British Solomon Islands

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

British Solomon Islands

from UPU tables with much additional material courtesy of  Neil Donen.

1/2d

  • Printed matter, anywhere, per 2 oz, maximum: inland 5 lb, abroad 4 lb or 6½ lb if single volume.
  • Newspapers printed within colony, inland, up to 4 oz.
  • Newspapers, inland [other than above] per 6 oz or abroad per 2 oz, maximum: empire 5 lb, other 4 lb.
  • (Commercial papers, abroad, per 2 oz, maximum: 4 lb, minimum rate: 3d).
  • (Samples, abroad, per 2 oz, maximum: 1 lb, minimum rate: 1d).

1d

  • Postcard, inland & empire.
  • Commercial papers, samples, inland, per 4 oz, maximum: 5 lb.
  • Newspapers printed within colony, inland, over 4 oz.
  • Samples, abroad, minimum rate.
  • (Letter, inland & empire, per subsequent oz).

11/2d

  • Letter, inland & empire, first oz.
  • Postcard, foreign.
  • (Letter, foreign, per subsequent oz)

3d

  • Letter, foreign, first oz.
  • Commercial papers, abroad, minimum rate.
  • (Registration, Advice of delivery or parcel certificate of posting fees).
  • (Parcel, inland, per subsequent lb, maximum: 22 lb).

6d

  • Parcel, inland, up to 1 lb
  • (Parcel, Australia, per subsequent lb, maximum: 11 lb).
  • [Possible use being a foreign registered letter].

8d

  • Parcel, Australia, first lb.

10d

  • (Parcel, abroad apart from to Australia, per subsequent lb, maximum: 11 lb).

1/-

  • [Possible use being an inland parcel between 2 & 3 lb.]

Annotation

( )  = Additions to standard rates

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Silver Jubilee denominations

AJA - August 2011