According to the Universal Postal Union regulations, printed papers were not to contain any personal correspondence and were to be made up in such a way as to allow their contents to be easily examined.
The international newspaper rates were the same as the printed matter rates.
1) March 1, 1921 - September 30, 1925 : 5c/50g
To Belgium
Haarlem to Bergen,June 6, 1926
5c printed matter rate
To the United States
Newspaper
Dordrecht to Chester, N.Y., December 4, 1934
5c international newspaper rate for 50g.
2) October 1, 1925 to October 31, 1928 : 3c/50g
The international printed matter rate was reduced from 5c to 3c for each 50g.
To Hungary
Rotterdam to Budapest, March 10, 1926
3c international printed matter rate
To Finland
Rotterdam to Pietarsaari, December 3, 1927
3c international printed matter rate
To France
Amsterdam to Paris, June 24, 1927
3c international printed matter rate
To Germany
Rotterdam to Leipzig, June, 1928
3c Lebau stationery post card used to prepay the international printed matter rate
Drachten to Berlin, December 3, 1927
3c printed matter rate
To the United States
Amsterdam Central Station to Brooklyn, May 11, 1928
3c printed matter rate
International Committee of Antimilitarist Clergymen
Ammerstol to Westfield, Ill., March 24, 1927
3 cents printed matter rate
Newspaper
Rotterdam to a passenger on board S.S. "Noord Holland, New-Castle, June 19, 1926
6c paying the double weight (up to 100g.) international newspaper rate
3) November 1, 1928 - October 31, 1946 : 2 1/2c/50g
The international printed matter rate was reduced to 2 1/2 c on November 1, 1928, and was unchanged for the next 16 years. This lengthy period is divided into three parts:
a) Pre-war years : 1928 - 1940
b) War and Occupation years : 1940 - 1945
c) Post-War: 1945 -1946
a) Pre-War years : 1928 - 1940
To the United States
The Port of Amsterdam
Amsterdam to Boston, August 6, 1931
2 1/2c international printed matter rate
Wateringen to Norfolk, May 23, 1938
2 1/2c international printed matter rate
Amsterdam to Charlotte, August 21, 1936
2 1/2c international printed matter rate
To Latvia
Haarlem to Valgunde, October 15, 1937 (Redirected to Sipele)
2 1/2c international printed matter rate
To Luxembourg
AMSTERDAM-ARNHEM TPO, to Luxembourg, May 6, 1930
2 1/2c international printed matter rate
To Argentina
Amsterdam to Baha Bianca, December 30, 1939
2 1/2c international printed matter rate
To Norway
Zierikzee to Stavanger, November 4, 1931
2 1/2c international printed matter rate
To Colombia
Amsterdam to Barrabquilla, November 12, 1931
2 1/2c international printed matter rate
To the U.S.S.R.
Purmerend to Nizhni Novgorod, September 22, 1931
2 1/2c international printed matter rate
Vlaardingen to Leningrad, December 18, 1936
2 1/2c international printed matter rate
To South Africa
s'Gravenhage to Johannesburg, November 3, 1937 (Unclaimed and returned to sender)
2 1/2c international printed matter rate
Rotterdam to Poschefstroom, November 30, 1937 (Redirected to Butawayo)
2 1/2c international printed matter rate
To Hungary
s'Gravenhage to Budapest, December 25, 1926
2 1/2c international printed matter rate
To Great Britain
Amsterdam to Barnsley, December 5, 1939
2 1/2c international printed matter rate
To Switzerland
Gelukwensch "telegram" ( Congratulations "telegram")
Hengelo to Zurich, May 31, 1937
2 1/2c international printed matter rate (1/2c convenience overpayment)
To Australia
Anti-racist label
Apeldoorn to Melbourne, July 21, 1939
10c paying the >150g,
≤
200g (4rth weight step) international printed matter rate
Racial Hatred
Not Dutch
Not Christian
Not human
To Germany
Rotterdam to Walsrode, January 17, 1933
2 1/2c international printed matter rate
On March 12, 1938, Austria was annexed by Germany.
Amsterdam to Vienna, June 17, 1938
2 1/2c international printed matter rate
b) War and Occupation years : 1940 - 1945
To Italy
Oisterwijk to Rome, July 24, 1940
2 1/2c international printed matter rate
To Hungary
Amsterdam to Debrecen, September 9, 1941
2 1/2c international printed matter rate
Amsterdam to Debrecen, May 11, 1942
2 1/2c international printed matter rate
To Sweden
s'Gravenhage to Huskvarna, November 15, 1940
2 1/2c international printed matter rate
To the Philippines
Amsterdam to Iloilo, May 1, 1941
2 1/2c international printed matter rate
To Finland
Amsterdam to Pietarsaari, June 17, 1941
2 1/2c international printed matter rate
To the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
s'Gravenhage to Tischnowitz, Moravia, June 23, 1943
2 1/2c international printed matter rate
To Germany
s'Gravenhage to Berlin, December 22, 1942
2 1/2c international printed matter rate
Newspaper
Bussum to Dresden, February 8, 1942
5c paying the 2nd weight step newspaper rate
Nijmegan to Innsbruck, July 5, 1941
2 1/2c international printed matter rate
To the United States
Eindhoven to Schenectady, January 13, 1941
7 1/2c paying the 3rd weight printed matter rate
Registered
To the United States
Driebergen to Philadelphia, December 12, 1940
140c paying the registered, 52nd weight step (2.6kg) printed matter rate
To Germany
Auction catalogue
Amsterdam to Bad Oldesloe, November 26, 1943
30c paying the registered, 8th weight step (400g) printed matter rate
Express
To Germany
s'Gravenhage to Blankenfelde, April 1, 1941
32 1/2 c paying the express, 5th weight step (250g) printed matter rate
c) Post-War: 1945 -1946
To Switzerland
Rotterdam to Zug, July 13, 1946
2 1/2c international printed matter rate
To Canada
Voorburg to London, Ont., February 12, 1946
2 1/2c international printed matter rate
To Great Britain
Amsterdam to London, January 21, 1946
2 1/2c international printed matter rate
To China
Amsterdam to Shanghai, December 6, 1945 (returned)
2 1/2c international printed matter rate
To Sweden
Radio Nederland
Hillversum to Orebro, May 3, 1946
2 1/2c international printed matter rate