/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.