1 Jul 1972
to 1 Mar 1974
US foreign
surface letter rate 15 c
Swedish foreign
surface letter rate 100 öre
US handstamp
shows amount to pay in US cents (normally double deficiency) and US surface
letter rate.
In Sweden
the indicated fraction multiplied by 100 rounded up to nearest 5 öre
was normally paid by affixing stamps on the item.
Air mail postcard with 9 cent. Correct rate 15
cent. Shortpaid 6 cent. US due handstamp indicates double deficiency 12
cent and foreign letter rate 15 cent. 12/15 of 100 öre = 80 öre
have been charged in Sweden. The amount should have been affixed on the
card but the item may have been refused or the amount may have been affixed
elswhere.