FOREIGN POSTAGE.
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sut,—I think that the Postmaster-General could, if he would, aid very materially in removing the grievance your correspon- dents in Switzerland complain of by : (a) Displaying in every post office the current rates of postage in a prominent and accessible position. This is customary in some places, but I have sought in vain for such information in an English post office without having to expend sixpence on a Postal Guide ; (b) Inserting more postal information, and, if need be, fewer uninteresting advertisements in the small books of stamps.
I have two of these before me, both the 3s. variety, and dated September, 1922, in one of which the small space devoted, in the other one, to Foreign and. Colonial rates, has apparently been replaced by an advertisement about ropes and twines I I imagine a fruitful cause of surcharge is that many people do not realize that it costs as much in postage (lid.) to send a postcard as a letter weighing one ounce to Canada or any other " British Possession."--I am, Sir, &c., C. R. H.
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