Cyprus

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

Cyprus

from U.P.U. tables supplemented by information kindly supplied by Akis Christou, John Cooper and Neil Donen

1/4 pi

  • Inland newspapers published locally

1/2 pi

  • Inland postcard, printed papers, up to 4 oz
  • Braille items, foreign, per 2 lbs
  • (Letter, inland, per additional oz)
  • (Printed paper/newspaper, foreign, per 2 oz - minimum 1 pi)

3/4 pi

  • Letter, inland, up to 1 oz

1 pi

  • Postcard, empire
  • Printed paper/newspaper, foreign, minimum rate
  • (Letter, empire, per subsequent oz)
  • (Small packet, foreign, per 2 oz - minimum 5 pi)
  • (Extra for airmail to Palestine, Egypt, Rhodes or Athens)

11/2 pi

  • Letter, empire, up to 1 oz
  • Postcard, foreign
  • (Letter, foreign, per subsequent oz)

2 pi

  • Postcard, “By air to London”, UK [inc. Eire] & empire
  • By air postcard, Sudan, Greece [via Egypt] & Iraq, Persia “By air to Baghdad or Basra, Iraq”
  • (By air [via Egypt], letter, Greece, per subsequent half oz)
  • (Insurance fee, parcel, per subsequent extra £12 value)

21/2 pi

  • Letter, foreign, up to 1 oz
  • By air [via London], postcard, foreign
  • By air [via Palestine], postcard, Greece
  • “By air to most convenient point”, postcard, Europe [except UK, Eire & Greece]
  • By air postcard, Bahrein or “By air to Karachi”, India & Ceylon
  • (“By air to London”, letter, empire & foreign, per subsequent half oz)
  • (“By air to most convenient point”, letter, Europe [except UK, Eire & Greece], per subsequent half oz)
  • (By air, letter, Greece [via Palestine], UK, Eire, Iraq, Sudan, per subsequent half oz)
  • (“By air to Baghdad or Basra, Iraq”, letter, Persia, per subsequent half oz)
  • (Registration or Recorded Delivery fee)

3 pi

  • By air, postcard, Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika & Zanzibar

31/2 pi

  • “By air to London”, letter, UK [inc. Eire] & empire [inc Sudan], first half oz
  • By air postcard, Belgian Congo “By air to Aba”, India “By air to Calcutta”

4 pi

  • By air letter, Greece [via Egypt], first half oz
  • By air, postcard, India “By air to Karachi and in India”, Nyasaland “By air to Salisbury”, Rhodesia
  • (By air letter, India “By air to Karachi and in India”, Ceylon “By air to Karachi”, Bahrein, per sub. half oz)

41/2 pi

  • By air to London, letter, foreign, first half oz
  • “By air to most convenient point”, letter, Europe [except UK, Eire & Greece], first half oz
  • By air, letter, Greece [via Palestine], Iraq, Persia, “By air to Baghdad or Basra, Iraq”, first half oz
  • By air postcard, India “By air to Rangoon”
  • (Insurance fee, parcel, up to £12 value)

5 pi

  • By air, letter, Bahrein, India & Ceylon, “By air to Karachi”, first half oz
  • By air, postcard, USA, “By air to London and in the United States of America”
  • Small packet, foreign, minimum rate
  • (Express fee)

51/2 pi

  • By air, postcard, Mauritius “By air to Salisbury”, Nyasaland “By air to Blantyre”, South Africa
  • (By air letter, Belgian Congo “By air to Aba”, Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika & Zanzibar, per sub. half oz)

6 pi

  • By air, postcard, Madagascar & Portugese E. Africa “By air to Salisbury, Rhodesia”
  • By air, postcard, [via Palestine], Malay States & Straits Settlements, “By air to Singapore”
  • (By air letter, India “By air to Calcutta”, Ceylon, “By air to Karachi”, per subsequent half oz)

61/2 pi

  • By air, postcard, Hong Kong, N. Borneo, Brunei, Sarawak, “By air to Singapore”, Dutch E Indies [via Palestine]
  • By air, postcard, French Indo-China, “By air to Bangkok, Siam”, Malay States, Straits Settlements, Siam [via Egypt]
  • By air letter, Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika & Zanzibar, first half oz

7 pi

  • By air letter, India “By air to Calcutta”, first half oz
  • By air, postcard, Philippines, China & Japan “By air to Singapore”
  • (By air letter, India & Ceylon, “By air to Karachi and in India”, per subsequent half oz)

71/2 pi

  • By air letter, Belgian Congo “By air to Aba”, first half oz
  • By air, postcard, China & [via Egypt] Dutch E Indies “By air to Singapore”
  • (By air letter, Nyasaland “By air to Salisbury”, N. & S. Rhodesia, per subsequent half oz)

8 pi

  • By air letter, India & Ceylon, “By air to Karachi and in India”, first half oz
  • (By air letter, India “By air to Rangoon”, per subsequent half oz)
  • (By air letter, USA “By air to London and in the United States of America”, per subsequent half oz)

81/2 pi

  • By air letter, Nyasaland “By air to Salisbury”, N. & S. Rhodesia, first half oz

9 pi

  • By air letter, India “By air to Rangoon”, first half oz
  • By air, postcard, New Zealand, Fiji, Papua, New Guinea, Solomon Islands “By air to Darwin”, Australia

91/2 pi

  • By air, postcard, New Caledonia “By air to Darwin”

10 pi

  • By air letter, USA “By air to London and in the United States of America”, first half oz
  • (By air letter, Nyasaland “By air to Blantyre”, South Africa, per subsequent half oz)
  • (By air letter, Madagascar, Mauritius & Portugese E. Africa “By air to Salisbury, Rhodesia”, per subsequent half oz)

11 pi

  • By air letter, Mauritius “By air to Salisbury, Rhodesia”, Nyasaland “By air to Blantyre”, first half oz
  • (By air letter, Siam [via Egypt], French Indo-China, “By air to Bangkok, Siam”, per subsequent half oz)
  • (By air letter, [via Palestine] Malay States, Straits Set. “By air to Singapore”, Dutch E Indies, per subsequent half oz)

12 pi

  • By air letter, Madagascar & Portugese E. Africa “By air to Salisbury, Rhodesia”, first half oz
  • By air letter, [via Palestine] Malay States, Straits Set. “By air to Singapore”, first half oz
  • (By air letter, [via Egypt], Malay States, Straits Settlements, per subsequent half oz)
  • (By air letter Brunei, China, Hong Kong, Japan, N. Borneo, Philippines, Sarawak, “By air to Singapore”, per sub. half oz)

13 pi

  • By air letter, [via Egypt], Siam, Malay States, Straits Settlements, first half oz
  • By air letter Brunei, Hong Kong, N. Borneo, Sarawak, “By air to Singapore”, first half oz
  • By air letter, [via Palestine] Dutch E Indies, French Indo-China, “By air to Bangkok, Siam”, first half oz

131/2 pi

  • (By air letter, [via Egypt], Dutch E Indies,  “By air to Singapore”, per subsequent half oz)

14 pi

  • By air letter China, Japan, Philippines, “By air to Singapore”, first half oz

151/2 pi

  • By air letter, [via Egypt], Dutch E Indies,  “By air to Singapore”, first half oz

17 pi

  • (By air, letter, NZ, Fiji, Papua, N Guinea, N Caledonia, Solomon Is. “By air to Darwin”, Australia, per subsequent half oz)

18 pi

  • By air, letter, New Zealand, Fiji, Papua, New Guinea, Solomon Islands. “By air to Darwin”, Australia, first half oz

19 pi

  • By air, letter, New Caledonia, “By air to Darwin”, first half oz

Annotation

( ) = Additional charges to stanard rates.

“..” = Correspondence should be super-scribed as shown

* = From August 9, air fees for Palestine = 1/2 pi per 1/2 oz & Egypt = 1 pi per 1/2 oz

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Silver Jubilee denominations

 

Rates achievable solely with Silver Jubilee denominations