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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1976

SPEEDPOST CHARGES TO BE REDUCED

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THE POST OFFICE'S SPEEDPOST SERVICE WILL BE SUBSTANTIALLY CHEAPER FROM NEXT MONTH,

THE COST OF MAILING THE FIRST POUND TO DESTINATIONS IN BRITAIN, U.S.A. AND BELGIUM WILL BE LOWERED BY $20 WHILE THAT TO BRAZIL WILL BE REDUCED BY $30 AND TO JAPAN BY $10.

IN GENERAL, THE REDUCTION WILL BE ABOUT 20 PER CENT FOR ALL THE FIVE COUNTRIES WHICH HAVE SPEEDPOST LINKS WITH HONG KONG.

A POST OFFICE SPOKESMAN ATTRIBUTED THIS TO THE GROWING POPULARITY OF THE SPECIAL POSTAL SERVICE.

+WITH MORE PEOPLE AND FIRMS ADOPTING SPEEDPOST, THE POST OFFICE IS NOW IN A BETTER POSITION TO REVISE COSTS AND TARIFFS,+ HE SAID.

EXISTING AND REVISED CHARGES FOR SPEEDPOST SERVICES ARE AS FOLLOWS :-

PRESENT CONTRACT RATES X

NEW RATES AS FROM MAR. 1, 76 *

COUNTRY

FIRST

EACH ADDNL.

FIRST

EACH ADDNL.

LB.

LB.

LB.

LB.

GREAT BRITAIN

U.S.A.

$100

$15

$80

$15

BELGIUM

JAPAN

$90

$5

BRAZIL

$130

$35

$80

$5

$100

$25

* FOR +ON DEMAND+ SERVICES TO GREAT BRITAIN AND U.S.A. A $20

+ON DEMAND+ FEE IS PAYABLE IN ADDITION TO THE BASIC CHARGES.

FURTHER INFORMATION ON SPEEDPOST CONTRACT OR +ON DEMAND+ SERVICES CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE POST OFFICE REPRESENTATIVE ON 5-245992.

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