Current Price Of South African Stamps
South Africa Postage Rates
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Regular Mail
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Type of mail
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Ordinary mail
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Fastmail
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Customer's own envelop
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Small (DL) maxi
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R2.25
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R3.70
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Medium(B5)
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R4.50
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R8.70
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Large (B4)
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R5.65
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R10.50
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Cylinder/rolled items
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Cylinder/rolled items(520 mm x 70 mm)*
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R5.65
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R8.95
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Cylinder/rolled items(620 mm x 70 mm)*
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R9.90
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R10.75
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Newspaper
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Rolled addressed newspaper(324 mm long, 70 mm thick)
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R3.00
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R8.70
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Postage-included envelopes
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Small (C6) with and without window, and self-seal envelope
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R2.45
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R3.90
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Small (DL) maxi with and without window, and self-seal envelope
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R2.45
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R3.90
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Medium (B5)
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R5.20
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R9.35
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Large (C4)
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R7.00
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R11.65
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B4
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R11.05
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Postcards
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Change-of-address (postage paid)
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R2.45
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can't be sent
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Ordinary postcard (Post Office card, postage paid)
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R2.45
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can't be sent
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Customer’s own postcard
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can't be sent
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Small (DL) maxi
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R2.25
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can't be sent
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Medium (B5)
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R4.50
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can't be sent
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Large (B4)
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R5.65
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can't be sent
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Registered mail
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Size
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Postage and service fee included
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Small (DL) maxi
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R15.85
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Medium (B5)
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R18.15
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Lettergram Large (B4)
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R19.30
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Insurance fee for registered letters (only loss)
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Amount Insured for
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Service fee
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Up to R100,00
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Free
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Up to R250,00
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R11.15
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Up to R500,00
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R22.70
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Up to R1 000,00
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R45.55
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Up to R1 500,00
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R67.80
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Up to R2 000,00
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R90.55
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Product
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Rate
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Postage-included registered envelope
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R17.60
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Compulsory registration
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R28.50
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Detailed proof of acceptance (acceptance slip)
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Free
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Interception of registered item
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R10.55
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Proof of delivery of a recorded article
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R24.10
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Advice of delivery (AR card)
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R4.95
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Parcels
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Product Rate
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Rate
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Ordinary parcel (counter to counter)
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R28.35 for the first kg R3.80 for each additional kg of part of a kg
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Econoparcel
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R17.05
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Cash-on-delivery (COD) charges (in addition to the parcel rate)
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R16.30 per parcel
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Ordinary parcel (counter to counter)
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R16.65 per parcel
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Intercepting a parcel
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R17.65 per parcel
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Reducing or increasing the trade charge on a parcel
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R 14.30 per parcel
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Rates for international letters and small parcels*
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Item
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Air mail
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Surface mail
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Maximum size
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Maximum thickness
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Minimum mass
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Maximum mass
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Southern Africa #
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Rest of the world
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Southern Africa #
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Rest of the world
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Aerograms (per item)
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3,45
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3,45
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120 x 235 mm
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No enclosures permitted
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10 g
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Postcards (per item)
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4,60
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4,60
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2,80
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2,80
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120 x 235 mm
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May not be enveloped
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10 g
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Small letters (per item)
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4,05
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5,40
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3,50
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4,55
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120 x 235 mm
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5 mm
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50 g
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Medium letters (per item)
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15,05
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18.00
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12.10
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13.70
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250 x 176 mm
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10 mm
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250 g
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Large letters (per item)
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23.35
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30.65
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19.05
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20.50
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353 x 250 mm
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30 mm
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300 g
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Small parcels (per 100 grams)
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13.15
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23.30
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10.20
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11.70
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Length, width and depth combined not to exceed 900 mm, nor the greatest dimension to exceed 600 mm, **
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2 kg
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Direct publisher's bags (per kg)
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50.10
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143.30
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25.05
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30.05
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Length + girth not to exceed 2 m, maximum length not to exceed 1,05 m 5 kg ***
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20 kg
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Registration fee (per item)
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21.55
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21.55
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21.55
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21.55
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Express delivery fee (per item)
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24.35
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24.35
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24.35
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24.35
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International reply coupon
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17.85
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17.85
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17.85
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17.85
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Large international parcels (All rates shown in rand)
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Parcel charging zone
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Air mail
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Surface mail
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Zone coverage
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Rate per parcel
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Plus rate per 100 g or part thereof
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Rate per parcel
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Plus rate per 100 g or part thereof
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Zone A
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Botswana, Comoros, Kenya, Namibia, Seychelles and Swaziland
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84.50
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2.60
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80.25
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1.00
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Zone B
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Angola, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mozambique, Reunion, Rwanda, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe
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124.70
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3.25
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124.85
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2.05
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Zone C
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Northern Africa and the Middle East.
Major destinations in this zone include Israel, Nigeria, Ascension, St Helena and Ghana.
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124.65
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11.65
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116.10
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3.25
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Zone D
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Europe, Russian Federation and former USSR states.
Major destinations in this zone include Austria, Germany, Great Britain, France, Italy, Netherlands and Switzerland.
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128.95
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10.65
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121.80
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2.30
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Zone E
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Americas and the Caribbean (except Canada).
Major destinations in this zone include the United States.
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96.00
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16.60
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96.00
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3.70
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Zone F
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Asia Pacific and Canada.
Major destinations in this zone include Australia, Canada, China, Japan and New Zealand.
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91.65
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14.90
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89.60
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2.25
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