EUROPE
Further information
Printed matter (PPM) for businesses; Printed letters including official mail and forms; PO charges on mail improperly sent or underpaid and Nachname; Prices Current for businesses; Papiers d’Affaires (France); Newspapers; National and local Elections; Parliamentary proceedings; Jury and Sheriff Notices; Birth, Confirmation and Marriage documents; Taxes on goods and property and income tax; Life assurance policy letters and notices of Death; Literary and non-political circulars; Postage rates range from Netherlands 5 cents (approximately 1 British penny), 1 French centime (1c. approximately equals 0.1 British penny) and multiples up to 560 drachmae France to Greece, Serbia 2 paras, Luxembourg 1c., Belgium 1c., Italian States ½ grano, 1 quattrino and others, Russia 1 kopeck and multiples of these rates.
A summary of the content of the collection follows: Territories linked in some way to Britain Portugal had a currency based on a gold standard similar to Great Britain though not as comprehensive. Netherlands used a currency that was virtually identical in value to sterling.
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Classification
- Territory
- Balkans Belgium and related territories France and related territories Italy and related territories Yugoslavia including its predecessors and successor states Luxembourg Netherlands and related territories Greece Switzerland Austrian territory (Cisleithania) Hungarian territory (Transleithania) Lombardy–Venetia Old German States Tsarist Russia and the territory of the former USSR until 1923
- Subject
- Postal rates and methods of franking (incl. inflation, currency reforms etc.) Standard post office postmarks
- Exhibition class
- Non-standard-size exhibits