New Guinea

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

New Guinea

from UPU tables with much additional material courtesy of  Neil Donen.

1d

  • Literature for the blind, anywhere, per 2½ lb.
  • Commercial/printed papers, catalogues, inland & list A, per 2 oz, maximum: 5 lb.
  • Printed papers, catalogues, abroad, per 2 oz, maximum: 5 lb.
  • Books/magazines printed in Australia/New Guinea, inland/Papua per 8 oz, Australia per 6 oz, New Zealand/Fiji per 2 oz, maximum: 5 lb.
  • Books/magazines printed elsewhere, inland/Papua per 4 oz, Australia/New Zealand/Fiji per 2 oz, maximum: 5 lb.
  • Books/magazines, elsewhere, per 2 oz, maximum: 5 lb
  • Newspapers, inland/Papua per 10 oz, Australia/New Zealand/Fiji per 6 oz, G.B. per 4 oz, elsewhere per 2 oz.
  • (Commercial papers, abroad, per 2 oz, maximum: 5 lb, minimum rate: 3d)
  • Patterns, samples, inland or empire [including New Hebrides, Banks and Torres Islands], per 2 oz, maximum: 1 lb.
  • (Patterns, samples, foreign, per 2 oz, maximum: 1 lb., minimum rate: 1½d).
  • (Late fee).

11/2d

  • Postcard, inland or empire [including New Hebrides, Banks and Torres Islands].
  • (Patterns/samples, foreign, minimum rate).

2d

  • Letter, inland or empire [including New Hebrides, Banks and Torres Islands], per oz
  • Postcard, foreign
  • (Letter, foreign, per subsequent oz).

21/2d

  • (Small packet, abroad, per 2 oz, minimum rate: 6d).

3d

  • Letter, foreign, first oz.
  • Commercial papers, abroad, minimum rate.
  • (Airmail fee, inland, per ½ oz.).
  • (AR or Registration fee).

6d

  • Small packet, abroad, minimum rate.
  • Parcel, inland within 30 miles, up to 1 lb.

7d

  • Air letter, New Zealand, per ½ oz.

9d

  • Parcel, inland, 1 to 2 lb within 30 miles, up to 1 lb elsewhere in the territory.
  • Air letter, Singapore, Java, per ½ oz.

1/-

  • Parcel, inland, 2 to 3 lb within 30 miles, 1 to 2 lb elsewhere in the territory.

1/3

  • Parcel, inland, 3 to 5 lb within 30 miles, 2 to 3 lb elsewhere in the territory.

1/6

  • Parcel, inland, 5 to 8 lb within 30 miles, 3 to 5 lb elsewhere in the territory.
  • Air letter, G.B., Canada, Gaza, per ½ oz.

1/7

  • Air letter, U.S.A., per ½ oz.

1/9

  • Parcel, inland, 8 to 11 lb within 30 miles.
  • Air letter, Europe[air to Brindisi, then by rail], per ½ oz.

2/-

  • Parcel, inland, 5 to 8 lb, over 30 miles within the territory.

2/1

  • Air letter, Europe[all air service], per ½ oz.

2/9

  • Parcel, inland, 8 to 11 lb, over 30 miles within the territory.
  • Air letter, South Africa, per ½ oz.

Annotation

( )  = Additions to standard rates

List A = Australia, Papua, New Zealand, New Zealand Dependencies and Fiji

Shaded boxes:

 

Silver Jubilee denominations

 

Rates achievable solely with Silver Jubilee denominations

 

Rate achievable with the complete Silver Jubilee set

AJA - July 2011