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, Alternative in Italics.) Reply Coupons. Prohibitions. Special Items. Country.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
DAHOMEY (Ivory Coast) 2½d. for first oz. and 1¼d. for each additional oz. 1d. for first 4 oz. and ½d. for each additional 2 oz. London .. Reply coupons exchanged Coin, gold, silver, precious stones, jewellery, &c. .. Dahomey (Ivory Coast).
DANISH WEST INDIES 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 .. .. Danish West Indies.
DENMARK .. 2½d. for first oz. and 1¼d. for each additional oz. 1d. for first 4 oz. and ½d. for each additional 2 oz. Brindisi or Naples .. Frisco—London Vancouver—London Reply coupons exchanged Coin, gold, silver, precious stones, jewellery, &c.; and almanacs, except those relating to literary subjects .. Denmark.
DOMINICA .. See Leeward Islands .. .. .. .. .. Dominica.
DUCIE ISLAND 1d. 1d. for each newspaper Auckland .. .. .. Ducie Island.
DUTCH EAST INDIES (including Java, Sumatra, Dutch Borneo, &c.) 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 Coin, gold, silver, precious stones, jewellery, &c.; and anything relating to lotteries Articles of value are admissible, except wrought gold and silver, but the packets containing them must be registered Dutch East Indies.
DUTCH GUIANA 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 Reply coupons exchanged Coin, gold, silver, precious stones, jewellery, &c. .. Dutch Guiana.
DUTCH WEST INDIES (including Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, St. Eustatius, and St. Martin) 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 .. Coin, gold, silver, precious stones, jewellery, &c. .. Dutch West Indies.
EASTER ISLAND 1d. 1d. for each newspaper Auckland .. .. .. Easter Island.
ECUADOR .. 2½d. for first oz. and 1¼d. for each additional oz. 1d. for first 4 oz. and ½d. for each additional 2 oz. New York Monte Video .. Coin, gold, silver, precious stones, jewellery, &c. .. Ecuador.
EGYPT .. 1d. 1d. for each newspaper Colombo Reply coupons exchanged Coin, gold, silver, precious stones, jewellery, &c. Tobacco may not be sent by sample-post .. Egypt.
ENGLAND .. See United Kingdom .. .. .. .. .. England.
ERITHREA .. 1d. 1d. for first 4 oz. and ½d. for each additional 2 oz. Colombo Reply coupons exchanged Coin, gold, silver, precious stones, jewellery, &c. .. Erithrea.
FALKLAND ISLANDS 1d. 1d. for each newspaper Monte Video .. .. .. Falkland Islands.
FANNING ISLAND 1d. ½d. for each newspaper Auckland .. .. Limit of weight for pattern and sample packets, 5 lb. Mails are despatched to Fanning Island every eight weeks by steamer to Vancouver Fanning Island.
FARÖE ISLANDS 2½d. for first oz. and 1¼d. for each additional oz. 1d. for first 4 oz. and ½d. for each additional 2 oz. Brindisi or Naples .. Reply coupons exchanged Coin, gold, silver, precious stones, jewellery, &c. .. Faröe Islands.
FERNANDO PO 2½d. for first oz. and 1¼d. for each additional oz. 1d. for first 4 oz. and ½d. for each additional 2 oz. London .. .. Coin, gold, silver, precious stones, jewellery, &c. .. Fernando Po.
FIJI .. 1d. 1d. for each newspaper Auckland .. .. Limit of weight for pattern and sample packets, 5 lb. Special postage rate for registered magazines: each copy not exceeding 2 oz., ½d.; if over 2 oz. to 8 oz., 1d.; every additional 4 oz., ½d. Fiji.
FORMOSA .. 2½d. for first oz. and 1¼d. for each additional oz. 1d. for first 4 oz. and ½d. for each additional 2 oz. Sydney .. Honolulu Reply coupons exchanged .. .. Formosa.

*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, Fanning Island, Fiji