/revised 18 Oct 2006
Postage due items from USA to Sweden


1 July 1851 to 14 Aug 1853, Bremen Agreement

Total due 64 sk bco (=1 Rdr 16 Sk bco)


Unpaid single rate letter.
USA debited Bremen 20 cent. restated as 9½ silbergroschen. German postage was added and Hamburg debited Sweden 16 Hamburg Schillinge equal to 40 Skilling Banco. The fee from Hamburg to Sweden was 24 Skilling banco making a total of 64 Sk bco or 1 Rdr 16 Sk bco.
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Litterature: United States - Sweden: Letter mail Prior to the Bilateral Postal Convention of 1873, Richard F. Winter(Tucson, AZ 2001) (Part of the Nordia 2001 Symposium papers.)