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.
ITALY (including Sardinia and San Marino) 1d. 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.; albums, coffee (roasted or ground) or its substitute, playing-cards, growing plants and cuttings, saccharine, tobacco, vanilla, saffron, feathers, perfumes, spirits, patent medicines, chemicals, articles of apparel, and many other articles Lithographs, engravings, photographs, maps, pictorial cards, printed or manuscript books bound in ivory, celluloid, pearl, mother-of-pearl, bone, tortoiseshell, or other similar substances, or with metal ornamentation, must not weigh more than 100 grammes (about 3½ oz.). Newspapers, periodicals, and illustrated journals, also separate printed sheets (such as notices, circulars, proofs, sheets of music, &c.), must not weigh more than 1,000 grammes (2 lb. 3½ oz.). Sample Post: The limit of weight is lower than 12 oz. for many articles—e.g., tea (gross) weight 50 grammes—1¾ oz.); cinnamon (75 grammes—2¾ oz.); cocoa, chocolate, and preserves; needles, pins, and other metal objects (100 grammes—3½ oz.). Italy.
ITALIAN SOMALILAND 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. .. Italian Somaliland.
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. .. Ivory Coast.
JAMAICA 1d. 1d. for each newspaper New York Suez—London .. .. .. Jamaica.
JAPAN (including Japanese Saghalién) 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 Coin, gold, silver, precious stones, jewellery, &c. Pictorial post-cards are liable to Customs’ duty, and cannot be sent as printed papers unless sent singly and unenclosed, but should be forwarded by parcel-post or by sample post under the usual conditions. Japan maintains post-offices in China and Manchuria. Japan.
JAVA See Dutch East Indies .. .. .. .. .. Java.
JOHORE 1d. 1d. for each newspaper Sydney Colombo .. .. .. Johore.
LABUAN 1d. 1d. for each newspaper Sydney Colombo .. .. Limit of weight for pattern and sample packets, 5 lb. Labuan.
LAGOS (West Africa) See Nigeria (Southern) .. .. .. .. .. Lagos (West Africa.)
LEEWARD ISLANDS (including Antigua, Dominica, Montserrat, Nevis, St. Kitts, and Tortola (Virgin Islands)) 1d. 1d. for each newspaper New York Suez—London .. Coin .. .. Leeward Islands.
LIBERIA 1d. 1d. for first 4 oz. and ½d. for each additional 2 oz. London Reply coupons exchanged Coin, gold, silver, precious stones, jewellery, &c. .. Liberia.
LUXEMBURG (Grand Duchy) 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 .. Everything of value, except coin or bullion, is liable to duty Luxembourg.
MACAO 1d. 1d. for first 4 oz. and ½d. for each additional 2 oz. Hong Kong Colombo .. Same as Portugal Same as Portugal Macao.
MADAGASCAR 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. .. Madagascar.
MADEIRA 1d. 1d. for first 4 oz. and ½d. for each additional 2 oz. Rio de Janeiro .. Same as Portugal Same as Portugal Madeira.
  • 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, Italy, Italian Somaliland, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Java, Johore, Labuan, Lagos, Leeward Islands, Liberia, Luxemburg, Macao, Madagascar, Madeira