Unframed 14x10 mm
Colour: violet
170 öre rate period 1.2.1978-15.6.1980
Most typical use: Foreign postcards paid at the old rate.
Items known:
19.6.1980 Vimmerby to Peterborough (UK), violet
19.6.1980 Letter to England. "Correct" rate 170 öre. Shortpaid 20 öre. Due handstamp indicates deficiency 20 öre and foreign letter rate 170 öre. 20/170 of foreign rate 13.5 p = 1.58 p ~ 1 p and handling fee 15 p, totally 16 p have been charged in England. The rate was increased already on 16.6.1980 so a correct marking should have been T50/200.