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Articles for the Blind Rates 1915-1953

c.1951 - basic ½d rate for up to 2lb. The "Moon System" is an alternative to Braille using embossed symbols mostly derived from the Latin script, but simplified

A special inland rate for literature for the blind was introduced in 1906, but was not agreed internationally as a UPU service until the Madrid Conference in 1920.

There was however a "Blind Literature" service from 1915 that applied to destinations in the Empire and the USA.

The Brussels UPU Conference in 1952 agreed to allow free postage for articles for the blind, and the charge was abolished as of the beginning of 1954 – over a decade before it was abolished in the inland post.


Date Rates Date Rates Date Rates
1915
(1 Jul)
½d - 2oz
1d - 4oz
1½d - 6oz
2d - 8oz
2½d - 10oz
3d - 12oz
3½d - 16oz
4d - 1lb
4½d - 1lb 2oz
5d - 6lb

(Empire and USA only)
1921
(13 Jun)
½d - 1lb
1d - 2lb
1½d - 3lb
2d - 4lb
2½d - 5lb
3d - 6½lb
1925
(1 Oct)
½d - 2lb
1d - 4lb
1½d - 6½lb
1930
(1 Jul)
½d - 2lb
1d - 4lb
1½d - 6lb
2d - 8lb
2½d - 11lb
1935
(1 Jan)
½d - 2lb
1d - 5lb
1½d - 8lb
2d - 11lb
1940
(21 Nov)
½d - 2lb
1d - 5lb
1½d - 8lb
2d - 11lb
2½d - 15lb
1954
(1 Jan)
Charge abolished