GB Postal Rates

Information about the postal rates in force is frequently vital for understanding and writing-up covers, but sometimes (or often!) this can be difficult to track down. The current section is intended as a general resource for GB collectors, listing as many British postage rates as possible.

In order to get things started, it currently only covers selected rates, but it is hoped to expand this over time with further detail to make it a truly comprehensive resource. Naturally, this includes the details of pre-stamp rates and indeed post-stamp pre-UPU rates to overseas destinations, but this is a vast topic -- indeed a series of such topics -- as these rates are often of considerably greater complexity than the inland rates. So it's very much a case of taking things one step at a time.

Assistance is welcomed -- indeed solicited -- from any collectors who can make additional rate information available in a suitable format. Please with details.

Important Note

This section is a project of the website administrator (for my own reference if nothing else!), rather than some kind of official statement by the GBPS. In other words, while I have tried to make it as accurate as I can, based on published references and such archival research as I have personally conducted, any flaws are my own fault and not that of the Society in general.