Unframed 14x10 mm
Colour: violet
170 öre rate period 1.2.1978-15.6.1980
Most typical use: Foreign letter paid at old rate.
Items known:
26.5.1978 Ronneby to London (UK), violet
12.12.1978 Lund to Frankfurt/Main (DE), violet
12.12.1978. Letter to Germany paid at old rate 140 öre. Correct rate 170 öre. Shortpaid 30 öre. Due handstamp indicates deficiency 30 öre and foreign letter rate 170 öre. Amount claimed in Germany is 62 Pf. It should have been 30/170 of foreign rate 50 Pf = 9 pf + handling fee 50 pf = 59 pf but the due handstamp has probably been misread. As item returned the German due amount has been inked out.