of 2d. per lb., or 25 per cent. ad valorem, whichever is the greater; but duty is not levied on any packet not exceeding 8 oz. in weight, provided that the contents do not relate to South African firms. The same regulations apply to packets addressed to Basutoland and the Bechuanaland Protectorate Cape Colony.
CAPE VERDE ISLANDS (Portuguese Colony) 1d. 1d. for first 4 oz. and ½d. for each additional 2 oz. London .. Rio de Janeiro .. Same as Portugal Same as Portugal Cape Verde Islands (Portuguese Colony).
CAROLINE ISLANDS 2½d. for first oz. and 1¼d. for each additional oz. 1d. for first 4 oz. and ½d. for each additional 2 oz. Sydney .. Colombo Reply coupons exchanged .. .. Caroline Islands.
CAYMAN ISLANDS 1d. 1d. for each newspaper New York Suez-London .. Coin, gold, silver, precious stones, jewellery, &c. Packets of pictorial post-cards of saleable value are not admitted as printed matter Cayman Islands.
CEYLON 1d. 1d. for each newspaper Colombo Reply coupons exchanged Coin, gold, silver, precious stones, jewellery, &c., ganja, bhang Limit of weight for pattern and sample packets, 5 lb. Ceylon.
CHILI 1d. 1d. for first 4 oz. and ½d. for each additional 2 oz. Monte Video Reply coupons exchanged Coin, gold, silver, precious stones, jewellery, &c. .. Chili.
CHINA (All places in, except those at which there is a Hong Kong Post Office Agency. See entry under “Hong Kong”) 2½d. for first oz. and 1¼d. for each additional oz. 1d. for first 4 oz. and ½d. for each additional 2 oz. Hong Kong Colombo .. Coin, gold, silver, precious stones, jewellery, &c.; contraband articles such as opium, morphia, salt, arms, &c. Limit of weight for pattern and sample packets, 5 lb. China is not in the Postal Union China (All places in, except those at which there is a Hong Kong Post Office Agency). (See entry “Hong Kong”.)
COLOMBIA (Republic of) 2½d. for first oz. and 1¼d. for each additional oz. 1d. for first 4 oz. and ½d. for each additional 2 oz. New York Rio de Janeiro .. Coin, gold, silver, precious stones, jewellery, &c. Books and periodicals are liable to Customs duty unless intended for the personal use of the addressees Colombia (Republic of).
COMORO ISLANDS 2½d. for first oz. and 1¼d. for each additional oz. 1d. for first 4 oz. and ½d. for each additional 2 oz. Colombo .. Coin, gold, silver, precious stones, jewellery, &c. .. Comoro Islands.
CONGO See Belgian and French Congo .. .. .. .. .. Congo.
COREA 2½d. for first oz. and 1¼d. for each additional oz. 1d. for first 4 oz. and ½d. for each additional 2 oz. Hong Kong Colombo Reply coupons exchanged Coin, gold, silver, precious stones, jewellery, &c. .. Corea.
COSTA RICA 1d. 1d. for first 4 oz. and ½d. for each additional 2 oz. New York Rio de Janeiro Reply coupons exchanged Precious metals, whether in the form of specie or bullion; anything relating to lotteries .. Costa Rica.
CRETE 2½d. for first oz. and 1¼d. for each additional oz. 1d. for first 4 oz. and ½d. for each additional 2 oz. Colombo Reply coupons exchanged Coin, gold, silver, precious stones, jewellery, &c. .. Crete.
CUBA 2½d. for first oz. and 1¼d. for each additional oz. 1d. for first 4 oz. and ½d. for each additional 2 oz. New York Suez-London Reply coupons exchanged .. Precious stones and jewellery are liable to Customs duty Cuba.
CYPRUS 1d. 1d. for each newspaper Colombo .. .. Limit of weight for pattern and sample packets, 5 lb. Precious stones and jewellery are liable to Customs duty Cyprus.
  • For rates of postage on other classes of correspondence see heading of table.


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🚂 Table of International Postage Rates and Regulations (continued) (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
18 January 1910
International postage, Letter rates, Newspaper rates, Postal routes, Reply coupons, Prohibitions, Special items, Weight limits, Customs duty