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Originally published in Philippine Journal of Philately, July-Aug 1954.

 

 

 

 

Philippine Postal Rates as of 1954

New Rates of Domestic and Foreign Air Mail

(As per Administrative Order of the Director of Posts, Philippines)

Effective July 1, 1954, the charge for domestic air mail shall be reduced to 20 centavos (including the ordinary postage) for every 20 grams or less. 

On the same date, air mail for other countries shall be charged at the following rates, which include the ordinary postage, for every 15 grams or less: 

DIRECT SERVICE 

Australia

0.40

Indonesia

0.30

Belgium

0.70

Israel

0.50

British North Borneo

0.20

Italy

0.65

Formosa

0.20

Japan

0.30

France

0.70

Malaya

0.35

Germany

0.70

Netherlands New Guinea

0.25

Great Britain and Northern Ireland

0.70

Okinawa

0.20

Guam

0.20

Pakistan

0.45

Hawaii

0.40

Spain

0.70

Holland  (Netherlands)

0.70

Switzerland

0.70

Hongkong

0.20

Thailand

0.25

India

0.35

United States

0.50

 

Via Djakarta

 

Via Japan

Timor

0.40

Korea

0.40

 

Via Honolulu

 

Via Hongkong

 

Via Australia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Canton Island

0.70

Burma

0.30

Fiji

0.60

Midway

0.55

Indo-China

0.25

French Oceana

0.60

New Caledonia

0.80

Haiphong

0.25

New Zealand

0.50

Wake Island

0.60

 

 

 

 

 

Via Singapore

 

 

Aden

0.80

Mozambique, Portuguese East Africa

0.85

Afghanistan

0.65

Nyasaland Protectorate

0.95

Algeria

0.80

Palestine

0.70

Belgian Congo

0.95

Rhodesia (North)

0.95

Bahrein

0.60

Rhodesia (South)

0.90

Ceylon

0.45

Sarawak

0.35

Cyprus

0.70

Saudi Arabia

0.75

Egypt

0.70

Somaliland (British)

0.80

Eritrea

0.75

Somaliland (French)

0.80

Ethiopia

0.80

Somaliland (Italian)

0.80

Iran

0.70

South Africa

0.95

Iraq

0.60

Southwest Africa

1.10

Kenya, Tanganyika and Uganda

0.90

Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian

0.75

Labuan

0.40

Syria

0.70

Lebanon

0.70

Tunisia

0.80

Libya

0.75

Yemen

0.75

Malta

0.80

Zanzibar

0.85

Morocco

0.90

 

 

 

Via Rome

 

 

Albania

0.70

Luxemburg

0.70

Austria

0.70

Martinique

0.70

Bulgaria

0.70

Norway

0.70

Corsica

0.70

Poland

0.70

Czechoslovakia

0.70

Portugal

0.70

Denmark

0.70

Rumania

0.70

Estonia

0.70

Russia

0.70

Gibraltar

0.70

Sweden

0.70

Greece

0.70

Turkey

0.70

Hungary

0.70

Vatican City State

0.70

Latvia

0.70

Windward Isle, Grenada, Grenadines, St. Lucia,  St. Vincent

 0.70

Lithuania

0.70

Yugoslavia

0.70

Via London 

Azores

0.85

Finland

0.85

Canary Islands

0.85

Iceland

0.85

Faroe Islands

0.85

Ireland

0.85

Via United States 

Alaska

0.60

Haiti

0.70

Angola, Portuguese West Africa

1.20

Honduras

0.75

Argentina

1.05

Ivory Coast

1.60

Bahamas

0.65

Jamaica

0.70

Barbados

0.90

Jordan

1.20

Bermuda

0.70

Leeward Island, Anguilla, Dominica, Montserrat, Nevis, Redonda, St. Kitts

0.85

Bolivia

0.90

Liberia

1.00

British Guiana

0.80

Madagascar

1.10

British Honduras

0.75

Mauritania

1.60

Cameroons, British and French Canada (including New Foundland)

0.70

Mauritius

1.30

Canal Zone

0.70

Mexico

0.70

Cape Verde Islands

1.20

Nicaragua

0.75

Chile

1.00

Niger

1.60

Columbia

0.85

Nigeria

1.20

Costa Rica

0.75

Panama

0.75

Cuba

0.65

Paraguay

1.05

Curacao

0.75

Peru

0.85

Dahomey

1.60

Portuguese East Africa

1.30

Dominican Republic

0.70

Portuguese Guinea

1.60

Ecuador

0.80

Portuguese West Africa

1.60

El Salvador

0.70

Puerto Rico

0.70

Falkland Islands

1.05

Senegal

0.95

French Equatorial Africa

1.25

Sierra Leone

1.60

French Guiana

0.85

Spanish Guinea

1.60

French Guinea

1.60

Surinam

0.80

French Sudan

1.60

Togoland, French and British

1.60

Gambia

1.60

Trinidad

0.80

Gold Coast Colony

1.05

Uruguay

1.05

Guadalupe

1.50

Venezuela

0.75

Guatemala

0.70

Virgin Islands (U.S.)

0.70

AIR LETTER SHEETS 

Air Letter Sheets printed with 50-centavo stamp may be accepted for transmission to countries for which the air mail fee is fixed in the foregoing schedule is P0.70 or less. 

Air Letter Sheets printed with 20-centavo or 30-centavo stamp may be sent to the same countries provided the postage prepaid thereon is raised to P0.50, or to the regular air mail fee if less than P0.50, by means of additional stamps affixed to them.  Hence, a 20-centavo sheet may be sent to Hongkong without additional stamp, or to Japan by the addition of stamps amounting to P0.10, or to either the Unted States or Great Britain by the addition of P0.30 or P0.50 worth of stamps, as the case may be.

 AIR PARCEL POSTS 

The charges for air parcel post, which include the ordinary postage, transit charges and terminal fees shall be as follows: 

 

First 100 grams or less

Each additional 100 grams or fraction thereof

United States

2.70

1.70

Hawaii

2.20

1.20

Guam

1.80

0.80

6Australia

2.00

0.60

Hongkong

1.50

0.10

Spain

2.90

1.10

France

2.90

1.10

Switzerland

2.90

1.10

As the foregoing rates for ordinary air mail and air parcels include all necessary charges, it should be seen to it that the ordinary postage, transit charges, and terminal fees are not collected in addition to them. 

The limit of weight for domestic air mail being 5 kilos only, provincial post offices shall not accept air parcels for other countries weighing more than 5 kilos.  In Manila, heavier air parcels may be accepted up to the maximum weight limit for surface parcel posts to the country of destination.

 

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