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Postal rates at the time of the 1935 Silver Jubilee from:
British Guiana
from UPU tables with much additional material courtesy of Neil Donen. Also some data from John Cooper’s covers which suggest some inconsistances*. In case some rates varied during the period, your own evidence, along with cover dates, would be most welcome.
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1c
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- Postcard/unsealed Christmas card, domestic
- Printed matter, books, domestic, per oz, maximum: 2 lb
- Newspapers, without supplement, printed in colony, domestic, up to 4 oz
- Commercial matter, domestic, per 2 oz
- Printed papers, abroad, per 2 oz
- Braille items for the blind, foreign, first 2 lb & per subsequent 3 lb, maximum: 11 lb
- (Commercial papers, abroad, per 2 oz, minimum rate: empire 12c, foreign 6c)
- (Patterns/samples, foreign, per 2 oz, minimum rate: 2c)
- (Letter, domestic, per subsequent 2 oz above 4 oz)
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2c
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- Letter, domestic, first oz
- Newspapers printed in colony & containing supplement, domestic, up to 4 oz
- Patterns/samples, foreign, minimum rate: 2c
- (Patterns/samples, empire, per 2 oz, minimum rate: 4c)
- (Small packet, G.B. or Trinidad, per 2 oz, maximum: 2 lb, minimum rate: 12c)
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3c
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- Postcard, abroad
- Letter, domestic, 1 to 2 oz
- (Letter, abroad, per subsequent oz)
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4c
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- Letter, empire, first oz
- Letter, domestic, 2 to 4 oz
- Patterns/samples, empire, minimum rate
- (Late fee for non-registered mail, 30 minutes after closing)
- (Advice of delivery or registration fee, domestic)
- (Parcel, domestic, per subsequent lb, maximum: 11 lb)
- (Airmail fee onward from GB, to Belgium, France, Germany, Holland, Italy or Spain, per oz)
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5c
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- (Airmail fee onward from GB, to Egypt, Sudan, per ½ oz)
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6c
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- Letter, foreign, first oz
- Reply paid postcard, abroad
- Commercial papers, foreign, minimum rate
- (AR or registration fee, abroad)
- (Express fee, domestic?*)
- (Airmail fee onward from GB, to Austria, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, per oz)
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8c
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- (Late fee for registered mail, 30 minutes after closing)
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12c
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- Parcel, domestic, first lb
- Commercial papers or small package, empire, minimum rate
- (Airmail fee onward from GB, to India, per ½ oz)
- (Express fee, except domestic?)
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14c
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- (Airmail fee onward from GB, to Russia, Siberia, per oz)
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15c
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- (Airmail fee, Trinidad, Dutch Guiana, per ½ oz)
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24c
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- Parcel, B.W.I., Martinique, Dutch Guiana, up to 3 lb
- (Late fee for non-registered mail, 30 to 60 minutes after closing)
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25c
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- (Airmail fee, St Lucia, Antigua, per ½ oz)
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39c
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- (Airmail fee, U.S.A. direct, per ½ oz)
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44c
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- (Airmail fee, Canada, per ½ oz)
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48c
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- Parcel, B.W.I., Martinique, Dutch Guiana, 3 to 7 lb
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54c
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55c
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- (Airmail fee, U.S.A. via St Thomas/Puerto Rico then by sea, per ½ oz)
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72c
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- Parcel, B.W.I., Martinique, Dutch Guiana, 7 to 11 lb
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88c
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$1.20
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- Parcel, G.B., 7 to 11 lb
- Parcel, B.W.I., Martinique, Dutch Guiana, 11 to 22 lb
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$1.80
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- Parcel, G.B., 11 to 22 lb
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