PENNY POSTAGE
GOOD BUSINESS PROPOSITION. NEW ZEALAND FIGURES. WELLINGTON, This Day. The Director-General of the Post and Telegraph Department states: The cabled report that the King’s silver anniversary is to be marked by the return of Britain to Imperial penny postage is a reminder that in June, 1932, the New Zealand Postal Department, as a artists I shall simply cease producing.” costs to the community, made a number of reductions in postal charges, including the reintroduction of penny postage for letters and letter cards. The results have been markedly encouraging to the Department, for the number of letters and letter-cards posted in the Dominion in the following year rose by over 7,500,000 compared with 1932, though for seven months in that year the lower rates had prevailed. Last year nearly 131,000,000 letters and letter-cards were posted, showing a further increase of nearly 5,000,000. This may be regarded not only as a satisfactory public response to cheapened facilities, but a heartening indication of increased business activity reflected in the volume of correspondence.”
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Wairarapa Daily Times, 23 February 1935, Page 5
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171PENNY POSTAGE Wairarapa Daily Times, 23 February 1935, Page 5
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