India

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

India

from UPU tables with additional material courtesy of Neil Donen

3p

  • Newspapers, inland including Ceylon & Portugese India, first 8 tola

1/2a

  • Braille items per 2 lb, foreign
  • (Newspapers, inland including Ceylon & Portugese India, per subsequent 20 tola)
  • (Books & packets, inland including Ceylon & Portugese India, per subsequent 5 tola*)
  • (Printed matter airmail supplement, inland, per subsequent 5 tola)
  • (Unregistered items Late fee)

9p

  • Postcard or airmail postcard, inland including Ceylon & Portugese India
  • Books & packets, inland including Ceylon & Portugese India, first 5 tola*
  • Literature for the blind, abroad, up to 2 lb & per subsequent 2 lb up to 10 lb
  • (Printed matter airmail supplement, inland, first 5 tola)
  • (Printed papers, abroad, per 2 oz - minimum: 1˝ as)
  • (Samples, abroad, per 2 oz - minimum: 1˝ as)

1a

  • Letter, inland including Ceylon & Portugese India, first ˝ tola*
  • (Letter or small package airmail supplement, inland, first ˝ tola*)

1 1/4a

  • Letter, inland including Ceylon & Portugese India, ˝ - 2˝ tola*
  • (Letter, inland including Ceylon & Portugese India, per subsequent 2˝ tola*)

1 1/2a

  • Printed paper & samples, abroad, minimum

2a

  • Postcard, abroad
  • Parcel, inland, up to 20 tola
  • (Letter, U.K. & elsewhere abroad, per subsequent oz)
  • (Letter or small package airmail supplement, inland, ˝- 1 tola* & per subsequent tola*)
  • (Registered items Late fee)

2 1/2a

  • Letter, U.K., first oz

3a

  • Braille items, 10-11 lbs, foreign
  • (Registration or advice of delivery fee)
  • (Letter airmail supplement, Siam, Iran, Australia, NZ, Hawaii, Br/Fr Pacific colonies, per ˝ oz)

3 1/2a

  • Letter, first ounce, foreign
  • Business papers, abroad, up to 10 oz

3 3/4a

  • Letter, inland, up to 7˝ tola*

4a

  • Postcard, airmail, U.K. & most destinations not covered by 5as rate
  • Parcel, inland, 20 - 40 tola & per subsequent 40 tola up to 440 tola
  • (Letter airmail supplement, Malaya, Japan, Phillipines, Sarawak,Hong Kong China, Indo China, Iraq, Kuwait, Palestine, Egypt, per ˝ oz)

4 1/2a

  • Literature for the blind, abroad, 10 - 11 lb

5a

  • Postcard, airmail, European destinations via Germany, U.S.A.

6a

  • (Letter airmail supplement, Europe except via Germany, Americas flown to UK, Dutch E Indies, Sumatra, per ˝ oz)
  • (Small packet airmail supplement, U.K., per ˝ oz)

6 1/2a

  • (Letter airmail supplement, Sudan, per ˝ oz)

7a

  • (Letter airmail, U.K., per subsequent ˝ ounce)

7 1/2a

  • Letter, first ˝ ounce, airmail to Great Britain and Northern Ireland

8a

  • (Letter airmail supplement, K.U.T, Zanzibar & European destinations via Germany, per ˝ oz)

81/2a

  • (Letter airmail supplement, Australia, N.Z. and dependencies, per ˝ oz)

10a

  • (Letter airmail supplement, Rhodesias, Belgian Congo, Portugese E Africa, USA, per ˝ oz)

1r 8a

  • Parcel airmail. U.K., per subsequent ˝lb between 11 and 20 lb

1r 14a

  • Parcel airmail. U.K., per subsequent ˝lb up to 11 lb

3r 2a

  • Parcel airmail, U.K., first ˝lb

Annotation

 * Tola: the unit of weight for calculating inland postal charges, equal to 11.66 grammes (corresponding to the weight of a rupee coin), or 0.4114 of an ounce.

( ) = Additional charges to standard rates.

Shaded boxes:

 

Silver Jubilee denominations

 

Rates achievable solely with Silver Jubilee denominations

AJA - Augmented September 2009