International Letter Rates and Services : Pre-War Years 1928 - 1940

This is the first of three articles devoted to international letter rates and services from 1928 to 1946. Future articles will deal with the war years and the post-war years.

This article is organized as follows:

1. Letter Rates
a) Single Weight  Letters
b) Multiple Weight Step Letters
2. Services
a) Registration
i) To March 31, 1939
ii) From April 1, 1939
b) Express
c) Express and Registered

 (Acknowledgment of Receipt service will be the subject of a separate posting)

1. Letter Rates

a) Single Weight Letters

To the U.S.A.

Utrecht to Ashland, August 27, 1936

12 1/2c international letter rate

To Germany

s'Gravenhage to Lebnitz, October 3, 1937

12 1/2c international letter rate

To Australia

Amsterdam to Bentleigh, Victoria, February 23, 1939

12 1/2c international letter rate

To South Africa

Oosterbeek to East London, February 20, 1939

12 1/2c international letter rate

To Barbados

Eindhoven to Bridgetown, September 30, 1930

12 1/2c international letter rate

To Japan

 

Hilversum to Kobe, September 2, 1929

12 1/2c international letter rate

b) Multiple Weight Step Letters

To Sweden

Zaandam to Stockholm, May 17, 1934

20c paying 2nd weight step international letter rate

To Switzerland

s'Gravenhage to Bern, February 10, 1938

20c paying 2nd weight step international letter rate

To China

s'Gravenhage to Tientsin, April 25, 1932

20c paying 2nd weight step international letter rate

To Germany

Rotterdam to Chemnitz, January 7, 1932

27 1/2c paying 3rd weight step international letter rate

2. Services

a) Registration

i) To March 31, 1939

The international registration fee was 15c.

To Germany

Amsterdam to Gispersleben-Erfurt, June 21, 1929

27 1/2c paying the international letter rate + registration fee

To Czechoslovakia

 

Velp to Cisca Skalice, February 25, 1935

27 1/2c paying the international letter rate + registration fee

To Great Britain

Amsterdam to Mancherster, June 17, 1935

27 1/2c paying the international letter rate + registration fee

To Iran

Rotterdam to Teheran, August 4, 1938

27 1/2c paying the international letter rate + registration fee

 

Insured

The insurance fee was 10c per 150 francs (75 gld.)


To Italy

Amsterdam to Palermo, December 15, 1936

Insured for 21 francs (10.5gld)

37 1/2 c paying letter rate + registration fee + insurance fee

 ii) From April 1, 1939

The international registration fee was reduced from 15c to 10c on April 1, 1939.

To Germany

 

Rotterdam to Hamburg, June 5, 1939

 22 1/2c paying the international letter rate + registration fee

To Denmark

 

 

Rotterdam to Copenhagen, May 10, 1939

 30c paying the 2nd weight step international letter rate + registration fee

 

b) Express

The international express fee was 25c.

To Germany

Rotterdam to Leipzig, November 14, 1929

37 1/2c paying the international letter rate + express fee

To Denmark

Amsterdam to Copenhagen, September 19, 1937

37 1/2c paying the international letter rate + express fee

c) Registered and Express

To France

Amsterdam to Mulhouse, July 1932

75c paying 4th weight step letter rate (80g) + registration fee + express fee