A Short Introduction To The Philately Of Palestine

Postal Rates: Letters

Postmaster General: Postal Guide 1948

LETTERS

The prepaid rate of postage is as follows:

Not exceeding 30 grammes in weight ... ... ... 10 mils.
For every additional 30 grammes or part thereof ... 6 mils

A letter, if posted unpaid, is charged on delivery with double postage; if posted underpaid, with double the amount short paid.

No letter may exceed 60 cm. in length, 30 cm. in width, or 30 cm. in depth, or, if in the form of a roll, 75 cm. in length and 10 cm. in diameter. The limit of weight is 2 kilogrammes.

(Postmaster General: Postal Guide 1948; reprinted in: E. Proud: The Postal History of Palestine. Proud-Bailey, 1985)

Letters: Inland

Period	Upto 20g	add. 20g	comments
–.11.1917–15.02.1918	free	free	Due to lack of stamps, civilians were allowed to use the Army and Field Post facilities free of charge.
16.02.1918–30.03.1941	5 m	3 m
1.04.1941–14.05.1948	10 m	6 m
Comment: In his first edition Proud maintains the 20g weight measure throughout his listings; however the rates fixed in the Postal Guide 1948 (as quoted above) refer only to 30g. In that first edition, Proud also lists for 1.05.1940–31.03.1943 a rate of 7m+5m.
Late posting fee of a postal packet: 2 m (1.06.1932)

Letters: Foreign

Period	Upto 20g	add. 20g	comments
–.11.1917–9.02.1918	free	free	Due to lack of stamps, civilians were allowed to use the Army and Field Post facilities free of charge.
10.02.1918–31.07.1920	10 m	free
1.08.1920–30.09.1921	10 m	6 m
1.10.1921–31.12.1922	13 m	9 m
1.01.1923–31.05.1932	13 m	7 m
1.06.1932–30.06.1940	15 m	9 m
1.07.1940–30.06.1943	15 m	10 m
1.07.1943–14.05.1948	20 m	13 m

Letters: Foreign – Reduced Rates for UK & Ireland

Period	Upto 20g	add. 20g
15.02.1926–28.02.1929	7 m	4 m
1.03.1929–31.03.1930	13 m	7 m
1.04.1930–31.05.1932	7 m	4 m
1.06.1932–28.02.1938	8 m	5 m
1.03.1938–30.03.1938	"All Up" Empire air mail rate: 10m per 10g.
1.04.1938–3.09.1939	"All Up" Empire air mail rate: 10 m (10g); 10 m per add. 10g up to 70g; 70 m for 71g to 90g, 80 m for 91g to 110g, over 110g: 80 m plus 10 m per add. 20g.
4.09.1939–30.06.1943	10 m	6 m
1.07.1943–14.05.1948	15 m	10 m
Comment: It's not entirely clear whether, during the existance of the "All Up" Empire air mail rate, the cheaper ordinary surface mail rate continued to be in force. Proud says on p.58 (1st ed.) that from "27th February 1938 [...] all first* class mail went by air without additional fee."*

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