The Thirty-cent Prexie
Surface mail registered, return receipt
The UPU surface letter rate was five cents from July 1, 1875 until November 1, 1953. Foreign registry cost twenty cents from February 1, 1945 to January 1, 1949. The return receipt fee was five cents from April 1, 1879 until November 1, 1953. The total would have come to thirty cents from February 1, 1945 to January 1, 1949.
This cover was sent surface mail to England, registered, with return receipt requested, in December, 1947.
