1 Jul 1972
to 1 Mar 1974
US foreign
surface letter rate 15 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 15 cent. Correct rate 21
cent. Shortpaid 6 cent. US due handstamp indicates double deficiency 12
cent and foreign letter rate 15 cent. 12/15 of 100 öre = 80 öre
have been indicated by the due label and stamps for 80 öre have been
affixed. This is a card but as it is oversized it has been taxed as letter.