Postage
due items from USA to Sweden
1 Oct 1925
to ca. 7 Nov 1936
US foreign
surface letter rate 5 c
US Conversion
rate 1 US cent = 5 goldcentimes
Swedish conversion
rate 1 goldcentime = 1 öre
US handstamp
shows amount to pay in goldcentimes, normally double deficiency.
In Sweden
the indicated amount multiplied by 1 was marked on the item. The amount
due was normally paid by affixing stamps on the item.
Postcard with
2 cent. Correct rate 3 cent. Shortpaid 1 cent. US due handstamp indicates
2x1x5=10 centimes. Converted to öre at the rate 1 to 1, and 10 öre
affixed as postage due.