SA High Commission Territories

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

Basutoland, Bechuanaland and Swaziland

from UPU tables with much additional material courtesy of John Cooper

1/2d

  • Postcard, regional
  • Braille items for the blind, foreign, up to 3 lb
  • (Printed Papers, foreign, per ounce, [minimum 1d])

1d

  • Letter, regional, [and till end of May, UK & empire], first ounce
  • Postcard, UK & empire, till end of May
  • Air postcard, regional
  • Braille items for the blind, foreign, 3-7 lb
  • Printed Papers, foreign, minimum rate

11/2d

  • Postcard, foreign, [and from 1 June, UK & empire]
  • Air letter, regional, first ˝ ounce
  • Braille items for the blind, foreign, 7-11 lb
  • (Letter, foreign, per subsequent ounce, till end of May)

2d

  • Letter, empire, first ounce
  • Air postcard, N & S Rhodesia
  • Air postcard, Angola, Belgian Congo via Broken Hill, [not ex Swaziland]
  • (Letter, foreign, per subsequent ounce, from 1June)

21/2d

  • Air postcard, K.U.T., Angola & Belgian Congo via Nairobi

3d

  • Letter, foreign, first ounce
  • Railpost* letter, regional
  • Air postcard, UK Eire & Nyasaland
  • (Avis de Reception fee)

31/2d

  • Air postcard, Sudan
  • Air parcel, Angola, Belgian Congo via Nairobi, per ˝ lb

4d

  • Air letter, N & S Rhodesia, per ˝ ounce
  • Air letter, Angola, Belgian Congo via Broken Hill, per ˝ ounce, [not ex Swaziland]
  • (Registration fee)

41/2d

  • Air postcard, Egypt

5d

  • Air letter, K.U.T., Angola & Belgian Congo via Nairobi, per ˝ ounce
  • Air postcard, Mozambique

6d

  • Air letter, U.K. Eire & Nyasaland, per ˝ ounce
  • Air postcard, Europe except Russia
  • Express rate

7d

  • Air letter, Sudan, per ˝ ounce

71/2d

  • Air postcard, U.S.A. Canada Cuba Bahamas & Russia

9d

  • Air letter, Egypt, per ˝ ounce
  • Air postcard, Jamaica
  • Air parcel, South Africa, per ˝ lb

10d

  • Air letter, Mozambique, per ˝ ounce

101/2d

  • Air postcard, Honduras Nicaragua & Salvador

1/-

  • Air letter, Europe except Russia, Karachi, per ˝ ounce

1/11/2

  • Air Postcard, Panama Costa Rica Windward & Leeward Islands

1/3

  • Air letter, U.S.A. Canada Cuba Bahamas Algeria Morocco Tunis & Delhi, per ˝ ounce
  • Air parcel, South West Africa, per ˝ lb

1/41/2

  • Air postcard, Venezuela Ecuador British & French Guiana

1/6

  • Air letter, Jamaica Malaya Siam, per ˝ ounce
  • Air postcard, Columbia
  • Air parcel, N & S Rhodesia, per ˝ lb

1/71/2

  • Air postcard, Peru

1/8

  • Air letter, Australia New Zealand, per ˝ ounce

1/9

  • Air letter, Honduras Nicaragua & Salvador, per ˝ ounce

2/-

  • Air letter, Russia, per ˝ ounce
  • Air parcel, K.U.T., per ˝ lb

2/3

  • Air letter, Panama Costa Rica Windward & Leeward Islands, per ˝ ounce
  • Air postcard, Brazil

2/6

  • Air postcard, Argentina Bolivia Paraguay & Chile

2/9

  • Air letter, Venezuela Ecuador British & French Guiana, per ˝ ounce

3/-

  • Air letter, Columbia, per ˝ ounce

3/3

  • Air letter, Peru, per ˝ ounce

3/6

  • Air parcel, U.K. Eire, per ˝ lb

4/6

  • Air letter, Brazil, per ˝ ounce

5/-

  • Air letter, Argentina Bolivia Paraguay & Chile, per ˝ ounce

Annotation

( )  = Additions to standard rates

Regional = Basutoland, Bechuanaland, Swaziland, South Africa & South West Africa

* Railpost = Posted, and “to be called for”, at railway stations

Shaded boxes:

 

Silver Jubilee denominations

 

Rates achievable solely with Silver Jubilee denominations

 

Rate achievable with the complete Silver Jubilee set

AJA - November 2008, augmented May 2009