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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19129, 25 September 1936, Page 14

Unstamped postal matter, especially from foreign countries, is liable to be fairly expensive to the man to whom il is sent, as one Blenheim business man lias discovered to his cost. The letter was one from ail ex-resident of the town who is now on his wav to take over a position in the Falkland Islands. Oil his way Home lie thoughtfully posted a letter at Vigo, a port in Spain, on which lie placed a shilling stamp and sent it by air mail. Actually the charge for air-mail carriage turned Out to bo Is 3d per half-ounce, land as the letter weighed two and a-Edf 1 ounces its cost should have been 6s 3d. A shilling.* taken from the amount leaves 5s 3d, mid doubled, the penalty for short postage, it comes to 10s 6d. which was the amount the recipient had to pay when he took delivery.