SHOW MENUSurface Letter Rates from H.M.Forces 1930-1957
Rates for Commonwealth addresses or to other Forces addresses were the same as to Great Britain in this period. The fees for non-Commonwealth addresses were generally the same as the prevailing fees from the UK, which meant that there was a concessionary fee to the United States until 1957.
| Date | UK, Eire, HM Forces, and Commonwealth | USA | Rest of the world |
|---|---|---|---|
| by 1930 (1 Jul) |
1½d - 1oz 2½d - 2oz 3½d - 3oz 4½d - 4oz 5½d - 5oz 6½d - 6oz 7½d - 7oz 8½d - 8oz 9½d - 9oz 10½d - 10oz 11½d - 11oz 1s 0½d - 12oz Each additional 1oz - 1d |
2½d - 1oz 3½d - 2oz 4½d - 3oz 5½d - 4oz 6½d - 5oz 7½d - 6oz 8½d - 7oz 9½d - 8oz 10½d - 9oz 11½d - 10oz 1s 0½d - 11oz 1s 1½d - 12oz Each additional 1oz - 1d |
2½d - 1oz 3½d - 2oz 4½d - 3oz 5½d - 4oz 6½d - 5oz 7½d - 6oz 8½d - 7oz 9½d - 8oz 10½d - 9oz 11½d - 10oz 1s 0½d - 11oz 1s 1½d - 12oz Each additional 1oz - 1d |
| 1940 (1 May) |
free - 2oz 3½d - 3oz 4½d - 4oz 5½d - 5oz 6½d - 6oz 7½d - 7oz 8½d - 8oz 9½d - 9oz 10½d - 10oz 11½d - 11oz 1s 0½d - 12oz 1s 1½d - 13oz Each additional 1oz - 1d |
2½d - 1oz 3½d - 2oz 4½d - 3oz 5½d - 4oz 6½d - 5oz 7½d - 6oz 8½d - 7oz 9½d - 8oz 10½d - 9oz 11½d - 10oz 1s 0½d - 11oz 1s 1½d - 12oz Each additional 1oz - 1d |
3d - 1oz 4½d - 2oz 6d - 3oz 7½d - 4oz 9d - 5oz 10½d - 6oz 1s - 7oz 1s 1½d - 8oz 1s 3d - 9oz 1s 4½d - 10oz 1s 6d - 11oz 1s 7½d - 12oz Each additional 1oz - 1½d To France from Army or RAF serving in France: free - 1oz 1½d - 2oz Each additional 1oz - ½d |
| 1948 (1 Apr) |
1½d - 1oz 2½d - 2oz 3½d - 3oz 4½d - 4oz 5½d - 5oz 6½d - 6oz 7½d - 7oz 8½d - 8oz 9½d - 9oz 10½d - 10oz 11½d - 11oz 1s 0½d - 12oz Each additional 1oz - 1d |
2½d - 1oz 3½d - 2oz 4½d - 3oz 5½d - 4oz 6½d - 5oz 7½d - 6oz 8½d - 7oz 9½d - 8oz 10½d - 9oz 11½d - 10oz 1s 0½d - 11oz 1s 1½d - 12oz Each additional 1oz - 1d |
3d - 1oz 4½d - 2oz 6d - 3oz 7½d - 4oz 9d - 5oz 10½d - 6oz 1s - 7oz 1s 1½d - 8oz 1s 3d - 9oz 1s 4½d - 10oz 1s 6d - 11oz 1s 7½d - 12oz Each additional 1oz - 1½d |
| 1948 (1 Jul) |
1½d - 1oz 2½d - 2oz 3½d - 3oz 4½d - 4oz 5½d - 5oz 6½d - 6oz 7½d - 7oz 8½d - 8oz 9½d - 9oz 10½d - 10oz 11½d - 11oz 1s 0½d - 12oz Each additional 1oz - 1d |
2½d - 1oz 3½d - 2oz 4½d - 3oz 5½d - 4oz 6½d - 5oz 7½d - 6oz 8½d - 7oz 9½d - 8oz 10½d - 9oz 11½d - 10oz 1s 0½d - 11oz 1s 1½d - 12oz Each additional 1oz - 1d |
3d - 1oz 5d - 2oz 7d - 3oz 9d - 4oz 11d - 5oz 1s 1d - 6oz 1s 3d - 7oz 1s 5d - 8oz 1s 7d - 9oz 1s 9d - 10oz 1s 11d - 11oz 2s 1d - 12oz Each additional 1oz - 2d |
| 1950 (1 Oct) |
1½d - 1oz 2½d - 2oz 3½d - 3oz 4½d - 4oz 5½d - 5oz 6½d - 6oz 7½d - 7oz 8½d - 8oz 9½d - 9oz 10½d - 10oz 11½d - 11oz 1s 0½d - 12oz Each additional 1oz - 1d |
2½d - 1oz 3½d - 2oz 4½d - 3oz 5½d - 4oz 6½d - 5oz 7½d - 6oz 8½d - 7oz 9½d - 8oz 10½d - 9oz 11½d - 10oz 1s 0½d - 11oz 1s 1½d - 12oz Each additional 1oz - 1d |
4d - 1oz 6½d - 2oz 9d - 3oz 11½d - 4oz 1s 2d - 5oz 1s 4½d - 6oz 1s 7d - 7oz 1s 9½d - 8oz 2s - 9oz 2s 2½d - 10oz 2s 5d - 11oz 2s 7½d - 12oz Each additional 1oz - 2½d |
| 1957 (30 Sep) |
Last day | ||
Notes
- Imperial and Foreign Post Warrant 1930
- Imperial and Foreign Post Amendment (No. 3) Warrant 1940
- Omitted from next update 21 Nov 1940 (Imperial and Foreign Post Warrant 1940)
- British Commonwealth and Foreign Post Warrant 1948
- British Commonwealth and Foreign Post Amendment (No. 1) Warrant 1948
- British Commonwealth and Foreign Post Amendment (No. 4) Warrant 1950
- British Commonwealth and Foreign Post Amendment (No. 2) Warrant 1957
