§ 59. Captain FRASERasked the Postmaster-General the original price of the international reply coupon; and why, seeing that the exchanges of the world are in favour of England, this coupon should now cost 4d., since it is issued in order that it may be exchanged in any 1900 country of the postal union for a postage stamp or stamps representing the postage on a single-rate letter, which is 2½d.?
§ Sir W. MITCHELL-THOMSONThe original price of an international reply coupon in this country was 3d.; but at that time the minimum selling price under the international Regulations was 28 centimes gold, and the coupon was exchangeable for a postage stamp of the value of 25 centimes gold. At present the postage on a single-rate letter may be as much as 40 centimes gold, and the minimum selling price has therefore been fixed, internationally, at 40 centimes gold. The selling price in this country cannot therefore at present be less than 4d.