/added
28 Jun 2006
Postage
due items from USA to Sweden
1 May 1967
- 30 June 1971
US foreign
surface letter rate 13 c
Swedish foreign
surface letter rate 70 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 70 and rounded up to nearest 5 öre
was normally paid by affixing stamps on the item.
Double rate
air mail letter with 20 cent. Correct rate 40 cent. Shortpaid 20 cent.
US due handstamp indicates double deficiency 2x20=40 cent and surface letter
rate 13 cent. Amount due in Sweden, 40/13 multiplied by Swedish foreign
letter rate 70 öre = 215.38 rounded down to 215 öre paid by affixing
postage stamps. Normally the amount should have been rounded up to 220
öre but the handling clerk probably thought it was so close to 215
so he only charged this amount.