✨ 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. |
| TRINIDAD .. | 1d. | 1d. for each newspaper | New York Suez—London | Reply coupons exchanged | Coin, gold, silver, precious stones, jewellery, &c. | Packets of pictorial post-cards are prohibited from importation as printed matter | Trinidad. |
| T R I P O L I (Africa) | 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. | .. | Tripoli. |
| TRISTAN DA CUNHA | 1d. | 1d. for each newspaper | Cape Town | .. | .. | Limit of weight for pattern and sample packets, 5 lb. | Tristan da Cunha. |
| TUNIS .. | 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. | .. | Tunis. |
| T U R K E Y (European and Asiatic) | 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 with British Postal agencies only | Coin, gold, silver, precious stones, jewellery, &c., and those articles (except letters) of which the transmission by parcel-post is prohibited | .. | Turkey. |
| T U R K S ISLANDS | 1d. | 1d. for each newspaper | New York Suez—London | .. | Coin, gold, silver, precious stones, jewellery, &c. | .. | Turks Islands. |
| UGANDA .. | See British East Africa and Uganda | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Uganda. |
| UNITED KINGDOM | 1d. | See col. 7 .. | Suez—London Frisco—London Vancouver—London Plymouth | Reply coupons exchanged | Anything relating to lotteries. Correspondence bearing name-rings thereon. Picrid acid and silica-pyrites and bottles or packages of liquid as clinical specimens for examination or analysis. Tobacco, preparations of tobacco, cigars, cigarettes, or snuff. Samples of unmanufactured tobacco not exceeding 4 oz. are, however, admitted at a Customs duty of 8d. per package. Crude and liquid celluloid, prison-made articles. Tree-leaves posted loose and bearing written communications to the United Kingdom or to countries receiving mail-matter in transit through the United Kingdom | Limit of weight for pattern and sample packets, 5 lb. Postage rates on newspapers printed and published in New Zealand are as follow:— Each newspaper 1d., irrespective of weight, but subject to the following conditions as to despatch: If under 8 oz., prepaid 1d., sent by first available route; if over 8 oz., prepaid 1d., sent by direct steamer only; if short-paid, surcharged at printed-paper rates, and sent by direct steamer only; if wholly unpaid, detained, and sent to Dead Letter Office. Newspapers over 8 oz. which it is desired may be sent by Federal route must be specially superscribed and prepaid at the rate of 1d. for the first 4 oz. and ¼d. for each succeeding 2 oz. or fraction thereof. Live bees and harmless entomological specimens may be forwarded at sample-post rates, provided they are enclosed in covers so constructed as to avoid all danger, and to allow the contents to be ascertained. Natural-history specimens, such as dried or preserved animals and plants, geological specimens, &c., when not sent for commercial purposes, are admitted to transmission as samples Saccharine, sugar, sucramine, and other similar substances cannot be sent by sample-post. Samples containing spirits “unperfumed” are admitted if packed as provided by the general regulations for samples and specially marked as containing unperfumed spirits, each packet is liable to 6d. Customs duty, payable by the addressee. Packets not in accordance with the regulations are handed over to the Customs authorities for disposal. | United Kingdom. |
- For rates of postage on other classes of correspondence see heading of table.
JAN. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 61 167
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