Nigeria

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

Nigeria

with thanks to John Cooper and Neil Donen for their assistance in compiling these rates.

1/2d

  • Postcard, local
  • Braille items till June, 2-8 lbs, [under 2 lb: free]
  • Braille items from July, up to 2 lbs
  • (Printed paper, foreign, per oz, minimum: 1d)
  • (Braille items from July, per subsequent 3 lbs)

1d

  • Postcard, empire & foreign
  • Printed paper, foreign, minimum rate
  • (Small packet, foreign, per 2 oz from July, minimum rate: 5d)
  • (Letter, local & empire, per subsequent oz)
  • (Postcard, domestic air fee*)
  • (Late fee for non-registered letters, per half hour after closing of post)

11/2d

  • Letter, local, first oz
  • (Small packet, foreign, per 2 oz till June, minimum rate: 6d)
  • (Letter, foreign, per subsequent oz)

2d

  • Letter, empire, first oz
  • (Late fee for registered letters, per half hour after closing of post)
  • (Letter, domestic air fee* per half oz)
  • (Postcard, Sudan air fee*)

21/2d

  • Braille items up to 11 lbs, till June

3d

  • Letter, foreign, first oz
  • (Registration or Recorded Delivery fee)
  • (Postcard, Egypt or Cyprus air fee*)
  • (Braille items from July, per subsequent 3 lbs)

4d

  • (Letter, Sudan air fee* per half oz)
  • (Postcard, Palestine, USA, Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti air fee*)

41/2d

  • (Postcard, Tunisia, Libya, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Transjordan air fee*)

5d

  • Small packet, foreign minimum rate, from July
  • (Postcard, Bahrain, Belgian Congo, K.U.T. & Zanzibar air fee*)

6d

  • Small packet, foreign minimum rate, till June
  • (Express fee)
  • (Letter, Egypt or Cyprus air fee* per half oz)
  • (Postcard, N & S Rhodesia air fee*)

61/2d

  • (Postcard, Canada or South Africa air fee*)

7d

  • (Postcard, Burma, Ceylon, India air fee*)

71/2d

  • (Postcard, Nyasaland air fee*)

8d

  • (Letter, Palestine, USA, Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti air fee* per half oz)
  • (Postcard, Algeria, Morocco air fee*)

9d

  • (Letter, Tunisia, Libya, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Transjordan air fee* per half oz)

10d

  • (Letter, Bahrain, Belgian Congo, K.U.T. & Zanzibar air fee* per half oz)
  • (Postcard, Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Rep., Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Porto Rico, Br. Honduras, El Salvador, Guatamala air fee*)

101/2d

  • (Postcard, Portugese E Africa, Sarawak, Siam, Straits Settlements, North Borneo, Hong Kong, Indo China, air fee*)

11d

  • (Postcard, Phillipines air fee*)

111/2d

  • (Postcard, Guatemala, Honduras Republic, Nicaragua air fee*)

1/-

  • Parcel, inland, up to 3 lb
  • (Letter, N & S Rhodesia air fee* per half oz)
  • (Postcard, Dutch E Indies air fee*)

1/1d

  • (Letter, Canada or South Africa air fee* per half oz)

1/11/2

  • (Postcard, Leeward Is, Windward Is, Trinidad & Tobago, Panama air fee*)

1/2

  • (Letter, Burma, Ceylon, India air fee* per half oz)
  • (Postcard, Costa Rica or Australia and thence by air to N.Z., Fiji, New Guinea, Papua, New Caledonia, Solomons air fee*)

1/3

  • (Letter, Nyasaland, air fee* per half oz)
  • (Postcard, Madagascar, Mauritius, air fee*)

1/4

  • (Letter, Algeria, Morocco air fee* per half oz)

1/7

  • (Postcard, Br Guiana, Dutch Guiana, Venezuela air fee*)

1/8

  • (Letter, Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Rep., Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Porto Rico, Br Honduras, El Salvador, Guatamala air fee* per half oz)

1/9

  • (Letter, Portugese E. Africa, Sarawak, Siam, Straits Settlements, North Borneo, Hong Kong, Indo China, air fee* per half oz)

1/10

  • (Letter, Phillipines air fee* per half oz)

1/11

  • (Letter, Br Honduras, Guatemala, Honduras Republic, Nicaragua air fee* per half oz)

2/-

  • Parcel, inland, 3 to 7 lb
  • Parcel, foreign, up to 3 lb
  • (Letter, Dutch E. Indies air fee* per half oz)

2/3

  • (Letter, Leeward Is, Windward Is, Trinidad & Tobago, Panama air fee* per half oz)

2/4

  • (Letter, Costa Rica or Australia and thence by air to N.Z., Fiji, New Guinea, Papua, New Caledonia, Solomons air fee* per half oz)

2/6

  • Parcel, Empire, up to 3 lb
  • (Letter, Madagascar, Mauritius air fee* per half oz)

2/7

  • (Postcard, Chile - via France air fee*)

3/-

  • Parcel, inland, 7 to 11 lb
  • Parcel, foreign, 3 to 7 lb

3/2

  • (Letter, Br Guiana, Dutch Guiana, Venezuela air fee* per half oz)

3/31/2

  • (Postcard, Brazil - via France air fee*)

3/6

  • Parcel, Empire, 3 to 7 lb

3/61/2

  • (Postcard, Bolivia - via France air fee*)

3/9

  • (Postcard, Argentina, Paraguay, Uraguay - via France air fee*)

4/-

  • Parcel, foreign, 7 to 11 lb

5/-

  • Parcel, inland, 11 to 22 lb
  • Parcel, Empire, 7 to 11 lb

5/3

  • (Letter, Chile - via France air fee*)

6/7

  • (Letter, Brazil - via France air fee* per half oz)

7/-

  • Parcel, foreign, 11 to 22 lb

7/1

  • (Letter, Bolivia - via France air fee* per half oz)

7/6

  • Parcel, Empire, 11 to 22 lb
  • (Letter, Argentina, Paraguay, Uraguay - via France air fee* per half oz)

Annotation

( )  = Additions to standard rates

*   = Fees to be added to appropriate surface rate to obtain airmail rates. Airmail started on 14th Jan 1936.

Shaded boxes:

 

Silver Jubilee denominations

 

Rates achievable solely from Silver Jubilee denominations

A.J.A. May 2006 - augmented February 2010

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