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Staff (Committee Report)

Volume 488: debated on Wednesday 30 May 1951

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79.

asked the Postmaster-General when he expects the Committee on Recognition of Post Office Grades to present its report.

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
DatePostage Rates from U.K.Postage Rates to U.K.Transit times
1939 to 1945Letters: 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 oz6d.
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.1½oz6d.
Each additional ½oz6d.
PARCELS
"NO SERVICE" at any time