Leeward Islands

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

Leeward Islands including Antigua, Dominica, Montserrat, St Christopher & Nevis and Virgin Islands

from UPU tables with much additional material courtesy of Neil Donen

1/4d

  • Newspapers, within the Leewards, per 4 oz

1/2d

  • Postcard, within the Leewards
  • Literature for the blind, up to 2 lb
  • (Literature for the blind, per subsequent 3 lb)
  • (Samples, commercial papers, per subsequent 2 oz)
  • (Printed papers, per 2 oz, [minimum 1d])
  • (Unregistered packet certificate)

1d

  • Letter, within the Leewards, per 2 oz
  • Postcard, empire & foreign
  • Samples, up to 4 oz
  • (Letter, empire, per subsequent oz)
  • (Small packet, per 2 oz, [minimum 5d])

11/2d

  • Letter, empire, first oz
  • (Letter, foreign, per subsequent oz)

21/2d

  • Letter, foreign, first oz

3d

  • (Registration fee)
  • (Recorded Delivery fee)

4d

  • Air postcard, Puerto Rico Trinidad US Virgin Is & other Leeward Is

5d

  • Small packet, Commercial papers, first 10 oz
  • Air [to Miami] postcard to UK
  • (Insurance cover up to £12)

6d

  • Air postcard, USA Cuba Dominican Republic Haiti British Guiana
  • Parcel, within the Leewards, up to 3 lb
  • (Parcel, USA US Virgin Is, per subsequent lb)

8d

  • Air letter, Puerto Rico Trinidad US Virgin Is & other Leeward Is, per half oz

9d

  • Parcel, USA US Virgin Is, first lb
  • (Transit parcel via New York [inclusive rate], per subsequent lb)

10d

  • Air postcard, Canada Newfoundland Mexico Canal Zone Bahamas Curacao Jamaica Dutch & French Guiana Venezuela
  • (Insurance cover up £12 to £20)

1/-

  • Air postcard, Costa Rica Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua Panama Salvador British Honduras Colombia Ecuador
  • Parcel, BWI British Guiana Bermuda Canada Saba St Eustatius St Martin Guadeloupe, up to 3 lb
  • Transit parcel via New York [inclusive rate], first lb
  • Parcel, within the Leewards, 3 to 7 lb

1/2

  • Air [to Miami] letter to UK, per half oz

1/3

  • Air letter, USA Cuba Dominican Republic Haiti British Guiana, per half oz
  • (Transit parcel via UK [in addition to charge from London], first 3 lb)

1/6

  • Air postcard, Bolivia Brazil Peru
  • Parcel, within the Leewards, 7 to 11 lb
  • Parcel, Dutch West Indies Aruba Bonaire Curacao or UK [direct], first 3 lb

1/9

  • Air letter, Canada Newfoundland Mexico Canal Zone Bahamas Curacao Jamaica Dutch & French Guiana Venezuela, per half oz
  • Air postcard, Argentina Chile Paraguay Uruguay

2/-

  • Parcel, UK [via Barbados Canada or New York], up to 3 lb
  • Parcel, BWI British Guiana Bermuda Canada Saba St Eustatius St Martin Guadeloupe, 3 to 7 lb

2/3

  • Air letter, Costa Rica Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua Panama Salvador British Honduras Colombia Ecuador, per half oz
  • Parcel, Dutch West Indies Aruba Bonaire Curacao or UK [direct], 3 to 7 lb

2/6

  • (Transit parcel via UK [in addition to charge from London], 3 to 7 lb)

2/9

  • Parcel,  UK [direct], 3 to 7 lb

3/-

  • Air letter, Bolivia Brazil Peru, per half oz

3/6

  • Air letter, Argentina Chile Paraguay Uruguay, per half oz

3/9

  • Parcel, UK [via Barbados Canada or New York], 3 to 7 lb

Annotation

( )  = Additions to standard rates

Shaded boxes:

 

Silver Jubilee denominations

 

Rates achievable solely with Silver Jubilee denominations

AJA - August 2009