TARIFAS POSTALES - PANAMA 1936-1937-1938
( Special Thanks to Federico Brid who has researched the decrees / He is a member of Copaphil )

From decree number 65 of 23 March 1929
As of the 1st of April, 1929 the postal service will have the following rates for items sent within the Republic of Panama:

      For the Pan-American mail service :


      For the Diplomatic correspondence, such correspondence must have a notation that reads:
FRANQUICIA POSTAL PAN-AMERICANA-SERVICIO DIPLOMATICO and be subject to the following fees for foreign destinations :

Registration stamps and acknowledgement of receipt (A.R.) stamps will no longer be valid as of April 1st 1929.  Instead this service will be indicated by special hand stamps

From decree number 10 of 22 January 1930

From the date of this decree the following air mail rates will be in-effect:


Air mail service for countries in the Americas

Country
Weight
Rates



Costa Rica and Colombia
15 grams
0.10
Ecuador, Venezuela, Curaçao, Dutch Indies
15 grams
0.15
Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, British Honduras, Mexico, USA and Cuba

15 grams

0.20

Canada, Peru, Bolivia, Puerto Rico and Bahamas
15 grams
0.25
Dominican Republic and Haiti
15 grams
0.30
Chile
15 grams
0.35
Brazil
15 grams
0.45


From Decree number 150 of 11 August 1931
 

Weight
Destination
Rates



For each 15 grams
Jamaica and Trinidad
0.15
For each 15 grams
Canada
0.20
For each 15 grams
BarbadosColombia (interior), Guadalupe, Guiana’s, Virgin Islands, BarloventoIslands and Martinique
0.25
For each 15 grams
Brazil via Argentina
0.40
For each 15 grams
Correspondence to Europe, Africa , Middle East and Asia via the US
0.20

From decree number 205 of 28 November 1931
 

From decree number 23 of 13 February 1932

Fees for local mail service:

Tarifs postaux- Postal rates- Tarifas postales :
 in force in the period december 1st 1936  to september 30th 1937
( recapitulatory table by Philippe Boulon )
 
Domestic/UPAE members
Foreign (per 30g)
letter 0-20g
2c
5c
next 20g
2c
3c
picture postcard
2c
5c
postal cards
1c
2c
printed matter 0-50g
1/2c
1c
registration fee
10c
10c
acknowledgment of receipt fee
5c
5c
Airmail (per 15g)
 
 Europe,Asia,Africa,Oceania
(via USA)
domestic
7c
 
Colombia(coastal cities) CostaR
10c
 
Curaçao,Ecuador,Trinidad
15c
 
Canada,Cuba,Guatemala,Honduras
Brit. Hond.,Mexico,USA
 20c
sea rate + 20c air rate
Bolivia,Caribe,Colombia(interieur),Peru
25c
 
Haiti-Dominican rep.
30c
 
Chile
35c

Argentina,Brasil,Uruguay,Paraguay
40c
 

From decree number 92 of 18 August 1937
 

From decree number 108 of 22 September 1937

As of the 1st of October 1937 the following service will be established:

From decree number 109 of 29 September 1937

Air mail service as of the 1st of October 1937

 
Destination
Weight
Rates



Costa Rica and ports in Colombia

5 grams

10 grams

15 grams

0.04

0.07

0.15

Ecuador and Venezuela

5 grams

10 grams

15 grams

0.06

0.11

0.15

Canada, Cuba, El Salvador, Spaín, USA, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico ana Nicaragua
5 grams

10 grams

15 grams

0.08

0.15

0.20

Peru and the interior of Colombia

5 grams

10 grams

15 grams

0.10

0.15

0.25

Dominican Republic and Haiti

5 grams

10 grams

15 grams

0.11

0.21

0.30

Bolivia and Chile

5 grams

10 grams

15 grams

0.13

0.25

0.35

Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay

5 grams

10 grams

15 grams

0.15

0.28

0.40