New Zealand Gazette – 1910 – No. 3

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✨ Postal Rates Table



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.
NEVIS See Leeward Islands .. .. .. .. .. Nevis.
NEW CALE-DONIA 2½d. for first oz. and 1½d. for each additional oz. 1d. for first 4 oz. and ½d. for each additional 2 oz. Sydney or Auckland Reply coupons exchanged Coin, gold, silver, precious stones, jewellery, &c. .. New Caledonia.
NEWFOUND-LAND 1d. 1d. for each newspaper Vancouver Fri'sco-Vancouver Reply coupons exchanged Coin, gold, silver, precious stones, jewellery, &c. Limit of weight for pattern and sample packets, 5 lb. Patent-medicine advertisements sent in bulk are liable to a Customs duty of 50 per cent. of their value Newfoundland.
NEW GUINEA See British and German New Guinea .. .. .. .. .. New Guinea.
NEW HEBRIDES 1d. 1d. for first 4 oz. and ½d. for each additional 2 oz. Sydney or Auckland .. .. Limit of weight for pattern and sample packets, 5 lb. The New Hebrides are not in the Postal Union. New Hebrides.
NEW SOUTH WALES See Australia .. .. .. .. 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. For other special items see Australia New South Wales.
NICARAGUA.. 1d. 1d. for first 4 oz. and ½d. for each additional 2 oz. New York Rio de Janeiro .. Coin, gold, silver, precious stones, jewellery, &c. .. Nicaragua.
NIGERIA (Northern) (see col. 7) 1d. 1d. for first 4 oz. and ½d. for each additional 2 oz. London .. .. Limit of weight for pattern and sample packets, 5 lb. Northern Nigeria includes Bida, Baro, Ilorin, Jebba, Kano, Lokoja, Sokoto, Yola, Zaria, Zungeru, &c. Nigeria (Northern).
NIGERIA (Southern) (see col. 7) 1d. 1d. for each newspaper London .. Coin, gold, silver, precious stones, jewellery, &c., and dutiable articles Limit of weight for pattern and sample packets, 5 lb. Southern Nigeria includes Akassa, Asaba, Benin, Bonny, Brass, Burutu, Calabar (New and Old), Idah, Lagos, Onitsha, Opobo, and Warri or Forcados. Packets of pictorial post-cards are prohibited from importation as printed matter Nigeria (Southern).
NORFOLK ISLAND 1d. 1d. for each newspaper up to 20 oz. and ½d. for each additional 10 oz. Sydney or Auckland .. Same as Australia Same as Australia Norfolk Island.
NORWAY 2½d. for first oz. and 1½d. for each additional oz. 1d. for first 4 oz. and ½d. for each additional 2 oz. Brindisi or Naples Fr'isco-London Vancouver-London Reply coupons exchanged Coin, gold, silver, precious stones, jewellery, &c. Norway maintains a post-office at Spitzbergen Norway.
NOSSI BÉ 2½d. for first oz. and 1½d. for each additional oz. 1d. for first 4 oz. and ½d. for each additional 2 oz. Colombo .. Coin, gold, silver, precious stones, jewellery, &c. .. Nossi Bé.
NYASSALAND PROTECTORATE 1d. 1d. for first 4 oz. and ½d. for each additional 2 oz. Colombo .. Coin Limit of weight for pattern and sample packets, 5 lb. The Nyassaland Protectorate is not in the Postal Union. Packets containing seeds of plants must be accompanied by a sworn declaration stating the countries of origin and varieties of the contents; such packets should be paid at the rate applicable to commercial papers Nyassaland Protectorate.
  • For rates of postage on other classes of correspondence see heading of table.


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Postage rates, Letter post, Newspaper post, Postal routes, Reply coupons, Prohibitions, Special items, New Caledonia, Newfoundland, New Guinea, New Hebrides, New South Wales, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norfolk Island, Norway, Nossi Bé, Nyassaland Protectorate