These refers to the payments made for the services offered in a post office.
In Kenya some of these services include:
The image below shows a post office in one of the towns in Kenya
Charges paid at a post office so that letters and parcels can be sent within a country are called inland postal charges.
The table provided shows inland postal charges for sending letters, aerogrammes and post cards.
Ngoko posted a letter of mass 60 g, 2 aerogrammes and a post card. What was the postal charge?
Letter of mass 60 g is charged between
50 g and 100 g which is Sh 28
2 aerogrammes are charged @ Sh 21
both will be Sh 2 X 21 = Sh 42
1 postcard is charged at Sh 19
Total charge Sh (28 + 42 + 19) = Sh 89
International postal charges are paid to a post office in a given country in order to send letters and parcels to other parts of the world.
Example
Miriam sent a small packet of mass 1.6 kg to Nigeria, printed papers of mass 240 g to Uganda and a small packet of mass 1 kg to Germany.
Work out the total postal charge.
Charges are as follows:
Sh 1.6 kg packet to Nigeria 840
240 g printed papers to Uganda 177
1 kg packet to Germany 707
Total charge = 1 724
