Jamaica

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

Jamaica

from UPU tables with additional material courtesy of Neil Donen

1/2d

  • Inland postcard
  • Inland newspapers, (local & British), magazines, (local), per copy
  • Inland printed & commercial papers, per 2 oz
  • Inland small packets, per 2 oz - maximum: 8 oz
  • Overseas newspapers/printed matter, per 2 oz
  • Overseas Braille items, per 2 lbs 3 oz - maximum: 6lb 9oz
  • (Overseas printed/commercial papers [min: 2½d]or samples [min: 1d], per 2 oz. -)
  • (Telegram per word after the first 12 words)

1d

  • Inland letter per 2 oz.
  • Inland reply paid postcard
  • Inland parcel per 2 oz.
  • Overseas postcard
  • Oversease sample minimum
  • (Inland small packet, per 2 oz - maximum: 8 oz)
  • (Letter to GB or British possessions per subsequent oz.)

11/2d

  • Letter to GB or British possessions, first oz.
  • (Foreign letter, per subsequent oz.)
  • (Overseas small packet per 2 oz. - minimum 6d.)

2d

  • Overseas reply paid postcard
  • (Registration or Advice of delivery fee)

21/2d

  • Foreign letter, first oz.
  • Overseas commercial papers minimum

4d

  • Inland parcel post per 1 lb - maximum 11 lb

5d

  • (Letter insurance, per £12 cover)

6d

  • Overseas small packet minimum
  • Parcel, Canada [max: 20 lb] USA Canal Zone [max: 11 lb], per lb

7d

  • (Letter airmail supplement, GB & USA, per ½ oz.)

8d

  • (Letter airmail supplement, Canal Zone, per ½ oz.)

9d

  • Inland telegram per first 12 words

91/2d

  • (Letter airmail supplement, Canada, per ½ oz.)

11d

  • (Letter airmail supplement, Europe except GB, per ½ oz.)

1/-

  • Parcel, British West Indies, up to 3 lb

1/7d

  • Parcel, GB, up to 3 lb

1/81/2d

  • Airmail letter to Canada or Europe from ½ to 1 oz.

2/-

  • Parcel, British West Indies, 3 to 7 lb

2/10d

  • Parcel, GB,  3 to 7 lb

3/-

  • Parcel, British West Indies, 7 to 11 lb

4/-

  • Parcel, GB,  7 to 11 lb

5/-

  • Parcel, British West Indies, 11 to 22 lb

6/6

  • Parcel, GB,  11 to 22 lb

Annotation

( ) = Additional charges to standard rates.

Shaded boxes:

 

Silver Jubilee denominations

 

Rates achievable solely with Silver Jubilee denominations

 

Rate achievable with the complete Silver Jubilee set

AJA - Augmented September 2009