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. LETTERS SENT AWAY YEARLY Although most people have a vague idea that the number of stamps sold and letters posted in New Zealand every year must be enormous, yet very few have any definite knowledge of the actual number. In the year 1900 the number of letters posted in New Zealand was 36,000,000, or 47 per head of the population. In 1901, following the introduction of penny postage, the figures jumped to 48,000,000 and 62 respectively, while in 1924 they had increased to 115,000,000 and 105 respectively. The introduction of the two-penny postage caused a drop in the totals at the time, but when the "penny postage was reintroduced the numbers increased considerably. In 1925 the number of letters posted per head of the population increased to 110.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12605, 16 November 1926, Page 6
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131BUSY POST OFFICES New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12605, 16 November 1926, Page 6
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