Postal Rates During the Spanish Period
1854 - 1898
INTERIOR POSTAL RATES
Effective
Date |
Single-Weight
Rate |
Double-Weight
Rate |
Registration
Fee |
February
1, 1854 |
5-cuartos |
10-cuartos |
2-reales |
January
1, 1864 |
3-1/8 centimos |
6-2/8 centimos |
25 centimos |
March
1, 1871 |
5 centimos de escudo |
10 centimos de escudo |
50 centimos de escudo |
May
8, 1872 |
16 centimos de peseta |
25 centimos de peseta |
1 peseta 25-centimos |
October
15, 1872 |
12 centimos de peseta |
25 centimos de peseta |
1 peseta 25-centimos |
August
1875 |
2-centavos de peso |
4-centavos de peso |
10-centavos de peso |
January
1878 |
25-milesimas de peso |
50-milesimas de peso |
100-milesimas de peso |
September
1, 1879 |
2-1/2 centavos de peso |
5-centavos de peso |
15-centavos de peso |
January
1, 1890 |
2-centavos de peso |
4-centavos de peso |
15-centavos de peso |
January
1, 1898 |
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|
Note 1) A Royal Decree stated that the 5-cuartos
stamps overprinted ‘Habilitado por
la Nacion’ and issued on January 24, 1872 were to
be used for the Interior postal rate of 4-cuartos, without change in designation
of value, (with the conversion rate of 5-centimos de Escudo equating to
4-cuartos). |
OVERSEAS POSTAL RATES
Effective
Date |
Single-Weight
Rate |
Double-Weight
Rate |
Registration
Fee |
February
1, 1854 |
(Note 2) |
(Note 2) |
(Note 2) |
January
1, 1856 |
1-real |
2-reales |
2-reales |
January
1, 1864 |
12-4/8 centimos |
25 centimos |
25 centimos |
March
1, 1871 |
25 centimos de escudo |
50 centimos de escudo |
50 centimos de escudo |
May
8, 1872 |
62 centimos de peseta |
1 peseta 25-centimos |
1 peseta 25-centimos |
October
15, 1872 |
62 centimos de peseta |
1 peseta 25-centimos |
1 peseta 25-centimos |
August
1875 |
|
(Note 3) |
|
January
1878 |
|
|
|
September
1, 1879 |
(Note 4) |
(Note 4) |
(Note 4) |
January
1, 1890 |
|
|
|
January
1, 1898 |
|
|
|
Note 2) No overseas postal rates were indicated in
the authorizing documents. The previous overseas stampless
mail rates applied until January 1, 1856. Note 3) When the rate was first established in 1875,
the charge for double rate overseas postage to Note 4) With the introduction of the Universal
Postal Union (UPU) in September 1879, a different rate was applied for member
countries. However, mail to non-member countries were usually also conveyed
at the UPU rate. |
INTERIOR
CIRCULAR AND NEWSPAPER RATES
Effective
Date |
Single-Weight
Rate |
February
1, 1854 |
5-cuartos |
January
1, 1864 |
3-1/8 centimos |
March
1, 1871 |
5 centimos de escudo |
May
8, 1872 |
12 centimos de peseta |
August
1875 |
2-centavos de peso |
January
1878 |
25-milesimas de peso |
September
1, 1879 |
2-centavos de peso, |
January
1, 1886 |
1/8 de centavo |
January
1, 1890 |
1-centavo de peso |
January
1, 1898 |
Circular Rate: |
January
1, 1898 |
Newspaper Rate: |
OVERSEAS
CIRCULAR AND NEWSPAPER RATES
Effective
Date |
Single-Weight
Rate |
Single-Weight
Rate |
February
1, 1854 |
(Note 5) |
(Note 6) |
January
1, 1856 |
10-cuartos |
(Note 6) |
January
1, 1864 |
3-1/8 centimos |
(Note 6) |
March
1, 1871 |
5-centimos de escudo |
(Note 6) |
May
8, 1872 |
12-centimos de peseta |
(Note 6) |
August
1875 |
2-centavos de peso |
(Note 6) |
January
1878 |
25-milesimas de peso |
(Note 6) |
September
1, 1879 |
2-centavos de peso, |
2-centavos de peso, |
January
1, 1886 |
1/8 de centavo |
2-centavos de peso |
January
1, 1890 |
1/8 de centavo |
2-centavos de peso |
January
1, 1898 |
Circular
Rate: |
Circular
Rate: |
January
1, 1898 |
Newspaper
Rate: |
Newspaper
Rate: |
Note 5) No circular or newspaper rates were
established. These were mailed at the overseas regular rate of 1-real
(20-cuartos). Note 6) No circular or newspaper rates were
established or authorised. These were mailed outside the Philippine postal
service using British Asian stamps (at their corresponding rates). |
POSTAL CARD RATES
Effective
Date |
Interior |
|
Other
Countries |
September
1, 1879 |
3-centavos de peso |
3-centavos de peso |
3-centavos de peso |
January
1, 1890 |
2-centavos de peso |
3-centavos de peso |
3-centavos de peso |
January
1, 1898 |
Within
Same Town: |
2-centavos de peso |
3-centavos de peso |
References: 1)
Postal
History of the Spanish Philippines 1565-1898. Don
Peterson and Geoffrey Lewis, Washington DC, USA 2000. Pages 126, 128, 153 and
155. 2)
Revised
Table XIII-1 on Postal Rates in Peterson and Lewis (2000). Don
Peterson, IPPS Newsletter, Volume XXIII, No. 3, Whole Number 72, Third
Quarter 2003. Pages 12-13. 3)
Circular
Newspaper Rates and Procedures of the Spanish Philippines, 1854-1898. Don
Peterson, Philippine Philatelic Journal, Volume XXVII, No. 4, Four Quarter
2005. Pages 3-13. |
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