List of postal rates in Mandatory Palestine
The List of postal rates in the British Mandate of Palestine are the postal rates in effect in Palestine under military occupation British and allied forces and later civil administration of the British Mandate of Palestine between 1917 and 1948. During the Mandate, postal services were provided by British authorities.
After occupation by allied forces in 1917, basic postage was free for civilians. Registration fees and parcels had to be franked using British or Indian stamps. Once the EEF stamps printed in Cairo came on sale, mail to overseas destinations had to be paid for from 10 February 1918, and from 16 February 1918 also mail to the then occupied territories and Egypt.
The structure of postal rates followed broadly British practice and new services, like airmail and express delivery, were added over the years. From 1926 reduced rates applied for mail to Britain and Ireland, and from 1 March 1938 to 4 September 1939, Palestine was part of the All Up Empire airmail rates system.
Postal rates
| Date | Rate details and subsequent changes | |
|---|---|---|
| December, 1917[1][2] | Inland letter | free |
| Foreign letter | free | |
| Inland postcard | free | |
| February 10, 1918[2][3] | Foreign letter | 10 m (20g) |
| Foreign postcard | 10 m; (Bale lists: 5 m) | |
| Inland printed matter | 5 m per 50g | |
| February 16, 1918[1][2] | Inland letter | 5 m (20g); 3 m per add. 20g |
| Inland postcard | 5 m | |
| Inland registration | 10 m | |
| Foreign registration | 10 m | |
| Inland advice of delivery | 10 m | |
| Foreign advice of delivery | 10 m | |
| Inland enquiry | 10 m | |
| Foreign enquiry | 10 m | |
| April 10, 1918[4] | Foreign printed matter | 5 m per 50g |
| July 16, 1918[1][5] | Inland postcard | 3 m |
| Foreign postcard | 4 m | |
| Foreign printed matter | 2 m per 50g | |
| October 1, 1919[5][6] | Inland printed matter | 1 m per 50g |
| Foreign printed matter | 1 m per 50g | |
| Inland newspapers | 1 m | |
| August 1, 1920[3][7] | Foreign letter | 10 m (20g); 6 m per add. 20g |
| September 1, 1920[6][8] | Inland postcard | 4 m |
| Inland printed matter | 2 m per 50g | |
| Foreign printed matter | 2 m per 50g | |
| Foreign commercial papers | 2 m per 50g; minimum 250g | |
| 1921 | Foreign newspapers | 2 m per 50g; 2m per add. 50g |
| October 1, 1921[1][9] | Foreign letter | 13 m (20g); 9 m per add. 20g |
| Foreign postcard | 6 m | |
| Foreign printed matter | 3 m per 50g | |
| Foreign commercial papers | 3 m per 50g | |
| Inland registration | 13 m | |
| Foreign registration | 13 m | |
| Inland advice of delivery | 10 m | |
| Foreign advice of delivery | 13 m | |
| Inland enquiry | 10 m | |
| Foreign enquiry | 13 m | |
| Insurance (incl. mand. reg.) | 20 m for value up to £10; 10 m per add. value of £10, maximum £40 | |
| January 1, 1923[3][9] | Foreign letter | 13 m (20g); 7 m per add. 20g |
| Foreign postcard | 8 m | |
| December 16, 1925 [6][9][10] | Foreign postcard | 7 m |
| Blind literature | 2 m per 1 kg | |
| 1926[4][11] | Inland Express | 20 m for distances up to 1 km, 30 m for 2 km, over 2 km up to delivery boundary 40 m; only available in Jerusalem, Jaffa, Haifa, and Tel-Aviv |
| Insurance (incl. mand. reg.) | 20 m for value up to £12; 7 m per add. value of £12 | |
| Insured box | 8 m (50g); minimum 40 m | |
| January 1, 1926[6][12] | Inland newspapers | 2 m |
| February 15, 1926[4][6] | UK & Éire letter | 7 m (20g); 4 m per add. 20g |
| December 1, 1928[6] | Foreign commercial papers | 3 m per 50g; minimum 100g |
| Samples | 6 m per 100g; 3 m per add. 50g | |
| March 1, 1929[3][9] | UK & Éire letter | 13 m (20g); 7 m per add. 20g |
| April 1, 1930[3][9] | UK & Éire letter | 7 m (20g); 4 m per add. 20g |
| June 19, 1930[6] | Small packet | 7 m (50g); 7 per add 50g, minimum 25 m |
| June 1, 1932[9][13] | Foreign letter | 15 m (20g); 9 m per add. 20g |
| UK & Éire letter | 8 m (20g); 5 m per add. 20g | |
| Foreign postcard | 8 m | |
| Foreign commercial papers | 3 m per 50g; minimum 250g | |
| Small packet | 9 m (50g); 9 per add 50g, minimum 300g | |
| Inland enquiry | 13 m | |
| Late posting for ordinary packet | 2 m | |
| Late posting of registered packet | 20 m | |
| COD trade charge | 10 m per £1 | |
| COD delivery fee | 15 m | |
| COD posting fee | 10 m | |
| 1933[6] | Inland advice of delivery | 13 m |
| January 1, 1937[14] | Inland Express | 25 m (distance specs. unknown); only available in Jerusalem, Jaffa, Haifa, and Tel-Aviv |
| 1938 | Foreign newspapers | 6 m |
| March 1, 1938[4][15] | UK & Éire letter | 10 m (10g); 10 m per add. 10g ("all up" Empire rate) |
| UK & Éire postcard | 5 m; ("all up" Empire rate) | |
| April 1, 1938[4][16] | UK & Éire letter | 10 m (10g); 10 m per add. 10g up to 70 g, 70 m for 71 up to 90g, 80 m for 91 up to 110g, over 110g: 80 m plus 10 m per any add. 20g ("all up" Empire rate) |
| September 4, 1939[4][17] | UK & Éire letter | 10 m (20g); 6 m per add. 20g |
| UK & Éire postcard | 8 m | |
| 1940 | Inland commercial papers | 3 m per 50g; minimum 250g |
| May 1, 1940[3][18] | Inland letter | 7 m (20g); 5 m per add. 20g |
| July 1, 1940[4][19] | Foreign letter | 15 m (20g); 10 m per add. 20g |
| Foreign postcard | 10 m | |
| Inland registration | 15 m | |
| Foreign registration | 15 m | |
| Inland advice of delivery | 15 m | |
| Foreign advice of delivery | 15 m | |
| Inland enquiry | 15 m | |
| Foreign enquiry | 15 m | |
| Insurance (incl. mand. reg.) | 25 m for value up to £12; 10 m per add. value of £12 | |
| Insured box | 16 m (50g); minimum 65 m | |
| April 1, 1941[1][20] | Inland letter | 10 m (30g); 6 m per add. 30g |
| Inland postcard | 7 m | |
| July 1, 1943[1][20] | Foreign letter | 20 m (20g); 13 m per add. 20g |
| UK & Éire letter | 15 m (20g); 10 m per add. 20g | |
| Foreign postcard | 13 m | |
| UK & Éire postcard | 10 m | |
| Inland printed matter | 3 m per 50g; (Bale lists 1.05.1941) | |
| Foreign printed matter | 5 m per 50g | |
| Inland commercial papers | 3 m per 50g | |
| Foreign commercial papers | 5 m per 50g; minimum 250g | |
| April 5, 1945[20][21] | Small packet | 8 m (50g); 8 m per add. 50g |
| Inland Express | 40 m for distances up to 3 km; 35 m per add. 1 km | |
| Foreign Express | 40 m | |
See also
- Postage stamps and postal history of Palestine
- Postage stamps and postal history of Israel
- Post offices in the British Mandate of Palestine
References
- ^ a b c d e f Proud, 2006, p. 85, 86.
- ^ a b c Bale, 2000, p. xv, 162.
- ^ a b c d e f Proud, 2006, p. 85.
- ^ a b c d e f g Bale, 2000, p. xv.
- ^ a b Bale, 2000, p. xv, 164, 166.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Proud, 2006, p. 86.
- ^ Bale, 2000, p. xv, 166.
- ^ Bale, 2000, p. xv, 166, 170.
- ^ a b c d e f Bale, 2000, p. xv, 167.
- ^ Proud, 1985, p. 89.
- ^ Proud, 2006, p. 87.
- ^ Bale, 2000, p. 167.
- ^ Proud, 2006, p. 85, 86, 88.
- ^ Bale, 2000, p. xv, 170.
- ^ Proud, 2006, p. 85, 86, 97.
- ^ Proud, 2006, p. 97.
- ^ Proud, 2006, p. 85, 86, 101.
- ^ Bale, 2000, p. xv, 173.
- ^ Proud, 2006, p. 85, 86, 87.
- ^ a b c Bale, 2000, p. xv, 174.
- ^ Proud, 2006, p. 86, 87.
Sources
- Bale : the stamps of Palestine Mandate 1917–1948, 9th ed. (2000). Joseph D. Stier (ed.). Chariot. ISSN 1350-679X.
- Proud, Edward B. (2006). The postal history of Palestine and Transjordan. Heathfield. ISBN 1-872465-89-7. First edition (1985): The postal history of British Palestine 1918-1948.