Hong Kong

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

Hong Kong

2c

  • Postcard or 2 oz printed matter, local or China

3c

  • Letter, local, first oz

4c

  • Letter, China, first oz till November 1

5c

  • Letter, China and Macao, from November 1
  • (Registration fee, local delivery)

8c

  • Postcard or printed matter minimum, empire & foreign

10c

  • Letter, empire via Suez or Pacific, first oz
  • (Recorded Delivery fee)

12c

  • Postcard or half oz 2nd class airmail to Siam from November 1

15c

  • Postcard airmail, Burma, from November 1

20c

  • Letter, empire & foreign via Siberia, first oz
  • By air, Br W Pacific, postcard or, from Nov 30, half oz 2nd class
  • By air, postcard to India, or half oz to Burma and Siam
  • Small packet, local, empire and China, 8 oz
  • (Registration fee, delivery abroad)

25c

  • By air, half oz to India, half oz 2nd class to Burma, or postcard to Persia

30c

  • By air, half oz 2nd class to Persia or postcard to Iraq

32c

  • By air, postcard to UK

35c

  • By air to Br W Pacific, quarter oz or, from Nov. 30, half oz
  • By air, postcard to Palestine or half oz 2nd class to Iraq

40c

  • By air, half oz 2nd class to Palestine

50c

  • By air, half oz to UK
  • By air, postcard to Europe, or UK via Marseilles or Amsterdam

55c

  • By air, foreign, half oz 2nd class

60c

  • By air, Persia or Br W Pacific, half oz
  • By air, postcard, Br W Pacific, from November 30

70c

  • By air, half oz to Iraq

80c

  • By air, half oz to Palestine, or UK via Marseilles or Amsterdam

1$

  • By air, half oz to Sudan, K.U.T., the Rhodesias & S. Africa from November 8

Annotation:

( ) = Additional amounts

Shaded boxes:

 

Silver Jubilee denominations

 

Rates achievable solely with Silver Jubilee denominations