Parcel Post Rates Table




BRITISH, AUSTRALASIAN, AND FOREIGN PARCEL POST.—TABLE OF RATES OF POSTAGE, ETC.—continued.

Place of Destination. Route. Rates of Postage. Limits of Insurance Fees payable to secure Compensation up to Special Prohibitions. Observations. Place of Destination.
1. 2. 3. 4. 6. 7. 8. 9.
Parcels not exceeding Size.
3lb. 7lb. 11lb. Length, Breadth, or Depth. Length and Girth combined. £ Insured Value.
s. d. s. d. s. d. Feet. Feet. £
British New Guinea(same as Queensland) ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
British North Borneo {Colombo
London ... 3 4
1 8 5 8
3 4 8 0
5 0
6
6 50 0 8 1 2 1 8 2 2 2 8 } Tobacco and opium...
British West Africa (see Gold Coast Colony) ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Buluwayo (see Rhodesia Southern) ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Bulgaria ... London ... 2 11 4 1 5 3 2* ... ...
Burmah, Bushire, Busrab (see India) ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Cambodia (see French Indo-China) ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Cameroons & Togo London ... 2 11 4 1 5 3 6 50 (see col. 8)
Canada ... Auckland {Not over 1 lb.
For each additional lb. or fraction of a lb. up to 11 lb. ... 1 0 } + 1 ... ... ... ...
Candia (see Turkey) ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Cape Coast (see Gold Coast Colony) ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Cape Colony (for Bechuanaland Protectorate, Mashonaland, Matabeleland, &c., see Rhodesia Southern) Direct or Via Australia {Not over 1 lb.
For each additional lb. or fraction of a lb. up to 11 lb. ... 1 0 } 6 ... ... ...
  • Parcels somewhat exceeding 2 ft. in length are admitted if their other dimensions are small.

† Greatest length, 2 ft.; greatest depth or width, 1 ft.



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🚂 Table of Postage Rates for British, Australasian, and Foreign Parcel Post (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
26 May 1911
Parcel Post, Postage Rates, International Mail, Insurance Fees, Size Limits, Prohibitions, Delivery Charges, British North Borneo, Bulgaria, Cameroons, Togo, Canada, Cape Colony