Postage Rates & Delivery Times

3 Mail and packages sent via Tracked services must not exceed the maximum dimensions of 324mm x 229mm x 65mm and maximum weights of 500g for mail and 2kg for packages. Additional surcharge may apply for oversized and/or overweight items.

Please note that due to the COVID-19 situation, there may be significant delays for all international shipments in and out of Singapore.

Country Of Destination (Major Cities/ Office of Mail Exchange)*	Estimated Delivery Time**For Major Cities(Working Days)
	Ordinary Mail – Air	Ordinary Mail – Surface
Australia (Sydney, Melbourne, Perth)	7 – 14	5 – 8 weeks
Brunei Darussalam (Bandar Seri Begawan)	7 – 14	N.A.
Canada (Vancouver)	10 – 20	6 – 9 weeks
China, People’s Republic of (Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai)	6 – 12	5 – 8 weeks
France (Paris)	8 – 16	8 – 16 weeks
Germany (Frankfurt)	7 – 14	5 – 9 weeks
Hong Kong (Hong Kong)	5 – 10	3 – 5 weeks
India (Chennai, Mumbai, Kokata)	10 – 16	4 – 7 weeks
Indonesia (Jakarta, Batam)	9 – 18	4 – 7 weeks
Italy (Rome)	8 – 16	8 – 16 weeks
Japan (Tokyo, Osaka)	4 – 9	3 – 6 weeks
Malaysia* (Johor Bahru, Kuala Lumpur, Kuching, Kota Kinabalu)	5 – 10	N.A.
Netherlands (Amsterdam)	7 – 14	5 – 9 weeks
New Zealand (Auckland)	7 – 14	5 – 9 weeks
Philippines (Manila)	9 – 18	3 – 6 weeks
South Africa (Johannesburg)	16 – 24	7 – 16 weeks
Sweden (Stockholm)	8 – 16	8 – 16 weeks
Switzerland (Zurich)	8 – 14	6 – 11 weeks
Taiwan (Taipei)	4 – 9	3 – 8 weeks
Thailand (Bangkok)	5 – 9	3 – 5 weeks
United Arab Emirates (Dubai)	5 – 11	6 – 15 weeks
United Kingdom (London)	5 – 10	6 – 11 weeks
United States of America (San Francisco, New York, Honolulu))	8 – 16	6 – 11 weeks
Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh)	8 – 16	5 – 9 weeks
Other Destinations in Asia and Territories in the Pacific	9 – 18	6 – 11 weeks
Other Destinations in the Middle East, Africa, Europe and America	16 – 24	9 – 18 weeks

Notes:

** For festive postings to the above major cities, it is advisable to add another 10 working days for airmail and 20 working days for surface mail to the above estimated delivery time.

Step 2: Choose Your Envelope or Postcard

Just like U.S. letters, international letters must be rectangular and made of paper to qualify for letter prices. Letter envelopes for international mail can be 11-1/2″ long x 6-1/8″ high. (A standard No. 10 envelope is 9-1/2″ long x 4-1/8″ high.) You can fold what you put in your envelope, but it needs to stay flat—no more than 1/4″ thick.

TIP: If your letter can’t fit through USPS ® mail processing equipment, it’s “nonmachinable” and you’ll have to pay

International Address Format Tips

You must write the delivery address in English, though you can include the delivery address in another language (like Russian, Greek, Arabic, Hebrew, Japanese, or Chinese), if you write the English translation after each line.

Many countries use different address formats (for example, the Postal Code might go before the city). Get specific information about other countries’ postal addresses by going to the Universal Postal Union and clicking “Postal Addressing Systems (PAS)”.

.30 more to send it. (See additional postage in Step 4.) Nonmachinable items include envelopes that are lumpy or rigid, or have clasps, string, or buttons. You’ll also have to pay more if your envelopes are square or vertical (taller than they are wide).

If you want to send letter-sized correspondence without folding it, you can use a large envelope (called a ‘flat”); the postage for international flats starts at 5000.60. If your large envelope is nonrectangular, rigid (can’t bend), or lumpy (not uniformly thick), you’ll have to pay the package price.

Postcards: Standard postcards are usually made of thick paper (cardstock), are between 5-1/2″ to 6″ long and 3-1/2″ to 4-1/4″ high, and are no more than 0.016″ thick. Sending a regular-sized, rectangular postcard from the U.S. to another country costs the same as sending a letter.

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Source:

https://www.singpost.com/send-receive/sending-within-singapore/postage-rate
https://www.usps.com/international/letters.htm
https://www.wikihow.com/Mail-a-Letter