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 per copy first 8 oz., inland and India
  • (Newspaper per subsequent 8 oz., inland and India)

3c

  • Letter, district
  • Postcard, inland and India
  • Printed matter per 2 oz., UK and empire
  • Braille items up to 2 lbs., foreign from July

4c

  • Braille items up to 2 lbs., foreign to June
  • (Printed matter per 2 oz., foreign - minimum 8c.)

6c

  • Letter per 2 oz., inland and India
  • Postcard, UK and empire
  • (Baluchistan air fee per 1/2 oz.)

8c

  • Printed matter, foreign minimum

9c

  • Letter per oz., UK and empire

10c

  • (Letter per subsequent oz., foreign)

12c

  • Postcard, foreign
  • (Persia internal service air fee per 1/2 oz.)

15c

  • (Registration fee, inland and India)
  • (Gulf Ports, Jask, Lingar and Bushire air fee per 1/2 oz.)

20c

  • Letter first oz., foreign
  • (Registration fee, other than inland and India)
  • (Recorded delivery - advice of which requested at time of posting)
  • (Australia, Fiji, NZ via Perth-Adelaide, UK via Marseilles, Iraq air fee per 1/2 oz)

25c

  • (Persia via Karachi & internal service, Egypt, Palestine, USA air fee per 1/2 oz)

30c

  • (Recorded delivery - advice of which requested after posting)

35c

  • (UK via Karachi air fee per 1/2 oz.)

36c

  • Small packet, foreign minimum

40c

  • (Express fee, foreign)
  • (NZ via Madras, continental Europe air fee per 1/2 oz.)

50c

  • (Port Said via Madras air fee per 1/2 oz.)

60c

  • (UK via Madras air fee per 1/2 oz.)

3.30r

  • (Brazil air fee per 1/2 oz.)

3.90r

  • (Paraguay, Uraguay, Argentina air fee per 1/2 oz.)

Annotation:

( ) = Additions to standard rates

Shaded boxes:

 

Silver Jubilee denominations

 

Rates achievable with silver jubilee values alone

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