LETTER POST POSTAGE RATES AND PRIVATE LETTER BOX RENTAL FEE INCLUSIVE OF 16% VAT posta kenya

1. LETTER POST
TABLE 1: INLAND POSTAL CHARGES

TYPE OF ARTICLE & MAXIMUM WEIGHT	WEIGHT STEP	Kshs
LETTERS (Limit of weight 2 kgs)	Up to 20g Over 20g up to 50g Over 50g up to 100g Over 100g up to 250g Over 250g up to 500g Over 500g up to 1kg Over 1kg up to 2kg	35.00 50.00 55.00 65.00 110.00 165.00 230.00
POSTCARDS	Each	30.00
PRINTED PAPERS (Limit of weight 2kg or for packets comprising of books only up to 5kg)	Up to 20g Over 20g up to 50g Over 50g up to 100g Over 100g up to 250g Over 250g up to 500g Over 500g up to 1kg Over 1kg up to 2kg Over 2kg up to 3kg Each additional 1kg	30.00 35.00 50.00 60.00 105.00 125.00 155.00 195.00 70.00
DIRECT MAIL MARKETING	Refer to item 3 below
NEWSPAPERS (PER COPY)	Upto 200gm Over 200gm up to 300gm Over 300gm up to 500gm Over 500gm up to 1kg	50.00 60.00 65.00 85.00
NEWSPAPERS (PER COPY)	Over 1kg	Printed paper rate applicable
SMALL PACKETS (Unit of weight 1kg)	Upto 100g Over 100g up to 250g. Over 250g up to 500g Over 500g up to 1kg	50.00 60.00 105.00 130.00
LITERATURE FOR THE BLIND (Limit of weight 7kg)*	Free Postage
REGISTRATION FEE		70.00

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TABLE 2: INTERNATIONAL – AIR MAIL

TYPE OF ARTICLE & MAXIMUM WEIGHT	COUNTRIES WITHIN EAST AFRICA ZONE	COUNTRIES WITHIN THE REST OF AFRICA ZONE	COUNTRIES WITHIN EUROPE, MIDDLE & NEAR EAST ZONE	AUSTRALIA, AMERICA & FAR EAST ZONE
LETTERS Up to 20g Not over 50g Not over 100g Not over 250g Not over 350g Not over 500g Not over 1kg Not over 2kg	100.00 175.00 310.00 715.00 995.00 1295.00 1845.00 2430.00	110 195.00 375.00 820.00 1170.00 1505.00 2150.00 2860.00	130.00 305.00 550.00 1345.00 1720.00 2220.00 3340.00 4420.00	160.00 380.00 685.00 1540.00 2170.00 2790.00 4170.00 5530.00
POSTCARDS Not exceeding 15cm x 10.7 cm (standard) Any other size	65.00 100.00	80.00 110.00	100.00 140.00	120.00 160.00
Aerogrammes (Single form)	50.00	70.00	75.00	75.00
PRINTED PAPERS Small Packets Up to 20g Over 20g – 100g Over 100g – 250g Over 250g – 500g Over 500g – 1kg Over 1kg – 2kg Each additional 1kg Up to 5kg	90.00 170.00 300.00 505.00 790.00 1080.00 605.00	110.00 210.00 350.00 595.00 890.00 1270.00 735.00	125.00 255.00 385.00 650.00 1035.00 1435.00 830.00	155.00 300.00 450.00 775.00 1260.00 1740.00 960.00
LITERATURE FOR THE BLIND Each 10g or part thereof	15.00	15.00	30.00	30.00
REGISTRATION FEE	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00

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TABLE 3: INTERNATIONAL – SURFACE MAIL

TYPE OF ARTICLE & MAXIMUM WEIGHT	WEIGHT STEP	COUNTRIES WITHIN EAST AFRICA ZONE	COUNTRIES WITHIN THE REST OF AFRICA ZONE	COUNTRIES WITHIN EUROPE, MIDDLE & NEAR EAST ZONE	AUSTRALIA AMERICA & FAR EAST ZONE
LETTERS (Maximum Weight 2kg)	Up to 20g Over 20g up to 100g Over 100g up to 250g Over 250g up to 500g Over 500g up to 1kg Over 1kg up to 2kg	80.00 150.00 230.00 390.00 615.00 995.00	100.00 170.00 270.00 455.00 720.00 1155.00	110.00 195.00 310.00 480.00 790.00 1260.00	125.00 245.00 385.00 615.00 1005.00 1595.00
POSTCARDS Not exceeding 15cm x 10.7cm (standard) Any other size	Each Each	45.00 75.00	45.00 90.00	65.00 105.00	75.00 120.00
SMALL PACKETS (Maximum Weight1kg)	Up to 100g Over 100g up to 250g Over 250g up to 500g Over 500g up to 1kg	65.00 95.00 145.00 225.00	100.00 125.00 200.00 300.00	110.00 150.00 235.00 345.00	150.00 190.00 295.00 440.00
PRINTED PAPERS Maximum Weight 2kg or for packets comprising books only up to 5kg	Up to 20g Over 20g up to 100g Over 100g up to 250g Over 250g up to 500g Over 500g up to 1kg Over 1kg up to 2kg For each additional 1kg up to 5Kgs	55.00 90.00 120.00 200.00 290.00 400.00 235.00	60.00 105.00 125.00 240.00 350.00 465.00 270.00	70.00 110.00 160.00 270.00 375.00 505.00 310.00	75.00 130.00 190.00 330.00 460.00 640.00 385.00
LITERATURE FOR THE BLIND	FREE POSTAGE
REGISTRATION FEE		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00

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TABLE 4: SURFACE AIR LIFTED MAIL

TYPE OF ARTICLE & MAXIMUM WEIGHT	WEIGHT STEP	COUNTRIES WITHIN EAST AFRICA ZONE	COUNTRIES WITHIN THE REST OF AFRICA ZONE	COUNTRIES WITHIN EUROPE, MIDDLE & NEAR EAST ZONE	AUSTRALIA AMERICA & FAR EAST ZONE
LETTERS (Maximum Weight 2kg)	Upto 20g Over 20g up to 50g Over 50g up to 100g Over 100g up to 250g Over 250g up to 350g Over 350g up to 500g Over 500g up to 1kg Over 1kg up to 2kg	90.00 160.00 280.00 645.00 880.00 1160.00 1645.00 2180.00	105.00 175.00 330.00 725.00 1020.00 1295.00 1925.00 2565.00	120.00 280.00 510.00 1110.00 1525.00 2010.00 3005.00 3980.00	155.00 345.00 645.00 1370.00 1905.00 2500.00 3755.00 4980.00
POSTCARDS Not exceeding 15cm x 10.7cm (standard) Any other size	Each Each	45.00 80.00	55.00 100.00	70.00 110.00	90.00 145.00
Aerogrammes (Single form)	Each	60.00	60.00	75.00	75.00
PRINTED PAPERS Small Packets Maximum Weight 2kg or for packets comprising books only	Upto 20g Over 20g up to 100g Over 100g up to 250g Over 250g up to 500g Over 500g up to 1kg Over 1kg up to 2kg For each additional 1kg or part thereof up to 5kgs	75.00 160.00 250.00 430.00 695.00 980.00 575.00	80.00 175.00 300.00 505.00 815.00 1140.00 655.00	100.00 210.00 350.00 565.00 925.00 1275.00 790.00	110.00 255.00 425.00 670.00 1105.00 1540.00 935.00
LITERATURE FOR THE BLIND	Each 10g or part thereof	15.00	15.00	30.00	30.00
REGISTRATION FEE		100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00

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2. PRIVATE LETTER BOX/BAG RENTAL FEE

The revised rental fee for Private letter box and bags is:-

CATEGORY OF LETTER BOX/BAG	RENTAL FEE
Individual	2,320/=
Corporate	10,960/=
Learning/Religious Organizations	8,960/=
Stand alone	12,500/=
Special Corporates * (This includes homes for children, the elderly and destitute. Philanthropic Organization and Institutions)	7,220/=
Sub Post Offices	1,530/=

* Note the renters that the special groups box rental fee is applicable to.

3. DIRECT MAIL MARKETING
INLAND CHARGES FOR DIRECT MAIL MARKETING SERVICES.

TYPE OF ARTICLE	WEIGHT STEP	Non Addressed DMM	Addressed DMM	TERMS & CONDITIONS
News letters Brochures Fliers Self Mailers Envelope Mailers	Up to 50gm Over 50gm- 100gm	4.00 12.00	24.00 24.00	There is no minimum posting of items to be distributed within the office of posting. For items destined to other post offices from the office of posting, a minimum of 5,000 will not attract postage .For less than 5000 items the small packets postage will be charged in addition to the DMM charges. There are no maximum postings.
Promotional Postcards	Each	4.00	12.00	Above terms and conditions apply
Bulletins Catalogues	0-100gm Over 100gm- 250 gm Over 250gm- 500gm	30.00 35.00 82.00	41.00 47.00 93.00	Above terms and conditions apply
Dimensional Direct Mail	Up to 50gm Over 50 gm-100gm Over 100gm-150gm	24.00 35.00 47.00	30.00 41.00 53.00	Above terms and conditions apply

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4. OTHER REVISED POSTAL CHARGES AND FEES

No.	Service	Charge/Fee (Kshs)
1.	Deposit for Private box/bag keys	560.00
2.	Replacement of Private box/bag Lock consequent upon loss of keys	650.00
3.	Replacement of Lost Post Office Authority Card	120.00
4.	Advice of delivery fee	35.00
5.	Express fee	35.00
6.	Registration of Newspapers:- Daily Weekly Fortnightly Monthly Quarterly	6175.00 5870.00 5395.00 4630.00 3705.00
7.	Insurance fee Limits of compensation: Kshs 500.00 Kshs 1,000.00 Kshs 1,500.00 Kshs 2,000.00 Kshs 2,500.00 Kshs 3,000.00 Kshs 3,500.00 Kshs 4,000.00 Kshs 4,500.00 Kshs 5,000.00 Kshs 6,000.00 Kshs 7,000.00 Kshs 8,000.00 Kshs 9,000.00 Kshs 10,000.00	35.00 55.00 85.00 105.00 125.00 140.00 160.00 175.00 195.00 205.00 225.00 245.00 265.00 290.00 315.00
8.	Certificate of posting for unregistered items	25.00
9.	Handling charge for underpaid items	25.00
10.	Business Reply Paid service (per item returned in addition to normal postage)	12.00

11. Redirection of box renters Mail (Beyond the free redirection period)

Individual user Corporate user

Learning/Religious Inst

Special group Stand Alone user

2320.00 10960.00 8,960.00 7,220.00 12,500.00

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5. STAMP ISSUES

RELEASE DATE

12.07.89 01.07.1993 29.09.1995 16.10.1995 05.01.1996

31.10.1996 09.04.1998 10.06.1998 13.04.2000 31.05.2000

28.02.2001 27.11.2002 19.11.2004 1.04.2005 26.05.2005 6.12.2006 4.5.2006 19.10.2006 15.12.2006 30.10.2007 21.11.2007 13.12.2007 7.2.2008 21.8.2008 17.10.2008 17.11.2008 13.12.2008 10.07.2009 2007-2008 9.12.2009 25.3 .2010 30.11.2010 9.9.2011 17.11.2011 20.4.2012 22.6.2012 31.7.2012 25.9.2012 2009-2011 10.12.2013

20.12.2013

STAMP ISSUES (AVAILABLE FOR SALE)

FDCS SHS - - 215.00 220.00 910.00 -

80.00 - - 175.00 - 175.00

SET SHS 35.00 55.00 ICIPE - FAO -

Endangered Animals s/s (Giraffe) World Congress & Rehabilitation

Pre-olympic Games (2types of S/sheets @ 100/= and 3 types of sheetlets @ 176/= Kshs. 180/= and 225/=)

Lions Club International
Vasco Da Gama
18th Anniversary of Pan African Postal Union

Turtles -

250.00 165.00 130.00

1870.00 215.00

350.00 350.00 - 340.00 80.00 80.00 80.00 350.00 - 350.00 350.00 350.00 80.00 350.00 80.00 - 580.00 350.00 80.00 80.00 - 315.00 315.00 315.00 85.00 - - 525 210

225

Logos of East Africa

120.00 85.00 1820.00 170.00 275.00 305.00 305.00 275.00 - 30.00 - 30.00 305.00 305.00 305.00 305.00 305.00 30.00 305.00 30.00 2440.00 535.00 305.00 30.00 35.00 7540.00 270.00 270.00 270.00 35.00 1280.00 8845 - 165

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8th Crop Definitive

S/Sheet

Historic Sites
Tourism 2004
Easter
Rotary
Cultural Costumes
Fishes of Lake Victoria Pre-congress 2008(1st series)

Tourism 2006
Breast Cancer
Ceremonial Costumes
Nairobi Arboretum Centenary
24th UPU Congress 2008 Nairobi Kenya (2nd series) Olympic Games (Beijing) 2008
Heroes of Kenya (1st series)
Theosophical Society of Kenya
HH The Aga Khan (Golden Jubilee)
Braille Bi-Centenary
Stamp Pack
10 Years of Postal Corporation of Kenya
Nature Kenya centenary
30th Anniversary of PAPU
Promulgation of Kenya
40th Anniversary of ICIPE.
40th Anniversary of UNEP(1st Series)
40th Anniversary of UNEP(2nd Series)
40th anniversary of UNEP (3rd Series)
Pro. Wangari Muta Maathai
Stamp pack
50th Anniversary of Kenya’s Independence

‘’ ‘’ ‘’ ‘’S/Sheet

50 Years of Diplomatic Relations Between Kenya & China
‘’ ‘’ ‘’ FDCS/Sheet

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6. STATIONERY

No.	ITEM	RATE
1.	Story of Kenya and its stamp ï‚· Soft Cover	120.00
2.	Story of East Africa and its stamps ï‚· Soft Cover	120.00
3.	First day cover Albums	120.00
4.	Inserts	50.00
5.	badges	145.00
6.	International Reply Coupons	165.00
7.	Reels ï‚· Birds	290.00 580.00 2900.00
7.	ï‚· Crops	2900.00 5800.00
8.	AEROGRAMMES ï‚· Ordinary ï‚· Greetings ï‚· Embossed 3/= ï‚· Pictorial ï‚· Pre-paid	10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 15.00

LETTER POST POSTAGE RATES AND PRIVATE LETTER BOX RENTAL FEE INCLUSIVE OF 16% VAT posta kenya

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