Southern Rhodesia

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

Southern Rhodesia

from UPU tables with much additional material courtesy of  Neil Donen

1/2d

  • Braille items, per 2 lb, maximum: 11 lb
  • Postcard, inland
  • Newspapers, inland, first 8 oz [or 7 lb if domestically produced newspaper]
  • (commercial/printed papers, SA Postal Union*, per oz, minimum rate: 1d)
  • (printed papers, empire but for SA Postal Union*, per oz, minimum rate: 2d)
  • (printed papers, foreign, per oz, minimum rate: 3d)

1d

  • Postcard, rest of SA Postal Union*
  • Letter, inland & rest of SA Postal Union*, per oz
  • Newspapers, inland, 8 to 16 oz
  • commercial/printed papers, SA Postal Union*, minimum rate
  • (Late fee [conditions other than for 2d late fee])

11/2d

  • Postcard, to outside SA Postal Union

2d

  • Letter, empire including Egypt & Palestine, per oz,
  • Printed papers, empire beyond SA Postal Union*, minimum rate
  • Air postcard, the Rhodesias, Bechuanaland, Nyasaland, South Africa & S.W.A. & [from October] Mozambique
  • (Letter, foreign, per subsequent oz)
  • (Late fee if posted on train unless sender’s name & address are written on reverse)

3d

  • Letter, foreign, first oz
  • Printed paper, foreign minimum rate
  • Air postcard, K.U.T., Zanzibar, Egypt, Sudan, GB & Ireland
  • (Parcel, inland, per subsequent lb, maximum: 11 lb)
  • (Advice of receipt)

31/2d

  • Air postcard, Angola, Belgian Congo, Burma, India, Malaya

4d

  • Air letter, Bechuanaland, the Rhodesias, Nyasaland, S Africa, S.W.A. & [from October] Mozambique, per half oz
  • (Registration fee)

41/2d

  • Air postcard, Mozambique, till October

51/2d

  • Air postcard, Continental Europe, Iraq, Palestine, Persia

6d

  • Air letter, K.U.T., Zanzibar, Egypt, Sudan, GB & Ireland, per half oz

7d

  • Air letter, Angola, Belgian Congo, Burma, India, Malaya, per half oz
  • Air postcard, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, European Russia, Canada, U.S.A., Bahamas, Cuba

71/2d

  • Air postcard, Madagascar

81/2d

  • Air postcard, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico

9d

  • Air letter, Mozambique, [till October], per half oz
  • Parcel, Bechuanaland, per lb, minimum rate: 1/-
  • Parcel, inland, first lb

91/2d

  • Air postcard, Siam

10d

  • Air postcard, Br. & Fr. W. Africa, Dutch E. Indies, Australia, N.Z., Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaagua & Salvador
  • (Air letter, Continental Europe, per subsequent half oz)
  • (Parcel, Mozambique, per subsequent lb)

101/2d

  • Air postcard, China, Hong Kong, Indo-China

11d

  • Air letter, Continental Europe, first half oz, or Iraq, Palestine, Persia, per half oz

111/2d

  • Air postcard, Panama, Asian Russia

1/-

  • Parcel, Bechuanaland, minimum rate
  • Parcel, Mozambique, per half lb, from October

1/1

  • Air postcard, Costa Rica, Panama, Leeward & Windward Islands, Trinidad, Barbados
  • Parcel, South Africa, per lb

1/2

  • Air letter, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, European Russia, Canada, U.S.A., Bahamas, Cuba, per half oz

1/21/2

  • Air postcard, Japan, Korea, China

1/3

  • Air letter, Madagascar, per half oz

1/4

  • Parcel, via Cape Town, G.B., S.W.A., India, Australia, Japan, per lb, maximum: 11 lb
  • Air postcard, Br. & Fr. Guiana, Venezuela

1/5

  • Air letter, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, per half oz

1/51/2

  • Air postcard, Columbia

1/7

  • Air letter, Siam, per half oz
  • Air postcard, Peru
  • Parcel, Mozambique, first lb

1/8

  • Air letter, Br/Fr W Africa, Dutch E Indies, Australia, NZ, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaagua & Salvador, per half oz

1/9

  • Air letter, China, Hong Kong, Indo-China, per half oz

1/11

  • Air letter, Asian Russia, Panama, per half oz

2/2

  • Air letter, Costa Rica, Barbados, Jamaica, Leeward & Windward Islands, per half oz

2/21/2

  • Air postcard, Brazil

2/5

  • Air letter, Japan, Korea, China, per half oz

2/51/2

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

2/8

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

2/11

  • Air letter, Columbia, per half oz

3/2

  • Air letter, Peru, per half oz

4/5

  • Air letter, Brazil, per half oz

4/11

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

Annotation

( )  = Additions to standard rates

*  SA Postal Union includes: Basutoland, Bechuanaland, Mozambique, the Rhodesias, South Africa, South West Africa and Swaziland

Shaded boxes:

 

Silver Jubilee denominations

 

Rates achievable solely with Silver Jubilee denominations

 

Rate achievable with the complete Silver Jubilee set

AJA - September 2010