/added
13 Jan 2007
Postage
due items from USA to Sweden
2 Mar 1974
- 30 April 1975
US foreign
surface letter rate 18 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 letter
with 21 c. Correct Rate 26 c. Due handstamp indicates double deficiency
10 c and foreign surface letter rate 18 c. Swedish due label indicates
10/18 of foreign surface letter rate 100 = 55.56 öre rounded up to
60 öre, paid by affixing a postage stamp on the item.