Unframed 14x10 mm
Colour: violet
170 öre rate period 1.2.1978-15.6.1980
Most typical use: Foreign triple rate letter paid at old rate.
Items known:
1.5.1978 Trelleborg to Isleworth (UK), violet
24.8.1978 Trelleborg to Zwettl (AT), violet
14.11.1978 Karlstad to Amman (Jordan)
1.5.1978. Letter to England. Correct rate 170 öre. Shortpaid 70 öre. Due handstamp indicates deficiency 70 öre and foreign letter rate 170 öre. Amount due in England should have been 70/170 of foreign letter rate 10.5 p = 4.3 p + handling fee 15 p but only 3+15=18 p have been charged.