Postal Rates
Table A
Internal and Inter-Colonial Rates per ½oz (unless otherwise stated)
Date Town Letters Inland Letters Australasian Colonies
NSW SA TAS VIC WA NZ FIJI BNG
1/1/1850 1d 2d                  
                     
20/8/1853           6d  1oz          
                     
16/12/1859     6d                
                     
22/3/1860 1d 2d 6d 6d 6d 6d  ½oz 6d 6d      
                     
20/2/1871     2d O'land   3d            
      3d Sea                
                     
11/3/1871               3d      
                     
15/5/1871       3d Sea     3d        
        4d O'land              
                     
1/3/1873           3d Sea          
            4d O'land          
                     
1/1/1874     2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d    
                     
22/8/1885                   2d  
                     
1/05/1911 1d 1d 1d 1d 1d 1d 1d 1d 1d 1d  
Postal Rates
Table B
Letter Rates to the United Kingdom per ½oz (unless otherwise stated)
Date Via Southampton Via Marseilles Via Brisindi or Naples Via Panama
1854   6d                  
           
1/8/1862       9d  ¼oz              
           
1/8/1863       10d  ½oz              
           
15/12/1866                 1/- *  
           
23/5/1867                 1/4d  
           
1/1869                 Discontinued  
           
22/12/1869           1/1d        
           
27/12/1870       Discontinued 9d        
           
        Via San Francisco  
           
1874                 6d  
           
3/8/1876           8d        
           
20/2/1880   Discontinued     7d 7d  
           
28/2/1880           6d 6d  
           
  Long Sea Route        
           
2/1881   4d     6d Via Torres Strait        
            9d Via Melbourne        
           
    Per French Packet      
           
10/1/1883       6d              
           
11/1/1884           6d 6d  
           
1/1/1891 UPU 2½d 2½d 2½d 2½d  
           
1/04/1905   2d 2d 2d 2d  
           
1/05/1911   1d 1d 1d 1d  
* From 16/1/1867 to 23/5/1867 an additional 1d per ounce was added on all letters via Panama
Postal Rates
Table C
Postcard Rates
Date Town & Inland Intercolonial United Kingdom Overseas
28/10/1880   1d                  
           
1/1/1887       1d  NSW, V, SA              
           
1/1/1889       1d All inc NZ 2d   Long Sea Route        
            3d   via Italy        
           
1/1/1891           2d   both routes        
           
1/10/1891           1½d 1½d  
           
1/07/1905           1d        
           
1/05/1911                 1d   British Empire  
Postal Rates
Table D
Postage Rates and Fees in Queensland 1891 - 1900
Inland
Letters  Newspapers
   Town, per ½oz 1d For each copy if printed in the colony
   Country, per ½oz 2d Inland per 10oz ½d
Intercolonial per 2 oz ½d
Lettercards 2d each Foreign per 2oz 1d
Postcards For each copy if printed in the UK
   Single 1d or other Australasian colony
   Reply 2d Inland per 10oz 1d
Intercolonial per 2 oz ½d
Commercial Papers 1d Foreign per 2oz 1d
every 2oz or fraction
Bulk parcels of posted by registered
Patterns, Samples and 1d newspaper proprietors or news vendors
Merchandise Every 1lb or fraction 1d
every 2oz or fraction
Parcels
Printed Papers 1d Up to 1lb 6d
every 2oz or fraction Each additional 1lb 3d
Books 1d
every 4oz or fraction
Magazines ½d
every 2oz or fraction
Intercolonial
inc NZ, Fiji and BNG
Letters 
   Per ½oz 2d Printed Papers
Per 2oz 1d
Lettercards 2d each
Books
Postcards Per 4oz 1d
   Single 1d
   Reply 2d Magazines
Per 2oz ½d
Commercial Papers
   Per 2oz 1d Newspapers
To all except BNG per 2oz ½d
Patterns, Samples and BNG per 10 oz ½d
Merchandise
   Per ½oz 1d Parcels
Up to 1lb 8d
Each additional 1lb 6d
To UK, Foreign countries etc
Letters  Newspapers
   Per ½oz 2½d Not exceeding 4oz 1d
Each add 2oz or fraction ½d
Lettercards 2½d
Parcels to the UK
Postcards First 1lb 1/-
   Single 1½d Each additional 1lb 6d
   Reply 3d
Registration Fee
Commercial Papers Per article (inc parcels) 3d
   Not exceeding 2oz 3d
   Each add 2oz up to 10oz ½d Acknowledgment of delivery of a 
   Each add 2oz or fraction 1d registered article 2½d
Patterns and Samples Enquiry respecting delivery of a 
   Per 2oz 1d registered article 2½d
Printed Papers Certificate of posting a parcel
   Per 2oz 1d Intercolonial 3d
Books Acknowledgment of delivery of a parcel 2½d
   Per 2oz 1d
Magazines 1d
   Per 2oz
© Marius Wytenburg 2005