Ascension & St Helena

Postal rates at the time of the 1935 Silver Jubilee from:

Ascension and St. Helena

1/2d
  • Printed matter per 2 oz., U.K & empire
  • Braille items for the blind, 2-8 lbs.

1d
  • Postcard, U.K. & empire
  • (Printed matter per 2 oz. foreign - minimum: 2d)

11/2d
  • Postcard, foreign
  • Letter per additional ounce, U.K., empire & foreign

2d
  • Letter first ounce, U.K.& empire
  • Printed matter minimum, foreign

21/2d
  • Braille items for the blind - up to 11 lbs.

3d
  • Letter first ounce, foreign
  • (Registration or Recorded Delivery fee)

5d
  • [Registered letter, U.K.]

6d
  • [Registered letter, foreign]

8d
  • Parcel per pound, South Africa - maximum 11 lbs.

1/-

1/8
  • Parcel up to 3 lbs., inter island or U.K.

3/-
  • Parcel 3 to 7 lbs., inter island or U.K.

4/3
  • Parcel 7 to 11 lbs., inter island or U.K.

6/6
  • Parcel 11 to 22 lbs., inter island or U.K.

Annotation

( ) = Additional charges to stanard rates.

[] = Combined rates.

Parcels to other destinations: the rates to U.K. or South Africa plus the appropriate rate there onward.

No service for: Small packets, Express rate or Internal mail. Or airmail before 1936, (by sea to Capetown).

Shaded boxes = Silver Jubilee denominations of:

 

Ascension

 

St Helena

 

both islands