Oops!  my mistake.
GBP21.06 is about USD42.3 - give or take a few cents. It's now more than two dollars to the pound.

Benda

On 29 Nov 2007, at 12:54, Marin Thomas wrote:

There is no dot on USD. I gather GBP 21.06 would be USD 4.23.
When I wanted to order a book in Italy and the cost of the book was USD 20.00, I was told that it would cost me that much to mail it to me.

Brenda Paternoster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
10 threads books with the packaging usually weighs 2.040 Kg and costs
GBP21.06 to send by airmail as printed papers, about USD423

> I now look at worldwide items, but no longer buy from the US or Canada
> as I recently bought four thinnish lace/sewing books, which didn't
> weigh much from Canada, for a total of USD43.88 and the airmail
> postage was USD48.99. So it looks like the UK Royal Mail isn't the
> only postal service which is making international purchases too
> expensive.
>

Brenda in Allhallows, Kent
http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/index.html

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