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79.
Mr. Grey
asked the Postmaster-General when he expects the Committee on Recognition of Post Office Grades to present its report.
Mr. Ness Edwards
I understand from the Chairman that, in view of the mass of written evidence already received and of the numerous requests to give oral evidence, it is likely to be some months before the Committee will be in a position to present a report.
AIR MAIL | ||||||
LETTERS | ||||||
Date | Postage Rates from U.K. | Postage Rates to U.K. | Transit times | |||
1939 to 1945 | … | Letters: 1s. 3d. each ½oz. From 1941 onwards— | Letters: 1s. 3d. each ½oz. From 1941 onwards— | |||
"Thin postcards" | 3d. | "Airgraphs" | 3d. | Until late in the war, ordinary air mail letters were sent part of the way by sea, the transit times sometimes being as much as 8 weeks. | ||
"Airgraphs" | 3d. | "Air Letters" | 3d. | |||
"Air Letters" | 6d. | |||||
From 1945 onwards— | From 1945 on wards— | Conveyed all the way by air: 5–14 days. | ||||
"Forces Air Letters" | 1½d. | |||||
Letters: | Letters: | |||||
1 oz. | 1½d. | 1 oz. | Free | |||
1½oz. | 6d. | 1½ oz | 6d. | |||
Each additional ½oz. | 6d. | Each additional ½oz. | 6d. | |||
Present | … | "Forces Air Letters" 2½d. Letters: | "Forces Air Letters" Free Letters: | 8–10 days | ||
1½oz. | 6d. | 1 oz. | 2½d. | |||
Each additional ½oz. | 6d. | 1½oz | 6d. | |||
Each additional ½oz | 6d. | |||||
PARCELS | ||||||
"NO SERVICE" at any time |