Australia

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

Australia

from UPU tables with much additional material courtesy of  Neil Donen and Malcolm Jones

1d

  • Printed matter, inland, per 6 oz, books, periodicals, newspapers registered with the post office
  • Printed matter, inland, per 4 oz, printed papers/circulars/newspapers not registered with the post office
  • Printed matter, elsewhere, per 4 oz
  • Literature for the blind, per 2½ lb
  • Commercial papers/patterns/samples, inland, per 2 oz
  • Commercial papers/merchandise/samples, Fiji, New Zealand & dependencies, per 2 oz
  • (Commercial papers, elsewhere, per 2 oz, minimum rate: 3d)
  • (Samples, abroad, per 2 oz, minimum rate: 2d)
  • (Late fee)

11/2d

  • Postcard, inland or empire

2d

  • Letter, inland or empire including New Hebrides, Banks & Torre islands, per oz
  • Postcard, foreign
  • Samples, abroad, minimum rate
  • (Letter, foreign, per subsequent oz)

21/2d

  • (Small packet, abroad, per 2 oz, minimum rate: 6d)

3d

  • Letter, foreign, per oz
  • Commercial papers, abroad, minimum rate
  • (Air letter, within Australia, surcharge per half oz)
  • (Registration or Acknowledgement of receipt fees)

5d

  • Air postcard, Dutch E Indies, Brunei, Hong Kong, N Borneo, Sarawak, Singapore, Java, Indo-China, Japan, Philippines
  • Air postcard with additional air service, Malaya apart from Singapore

6d

  • Small packet, abroad, minimum rate
  • Air postcard with additional air service, Dutch E Indies
  • Parcel, within 30 miles of posting, up to 1 lb
  • (Express rate)

7d

  • Air letter, New Zealand, per half oz
  • Air postcard, Burma, Ceylon, India

8d

  • (Air letter, Dutch E Indies, per subsequent half oz)

9d

  • Air letter, Brunei, Hong Kong, N Borneo, Sarawak, Singapore, Java, per half oz
  • Air letter, Dutch E Indies, first half oz
  • Air postcard, UK, Europe, Gaza, Iraq, Palestine
  • Parcel, within 30 miles of posting, 1 to 2 lb
  • Parcel, within the state of posting, up to 1 lb
  • (Air letter, Indo-China, Japan, Philippines, per subsequent half oz)

10d

  • Air letter, Indo-China, Japan, Philippines, first half oz
  • Air letter with additional air service, Malaya apart from Singapore, per half oz
  • Air postcard, Arabia, Egypt, KUT, Malaya, Nyasaland, Rhodesia, South Africa, Sudan, Belgian Congo

11d

  • Air postcard with additional air service, Belgium, Sudan
  • (Air letter, Thailand, per subsequent half oz)
  • (Air letter with additional air service, Dutch E Indies, per subsequent half oz)

1/-

  • Air letter, Thailand, first half oz
  • Air letter with additional air service, Dutch E Indies, first half oz
  • Air postcard with additional air service, Austria, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Jugoslavia, Roumania, Spain, Turkey
  • Parcel, within 30 miles of posting, 2 to 3 lb
  • Parcel, within the state of posting, 1 to 2 lb

1/1

  • Air letter, Burma, per half oz
  • Air postcard with additional air service, Denmark, Germany, Holland, Norway, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland

1/2

  • Air letter, Ceylon, India, per half oz
  • Air postcard with additional air service, Belgian Congo NE Province, Finland, Russia, KUT

1/3

  • Air postcard with additional air service, Nyasaland, Rhodesia
  • Parcel, within 30 miles of posting, 3 to 5 lb
  • Parcel, within the state of posting, 2 to 3 lb

1/5

  • Air postcard with additional air service, South Africa

1/6

  • Air letter, GB, Canada, Gaza, per half oz
  • Parcel, within 30 miles of posting, 5 to 8 lb
  • Parcel, within the state of posting, 3 to 5 lb
  • (Air letter, Arabia, Egypt, KUT, Malaya, Nyasaland, Rhodesia, South Africa, Sudan, per subsequent half oz)

1/7

  • Air letter, USA, per half oz, or Arabia, Egypt, KUT, Malaya, Nyasaland, Rhodesia, South Africa, Sudan, first half oz
  • Air postcard with additional air service, Belgian Congo Katanga Province,
  • (Air letter, Iraq, Belgian Congo, per subsequent half oz)

1/8

  • Air letter,  Palestine, per half oz or Iraq, Belgian Congo, first half oz

1/9

  • Air letter, Europe [air to Brindisi], per half oz
  • Parcel, within 30 miles of posting, 8 to 11 lb
  • (Air letter with additional air service, Belgium, per subsequent half oz)

1/10

  • Air letter with additional air service, Belgium, first half oz or Sudan per half oz
  • (Air letter with additional air service, Bulgaria, Roumania, Turkey, per subsequent oz)

1/11

  • Air letter with additional air service, Bulgaria, Roumania, Turkey, first half oz

2/-

  • Air letter with additional air service, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Jugoslavia, Spain, first half oz
  • Parcel, within the state of posting, 5 to 8 lb
  • (Air letter with additional air service, Germany, Holland, Poland, Switzerland, per subsequent half oz)

2/1

  • Air letter with additional air service, Germany, Holland, Poland, Switzerland, first half oz
  • (Air letter with additional air service, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, per subsequent half oz)

2/2

  • Air letter with additional air service, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, first half oz
  • (Air letter with additional air service, Finland, Russia, per subsequent half oz)

2/3

  • Air letter with additional air service, Finland, Russia, first half oz or KUT, per half oz
  • (Air letter with additional air service, Belgian Congo NE Province, per subsequent half oz)

2/4

  • Air letter with additional air service, Belgian Congo NE Province, first half oz

2/5

  • Air letter with additional air service, Nyasaland, Rhodesia, per half oz

2/9

  • Air letter with additional air service, South Africa, per half oz
  • Parcel, within the state of posting, 8 to 11 lb

3/1

  • (Air letter with additional air service, Belgian Congo Katanga Province, per subsequent half oz)

3/2

  • Air letter with additional air service, Belgian Congo Katanga Province, first half oz

Annotation

( )  = Additions to standard rates

Shaded boxes:

 

Silver Jubilee denominations

 

Rates achievable solely with Silver Jubilee denominations

 

Rate achievable with the complete Silver Jubilee set

AJA - April 2010