3 Metaphors for postage

In those days the postage of a letter was twopence for short distances, and threepence for any distance beyond eighty miles.

It was a symbol of the economic vassalage of Serbia and Montenegro that the postage between both of these countries and any part of Austria-Hungary was ten centimes, that for letters between Serbia and Montenegro, which had to make the long détour through Austrian territory, was twenty-five.

The postage on this paper will be twenty cents per year, payable quarterly in advance, at the place where it is received.

3 Metaphors for  postage