/revised 16 Feb 2010
T 15/170
Unframed 14x9 mm
Colour: violet
170 öre rate period 1.2.1978-15.6.1980
Most typical use: Foreign postcard paid at inland rate.
Items known:
12.4.1978 Jönköping to Nairobi, Kenya, violet
28.6.1978 to Wien (AT), violet
21.7.1978 Lysvik to Münster-Wolsbek (DE). violet
16.8.1978 Gräddö to Kiel-Mettenhot (DE)
15.1.1979 Skövde 1 to St Johann in Tirol (AT), violet
4.2.1980 Örebro 1 to Las Palmas (ES), violet

28.6.1978. Postcard to Austria paid at inland rate. Correct rate 130 öre. Shortpaid 15 öre. Due handstamp indicates deficiency 15 öre and foreign letter rate 170 öre. 2 Shilling have been charged in Austria, which should be 15/170 of the Austrian foreign rate plus a handeling fee. It may also have been a minimum fee.