/added 9 Oct 2008
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.


Customs fees including custom house porter fees when cleared in Gothenburg: 265 öre (9 Sep 1968 to 31 Dec 1968), stamps probably affixed on the parcel. The rate consists of a postal fee; 150 öre (1 Jul 1964 to 28 Feb 1969) and a custom house porter fee. The porter fee in Gothenburg for postal items was 75 öre + 55% rounded to nearest 5 öre = 115 öre (9 Sep 1967 to 31 Dec 1968)