/added 8 May 2004
T 55/170
Unframed 14x10 mm
Colour: violet
170 öre rate period 1.2.1978-15.6.1980
Most typical use: Foreign letter paid at inland postcard rate.
Items known:
3.8.1978 Göteborg to Nairobi (Kenya), violet

3.8.1978. Postcard to Kenya paid at inland postcard rate 115 öre. Correct rate 130 öre. Though there is no air mail indication, charged at air mail rate 170 öre. Due handstamp indicates deficiency 55 öre and foreign letter rate 170 öre. Amount charged in Kenya 1 Sh 35 c is probably 55/170 of a foreign letter rate of 1 Sh and a handling fee of 1 Sh.