New Zealand Gazette – 1910 – No. 3

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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.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1d. 1d. for first 4 oz. and ½d. for each additional 2 oz. Papeete—Frisco
Vancouver		 Reply coupons exchanged Coin, gold, silver, precious stones, (except uncut diamonds), jewellery, &c. Books and printed papers, however small the value, are in general subject to a Customs duty of 25 per cent. of that value. The undermentioned articles are, however, exempt from duty :—
(a.) Newspapers and periodicals already exempt from duty.
(b.) Photographs and printed papers, other than books, received in the United States in such small quantities as to suggest that they are intended for personal use and not for sale.
(c.) Books, engravings, photographs, etchings, maps, charts, and music, which have been printed more than twenty years, publications printed for private circulation or issued for subscribers, or exchanges by scientific and literary associations or academies, books and music in raised print for the use of the blind, and works printed exclusively in any other than the English language.
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		 United States of America.
URUGUAY 2½d. for first oz. and 1¼d. for each additional oz. 1d. for first 4 oz. and ½d. for each additional 2 oz. Monte Video .. Coin, gold, silver, precious stones, jewellery, &c. The transmission by letter-post of all dutiable articles is prohibited; any articles which contravene this regulation are confiscated Books, whether bound or unbound, are liable to Customs duty if the whole value of those sent to any one addressee amounts to 100 francs ($4) Uruguay.
VENEZUELA 2¾d. 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		 .. Coin, gold, silver, precious stones, jewellery, &c.
The transmission of dutiable articles is prohibited except by parcel-post; any articles which contravene this regulation are confiscated		 The only articles which can be sent to Venezuela as printed matter are newspapers, catalogues of foreign commercial concerns or of foreign manufactures, and books in sheets or unbound. Any number of such books may be imported if they treat of scientific, artistic, or official matters; but in other cases not more than one copy may be sent to each addressee. Venezuela.
VICTORIA 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}		 Victoria.
WALFISCH BAY 1d. 1d. for first 4 oz. and ½d. for each additional 2 oz. Cape Town Reply coupons exchanged Same as Cape Colony Same as Cape Colony Walfisch Bay.
WESTERN AUSTRALIA See Australia .. .. .. .. Magazine post : All magazines ½d. for 2 oz.
For other special items see Australia.		 Western Australia.
WINDWARD ISLANDS See Grenada, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent .. .. .. .. .. Windward Islands.
ZANZIBAR 1d. 1d. for each newspaper Colombo .. .. Limit of weight for [pattern and sample] packets, 5 lb. Zanzibar.
  • For rates of postage on other classes of correspondence see heading of table.


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Postage rates, Letter-post, Newspaper-post, Routes, Prohibitions, Special Items, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Victoria, Walfisch Bay, Western Australia, Windward Islands, Zanzibar