POST OFFICE INFORMATION SLIP (17)
REPUBLIC OF
Ai Li-shan
Continuation of the series on slips attached to covers.
17. Size – 61 x 110 mm
Paper – thick white paper, .0042” thick
Black lettering
Shanghai July 30, 1948 (letter from
This is a most unusual slip – it reads from left to right. To my knowledge, this is the only form that uses this format. Please note – it is very late and probably the last used.
Please keep for reference Domestic Airmail postage Begins July 21, 1948 Airmail letter are posted fastest All of these rates include one unit of
(20 grams). Airmail fee is $70,000 Money remittance letter safest
Left box Right box Type of mail Fee Postcard (Single) 80,000 Ordinary mail 85,000 Ordinary mail express
100,000 Registered letter 115,000 Money remittance 165,000
registered (basic rate) Double registered letter 220,000
(with return receipt) Money remittance – double 270,000
registered, (basic rate) Express letter 130,000 Double registered express 235,000