Postal_Guide_1939 — Page 10

GENERAL

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Letters.

INLAND.

Postage rate:

4 cents for each ounce or part of an ounce. Limit of weight 4 lbs.

CHINA AND MACAO.

Postage rate :

5 cents for each ounce or part of an ounce. Limit of weight 4 lbs.

Imperial, British

British possessions, Protectorates and Mandated territories to which the Empire Air Mail does not extend.

Postage rate:

15 cents for the first ounce, and 10 cents for each additional ounce or part of an ounce. Limit of weight 4 lbs.

FOREIGN.

Postage rate :

25 cents for the first ounce and 15 cents for each additional ounce or part of an ounce. Limit of weight 4 lbs.

Money Orders.

INLAND.

Local money orders (limit $400 Hong Kong Cur- rency) are issued, and payable in Hong Kong and Macao. Commission is charged at the rate of 1 cent per dollar or part of a dollar with a minimum of 5 cents.

IMPERIAL AND FOREIGN:

Imperial and Foreign money orders are issued at the rates of exchange fixed by the Postmaster General from time to time. Commission is charged at the rate of 1 cents per dollar or part of a dollar with a minimum charge of 10 cents.

The limits of an Imperial or Foreign money order are £40, G$100, 600 Rupees, 400 Yen and $200 (Chinese Currency) respectively.

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