South Africa

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

South Africa

from UPU tables with much additional material courtesy of  Neil Donen

1/2d

  • Postcard, inland, Mozambique, the Rhodesias & list A
  • Commercial/printed papers & books, inland, per 2 oz
  • Braille items, up to 3 lb
  • Newspapers, inland, per 4 oz, maximum 1 lb
  • Newspapers, abroad, per 2 oz
  • Samples, inland, per 2 oz
  • (Samples, list A, per 2 oz, minimum rate: 1d)
  • (Commercial/printed papers & books, abroad, per 2 oz, minimum rate: 3d)

 

1d

  • Letter, inland, Mozambique, the Rhodesias & list A, per oz
  • Letter, empire, per oz, till May 31
  • Postcard, empire, till May 31
  • Air postcard, inland & list A
  • Braille items, 3 - 7 lb
  • (Samples, abroad including list A, minimum rate)

 

11/2d

  • Postcard, empire, from June 1
  • Postcard, foreign
  • Braille items, 7 - 11 lb
  • Air letter, inland & list A, per half oz
  • (Letter, foreign, per subsequent oz till May 31)

 

2d

  • Letter, empire, per oz, from June 1
  • Air postcard, the Rhodesias, & via Broken Hill: Angola & Belgian Congo
  • Parcel, inland, Mozambique & list A except Bechuanaland, up to 4 oz
  • (Letter, foreign, per subsequent oz, from June 1 to July 9)

 

21/2d

  • Air postcard, Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika, Zanzibar &, via Nairobi: Angola & Belgian Congo

 

3d

  • Letter, foreign, first oz
  • Commercial/printed papers & books, abroad, minimum rate
  • Air postcard, Nyasaland, GB & Northern Ireland

 

31/2d

  • Air postcard, Sudan

 

4d

  • Air letter, the Rhodesias & via Broken Hill: Angola & Belgian Congo, per half oz
  • Parcel, inland, Mozambique & list A except Bechuanaland, 4 to 8 oz
  • (Registration fee)

 

41/2d

  • Air postcard, Egypt, Iraq, Syria & Transjordan

 

5d

  • Air letter, Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika, Zanzibar &, via Nairobi: Angola & Belgian Congo, per half oz
  • Air postcard, Mozambique

 

6d

  • Air letter, Nyasaland, GB & Northern Ireland, per half oz
  • Air postcard, India [air to Karachi], Europe apart from GB & Northern Ireland
  • Parcel, inland, Mozambique & list A except Bechuanaland, 8 oz to 1 lb & per each additional 1 lb
  • (Express rate fee)

 

7d

  • Air letter, Sudan, per half oz

 

71/2d

  • Air postcard, Russia, India [air to Delhi], Canada, USA, Bahamas & Cuba

 

9d

  • Air letter, Egypt, Iraq, Syria, Transjordan, per half oz
  • Air postcard, Malaya, Siam & Jamaica
  • Parcel, GB, India, Australia, New Zealand, Ceylon, USA & Japan, per lb
  • Air parcel, inland, per half lb
  • Air parcel, SWA [surface to Kimberley, thence by air], per half lb

 

10d

  • Air letter, Mozambique, per half oz
  • Air postcard, Australia & New Zealand

 

101/2d

  • Air postcard, China via Cairo, Saigon, Dutch E Indies, Korea & Japan via Moscow, Honduras, Nicaragua & Salvador

 

1/-

  • Air letter, Europe apart from UK, India [air to Karachi], per half oz
  • Air postcard, Russia
  • Parcel, Bechuanaland & Nyasaland, per lb. [To remote post offices: see 1/3 rate]

 

1/1

  • Parcel, Southern Rhodesia, per lb

 

1/11/2

  • Air postcard, Costa Rica, Panama, Leeward & Windward Islands

 

1/3

  • Air letter, Algeria, Morocco, Tunis, Russia, India [air to Delhi], Canada, USA, Bahamas, Cuba, per half oz
  • Parcel, Northern Rhodesia & remote post offices of Bechuanaland, Nyasaland, per lb
  • Air parcel, South West Africa, per half lb

 

1/41/2

  • Air postcard, Ecuador, British & French Guiana, Venezuela

 

1/6

  • Air letter, Malaya, Siam, Jamaica, per half oz
  • Air postcard, Columbia
  • Parcel, British E Africa, per lb
  • Parcel, Germany, Holland direct, per 2 lb
  • Air parcel, the Rhodesias, per half lb

 

1/71/2

  • Air postcard, Peru

 

1/8

  • Air letter, Australia, New Zealand, per half oz

 

1/9

  • Air letter, China via Cairo, Saigon, Dutch E Indies, Korea & Japan via Moscow, Honduras, Nicaragua & Salvador, per half oz

 

2/-

  • Air letter, Russia, per half oz
  • Air parcel, Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika, Zanzibar, per half lb

 

2/3

  • Air letter, Costa Rica, Panama, Leeward & Windward Islands, per half oz
  • Air postcard, Brazil

 

2/6

  • Air postcard, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Uraguay

 

2/9

  • Air letter, Ecuador, British & French Guiana, Venezuela, per half oz

 

3/-

  • Air letter, Columbia, per half oz

 

3/3

  • Air letter, Peru, per half oz

 

3/6

  • Air parcel, GB & Northern Ireland, per half lb

 

4/6

  • Air letter, Brazil, per half oz

 

5/-

  • Air letter, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Uraguay, per half oz

 

Annotation

( )  = Additions to standard rates

List A = Basutoland, Bechuanaland, Swaziland & South West Africa

Shaded boxes:

 

Silver Jubilee denominations

 

Rates achievable solely with Silver Jubilee single denominations

 

Rate achievable with the complete Silver Jubilee singles set

 

Rates achievable solely with Silver Jubilee denominations in pairs

 

Rate achievable with the complete Silver Jubilee set in pairs

AJA - May 2010