The Nine-cent Prexie
Samples of merchandise, surface rate
The postage for sending samples of merchandise internationally by surface transportation was one-and-one-half cents per each two ounces from April 1, 1932 until November 1, 1953.
This tag was used to send a sample weighing between eleven and twelve ounces to Iceland.
A package containing ore samples sent to Bralorne Mines in British Columbia in 1944.