The Eight-cent Prexie
International surface letter use
The international surface letter rate to UPU countries was eight cents for the first ounce from November 1, 1953 until July 1, 1961.
A cover sent to Tanganyika in 1957.
A card sent to the American Embassy in London sometime between late 1953 and mid 1961. Note the Department of State cancel. The card was likely carried outside the mails, in a diplomatic pouch.
