Ceylon

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

Ceylon

with thanks to the Ceylon Study Circle for much assistance in compiling this table.

2c

  • Printed matter per 2 oz., inland and India
  • Newspaper [local reg.] per copy first 8 oz., inland and India
  • (Newspaper per subsequent 8 oz., inland and India)

3c

  • District Letter* per 2 oz
  • Postcard, inland and India
  • Printed matter per 2 oz., UK empire & Egypt
  • Braille items up to 2 lbs., foreign from July
  • Newspaper, UK empire & Egypt, per 2 oz
  • (Newspaper [GB or colonial], inland and India, per subsequent 6 oz)

4c

  • Braille items up to 2 lbs., foreign to June
  • Newspaper, foreign, per 2 oz
  • (Samples, inland & foreign, per 2 oz - minimum 8c)
  • (Samples, UK empire & Egypt,, per 4 oz - minimum 8c)
  • (Commercial papers, UK empire & Egypt, per 2 oz - Minimum 20c)
  • (Printed matter per 2 oz., foreign - minimum 8c.)

5c

  • (Advice of delivery of registered item requested at time of posting, inland)

6c

  • Letter per 2 oz., inland and India
  • Reply-paid postcard, inland and India
  • Postcard, UK empire & Egypt
  • Newspaper [GB or colonial], inland and India, first 6 oz
  • Samples, India, per 2 oz
  • (Baluchistan air fee per ˝oz.)

8c

  • Printed matter, foreign minimum

9c

  • Letter per oz., UK empire & Egypt
  • (Small packet, foreign, per 2 oz - minimum 36c)

10c

  • (Parcel, inland, per subsequent lb)
  • (Letter per subsequent oz., foreign)
  • (Iran - Jask [“Karachi-Persia”] air fee per ˝ oz)

12c

  • Postcard, foreign
  • Reply-paid postcard, UK empire & Egypt
  • (Persia internal service air fee per ˝ oz.)

14c

  • (UK Canada USA [“Karachi-London”] & Europe [“Karachi-Brindisi”] postcard air fee)

15c

  • (Registration fee, inland and India)
  • (Insurance fee for up to 50 R, inland)
  • (Gulf Ports, Jask, Lingar and Bushire air fee per ˝ oz.)

16c

  • (Iran - Bushire, Gulf Ports [“Karachi-Persia”] air fee per ˝ oz.)

18c

  • (UK [“Madras-London”] or rest of Europe [“Madras-Brindisi”] postcard air fee)
  • (Canada, USA [“Madras-London” then by surface] postcard air fee)

20c

  • Letter first oz., foreign
  • (Registration fee, other than inland and India)
  • (Advice of delivery of registered item requested at time of posting, UK empire & forein)
  • (Australia, Fiji, NZ [“Perth-Adelaide”], UK via Marseilles, Iraq air fee per ˝ oz)
  • (Dutch E Indies [“Medan-Bandoeng” or “Medan-Soerabaya”] air fee per ˝ oz)

25c

  • Parcel, inland, up to 1 lb
  • (Insurance fee per subsequent 50 R, inland)
  • (Persia via Karachi & internal service, Egypt, Palestine, USA air fee per ˝ oz)
  • (India, Baluchistan [“Karachi-Madras”], air fee per ˝ oz)

30c

  • (Advice of delivery of registered item requested after posting, inland UK empire & foreign)
  • (USA by surface, then air within USA, air fee per ˝ oz.)
  • (Palestine Egypt [“Karachi - London”] air fee per ˝ oz.)
  • (Gwadur [“India-Baluchistan”] air fee per ˝ oz.)

35c

  • (UK via Karachi air fee per ˝ oz.)
  • (Canada, USA [“Karachi-London” then by surface] air fee per ˝ oz.)
  • (Iran - Jask [“India-Persia”] air fee per ˝ oz)

36c

  • Small packet, foreign minimum

40c

  • (Express fee, UK empire & foreign)
  • (NZ via Madras, continental Europe air fee per ˝ oz.)
  • (Australia, NZ, Fiji via Singapore air fee per ˝ oz.)
  • (Iran - Bushire, Gulf Ports [“India-Persia”] air fee per ˝ oz.)

45c

  • (Iraq [“India-Iraq”] air fee per ˝ oz.)

50c

  • (Port Said via Madras air fee per ˝ oz.)
  • (Palestine [“India-Palestine”] air fee per ˝ oz.)

55c

  • (USA [air to London, ship, then internal airmail] air fee per ˝ oz.)

60c

  • (UK [“Madras-London”] or rest of Europe [“Madras-Brindisi”] air fee per ˝ oz.)
  • (Canada, USA [“Madras-London” then by surface] air fee per ˝ oz.)

70c

  • (KUT, Nyasaland [“Karachi-Kenya”] air fee per ˝ oz.)

85c

  • (Belgian Congo, N & S Rhodesia, Portugese E Africa [“Karachi-Rhodesia”] air fee per ˝ oz.)

90c

  • (KUT, Nyasaland [“India-Kenya”] air fee per ˝ oz.)

1.00r

  • (South Africa [“Karachi-South Arica”] air fee per ˝ oz.)

1.05r

  • (Belgian Congo, N & S Rhodesia, Portugese E Africa [“India-Rhodesia”] air fee per ˝ oz.)

3.30r

  • (Brazil air fee per ˝ oz. or postcard)

3.90r

  • (Paraguay, Uraguay, Argentina, Chile air fee per ˝ oz or postcard.)

4.00r

  • (Brazil [“Marseilles-Buenos Aires”] air fee per ˝ oz. or postcard)

4.75r

  • (Paraguay, Uraguay, Argentina, Chile [“Marseilles-Buenos Aires”] air fee per ˝ oz or postcard.)

Annotation:

( ) = Additions to standard rates. These include air fees which are in addition to surface rates

* = District Letter being one left and collected from the same post office

Shaded boxes:

 

Silver Jubilee denominations

 

Rates achievable with silver jubilee values alone

 

Rate using full set of silver jubilee values

Augmented - May 2009

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