Gilbert & Ellice Islands

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

Gilbert & Ellice Islands

from UPU tables with additional material courtesy of  Neil Donen

1/2d

  • Postcard, local
  • Braille items for the blind, foreign, up to 2 lb
  • (Commercial papers [min 3d], samples [min 1d], abroad, per 2 oz - maximum 1 lb)
  • (Braille items for the blind, foreign. per subsequent 3 lb, from July)
  • (Printed matter, abroad, per 2 oz, - min 1d, max 4 lb or 6 lb single volume)

1d

  • Letter, local, per ounce
  • Printed matter, Commercial papers, samples, local, per 4 ounces - maximum 5 lb
  • Samples, abroad, minimum rate

11/2d

  • Postcard, empire or foreign
  • Letter, empire, per ounce
  • (Letter, foreign, per subsequent ounce)

3d

  • Letter, foreign, first ounce
  • Commercial papers, abroad, minimum rate
  • (Registration fee)
  • (AR)

4d

  • Air [within Australia] letter per ounce
  • (Parcel, local, per subsequent lb - maximum 11 lb)

6d

  • Parcel, local, first lb
  • (Parcel, abroad, per subsequent lb + rate from Australia - maximum 11 lb)

8d

  • Parcel, abroad, first lb + rate from Australia

9d

  • Air [Sydney-Singapore service] letter, Far East, per ½ ounce

1/2

  • Air [Sydney-Singapore service] letter, India, per ½ ounce

1/6

  • Air [Sydney-Singapore service] letter, U.K., per ½ ounce

1/8

  • Air [Sydney-Singapore service] letter, South & East Africa, per ½ ounce

2/-

  • Air [Sydney-Singapore service] letter, non-UK Europe, per ½ ounce

Annotation

( )  = Additions to standard rates

Shaded boxes:

 

Silver Jubilee denominations

 

Rates achievable solely with Silver Jubilee denominations

AJA - September 2008, augmented August 2009