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.
MALAY STATES (including Negri Sembelan, Pahang, Perak, Selangor, and Johore) 1d. 1d. for each newspaper Sydney .. Colombo .. Coin, gold, silver, precious stones, jewellery, &c. ; opium, morphia, morphine, cocaine, spirits, and bhang Limit of weight for pattern and sample packets, 5 lb. Malay States.
MALTA 1d. 1d. for each newspaper Brindisi or Naples.. Reply coupons exchanged .. .. Malta.
MARIAN ISLANDS 2½d. for first oz. and 1¼d. for each additional oz. 1d. for first 4 oz. and ¼d. for each additional 2 oz. Sydney .. Colombo Reply coupons exchanged .. .. Marian Islands.
MARQUESAS ISLANDS 2½d. for first oz. and 1¼d. for each additional oz. 1d. for first 4 oz. and ¼d. for each additional 2 oz. Auckland or Sydney .. Coin, gold, silver, precious stones, jewellery, &c. .. Marquesas Islands.
MARSHALL ISLANDS 2½d. for first oz. and 1¼d. for each additional oz. 1d. for first 4 oz. and ¼d. for each additional 2 oz. Auckland Reply coupons exchanged Coin, gold, silver, precious stones, jewellery, &c. .. Marshall Islands.
MARTINIQUE 2½d. for first oz. and 1¼d. for each additional oz. 1d. for first 4 oz. and ¼d. for each additional 2 oz. New York Suez-London Reply coupons exchanged Coin, gold, silver, precious stones, jewellery, &c. .. Martinique.
MAURITIUS AND DEPENDENCIES 1d. 1d. for each newspaper Colombo .. Coin, gold, silver, precious stones, jewellery, &c. Limit of weight for pattern and sample packets, 5 lb. Mauritius and Dependencies
MEXICO 1d. 1d. for first 4 oz. and ¼d. for each additional 2 oz. San Francisco Vancouver-Frisco Reply coupons exchanged Coin, gold, silver, precious stones, jewellery, &c. ; works infringing Mexican copyrights .. Mexico.
MONACO 2½d. for first oz. and 1¼d. for each additional oz. 1d. for first 4 oz. and ¼d. for each additional 2 oz. Brindisi or Naples.. .. .. .. Monaco.
MONTENEGRO 2½d. for first oz. and 1¼d. for each additional oz. 1d. for first 4 oz. and ¼d. for each additional 2 oz. Colombo .. Coin, gold, silver, precious stones, and jewellery .. Montenegro.
MONTSERRAT See Leeward Islands .. .. .. .. .. Montserrat.
MOROCCO (see col. 7) 2½d. for first oz. and 1¼d. for each additional oz. 1d. for first 4 oz. and ¼d. for each additional 2 oz. Colombo Reply coupons exchanged Coin, gold, silver, precious stones, jewellery, &c. Limit of weight for pattern and sample packets, 5 lb. Morocco is not in the Postal Union. The British Post Office maintains, under the Postal Union Regulations, agencies at Alcazar, Casablanca, Fez, Larache, Marrakesh, Mazagan, Mequinez, Mogador, Rabat, Saffi, Tangier, and Tetuan. The French, German, or Spanish Post Offices also maintain agencies at these places, and at Arcila. Prepayment to Morocco is compulsory, with the exception of the places mentioned above. Correspondence can be sent to these places under the usual Postal Union conditions, and registration extends only to them. The postage on letters for the places where the British post-office maintains agencies is 1d. the oz. ; but to letters for all other places the rate shown in col. 2 applies Morocco.
MUSCAT 1d. 1d. for each newspaper Tuticorin (India) .. .. Limit of weight for pattern and sample packets, 5 lb. Muscat is not in the Postal Union Muscat.
NATAL 1d. 1d. for each newspaper Durban Reply coupons exchanged .. Limit of weight for patterns and sample packets, 5 lb. Jewellery and precious articles, if dutiable, are liable to detention until the duty is paid. Customs duty on advertising matter is levied at the same rates as in the Orange River Colony Natal.
  • 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, Malay States, Malta, Marian Islands, Marquesas Islands, Marshall Islands, Martinique, Mauritius, Mexico, Monaco, Montenegro, Montserrat, Morocco, Muscat, Natal