| Date | Rate details and subsequent changes | |
|---|---|---|
| October 14, 1840 | Regular mail | 1 para per 3 dirhem (ca. 9.6g) and 1 hour; half a para increase per additional dirhem and hour |
| Official mail | twice base rate | |
| Printed matter & newspapers | one quarter para per 5 dirhem and 1 hour | |
| Samples | 10 para per hour and okka (1282g) | |
| Special delivery | 25 kuruş base fee plus 3.5 kuruş per hour | |
| Insurance | 2 para per hour per 1000 kuruş of value; special rate for silver coins: 12 para per hour per 1000 kuruş of value | |
| January 22, 1843 | Newspapers | for a small format newspaper and up to 60 hours: 10 para; for any newspaper over 60 hours: 20 para |
| February 1, 1858 | Newspapers | for a local newspaper and up to 50 hours: 20 para; 51 up to 100 hours: 40 para, over 101 hours: 60 para |
| January 17, 1861 | Newspapers | for a daily newspaper and up to 50 hours: 2 para; 51 up to 100 hours: 4 para, over 101 hours: 6 para |
| September 17, 1863 | Regular mail | 1 kuruş per 3 dirhem (9.6g) and up to 50 hours; 51 up to 100 hours: 3 kuruş. For every 100 hours over the first 100 hours: 2 kuruş additional (maximum: 11 kuruş). Weight over 3 dirhem: 50% increase per dirhem. |
| Registration | twice base rate | |
| Official mail | same as civil rate | |
| Newspapers | up to 50 hours: 10 para; 51 up to 100 hours: 20 para, over 101 hours: 30 para. Seamail: 20 para | |
| October 3, 1868 | Regular mail | 1.5 kuruş per 3 dirhem (9.6g) and up to 100 hours; 101 up to 200 hours: 3 kuruş. More than 200 hours: 6 kuruş. Seamail: 1 kuruş |
| Newspapers | 5 para per 5 dirhem (16g): 10 para for 5 up to 10 dirhem, over 10 dirhem: 20 para | |
| October 31, 1871 | Weight measure decimalized: 10g instead of 3 dirhem (9.6g) | |
| Official mail | free | |
| 1876 | Foreign letters (UPU) | 1 kuruş and 10 para per 10g; postcards (UPU): 20 para |
| October 15, 1882 | Regular mail | 2 kuruş per 10g; seamail: 20 para per 10g, postcards: 20 para |
| Foreign letters (UPU) | 1 kuruş per 10g; postcards (UPU): 20 para | |
| Postage due | twice the actual rate | |
| Printed matter & newspapers | 5 para up to 15g; up to 30g: 10 para, more than 30g: 20 para. Large format: 20 para up to 85g. Seamail: 10 para per 75g | |
| Samples | 10 para up to 50g; up to 100g: 1 kuruş, 101 up to 200g: 2 kuruş, 200 up to 250g: 2 kuruş 10 para, additionally 20 para per extra 50g (maximum: 2000g) | |
| September 6, 1888 | Regular mail | 1 kuruş per 15g |
| Registration | 1 kuruş | |
| Advice of receipt | 1 kuruş | |
| August 12, 1900 | Money orders | 20 paras up to 100 kuruş value; over 100 and up to 500 kuruş value: 20 paras per 100 kuruş value; over 500 and up to 2000 kuruş value: 20 paras per 200 kuruş value |
| Insurance | 1 kuruş per per 1000 kuruş of value | |
| June 14, 1901 | Parcels (sea or rail) | 4 kuruş per 5kg (using one sea or railway line); using two sea or railway lines: 8 kuruş per 5 kg; using three or more sea or railway lines: 10 kuruş per 5 kg |
| Parcels (land) | 20 kuruş per 5kg (within same province); to adjacent province: 35 kuruş per 5 kg; to province removed by one province: 50 kuruş per 5 kg; to province removed by two provinces: 65 kuruş per 5 kg; to province removed by more than two provinces: 80 kuruş per 5 kg | |
| Int. parcels | 11 kuruş per 5 kg | |
| October 13, 1903 | festive postcards | up to 30g: 5 para per five words; up to 50g: 10 para |
| July 26, 1913 | postal cheques | 20 para for up tp 10 kuruş value |
| July 8, 1915 | war orphan tax | 10 para per letter; 20 para per registered letter; 5 kuruş per telegram, 1 kuruş per insured item |
Currency:
- 1 Lira (Pound) = 100 kuruş
- 1 kuruş = 40 para
