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List of post offices in Canada, with the names of the postmasters ... 1872

Name: List of post offices in Canada, with the names of the postmasters ... 1872
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Canada. Post Office Department

Postal service -- Canada -- Guides

Zoeger, John, Wellesley                                   |  O




TABLES OF RATES OF POSTAGE IN CANADA AND ALSO BETWEEN CANADA AND THE
UNITED KINGDOM, BRITISH COLONIES, AND FOREIGN COUNTRIES.


  TABLE NO. 1.--Rates of Postage on Letters within the Dominion of
                Canada, (including the Provinces of Ontario, Quebec,
                New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Manitoba and British
                Columbia), and between Canada and Prince Edward’s Island.

  TABLE NO. 2.--By mails sent to England in Mail Steam Packets, sailing
                weekly (every Saturday), from Quebec in Summer, and
                from Portland in Winter; and fortnightly, from Halifax,
                Nova Scotia.

  TABLE NO. 3.--By Cunard or other Steamers sailing from New York for
                England, (closed mail.)

  TABLE NO. 4.--To Bermuda and West Indies, by British Mail Packet,
                sailing monthly from Halifax to Bermuda, and St. Thomas.

  TABLE NO. 5.--To certain British Colonies and foreign Countries,
                to be included in the United States Mails for Steamers
                sailing from New York for the West Indies, Panama, and
                South America.

  TABLE NO. 6.--Rates on matters transmissible by post, within
                Canada, and to Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland, the
                United Kingdom, France, and the United States.




Table 1.

RATES OF POSTAGE on letters within the Dominion of Canada, (including the
Provinces of Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Manitoba and
British Columbia), and between Canada and Prince Edward’s Island.


  ---------------------------------------------------+---------+---------
                                                     |POSTED.  |POSTED.
                                                     |PREPAID. |UNPAID.
  ---------------------------------------------------+---------+---------
  On a letter weighing not more than ½ an oz.        | 3 Cents.| 5 Cents.
  On a letter weighing more than ½ an oz., but not   |         |
    more than 1 oz.                                  | 6   ”   |10   ”
  On a letter weighing more than 1 oz., but not more |         |
   than 1½ oz.                                       | 9   ”   |15   ”
  On a letter weighing more than 1½ oz., but not     |         |
    more than 2 oz.                                  |12   ”   |20   ”
  On a letter weighing more than 2 oz., but not more |         |
    than 2½ oz.                                      |15   ”   |25   ”

  and so on, 3 cents or 5 cents, (according as the letter is paid or
    unpaid), being charged for every additional ½ oz., or fraction
    of a ½ oz.

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List of post offices in Canada, with the names of the postmasters ... 1872Canada. Post Office Department

History

List of post offices in Canada, with the names of the postmasters ... 1872

Canada. Post Office Department

Postal service -- Canada -- Guides

Zoeger, John, Wellesley                                   |  O




TABLES OF RATES OF POSTAGE IN CANADA AND ALSO BETWEEN CANADA AND THE
UNITED KINGDOM, BRITISH COLONIES, AND FOREIGN COUNTRIES.


  TABLE NO. 1.--Rates of Postage on Letters within the Dominion of
                Canada, (including the Provinces of Ontario, Quebec,
                New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Manitoba and British
                Columbia), and between Canada and Prince Edward’s Island.

  TABLE NO. 2.--By mails sent to England in Mail Steam Packets, sailing
                weekly (every Saturday), from Quebec in Summer, and
                from Portland in Winter; and fortnightly, from Halifax,
                Nova Scotia.

  TABLE NO. 3.--By Cunard or other Steamers sailing from New York for
                England, (closed mail.)

  TABLE NO. 4.--To Bermuda and West Indies, by British Mail Packet,
                sailing monthly from Halifax to Bermuda, and St. Thomas.

  TABLE NO. 5.--To certain British Colonies and foreign Countries,
                to be included in the United States Mails for Steamers
                sailing from New York for the West Indies, Panama, and
                South America.

  TABLE NO. 6.--Rates on matters transmissible by post, within
                Canada, and to Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland, the
                United Kingdom, France, and the United States.




Table 1.

RATES OF POSTAGE on letters within the Dominion of Canada, (including the
Provinces of Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Manitoba and
British Columbia), and between Canada and Prince Edward’s Island.


  ---------------------------------------------------+---------+---------
                                                     |POSTED.  |POSTED.
                                                     |PREPAID. |UNPAID.
  ---------------------------------------------------+---------+---------
  On a letter weighing not more than ½ an oz.        | 3 Cents.| 5 Cents.
  On a letter weighing more than ½ an oz., but not   |         |
    more than 1 oz.                                  | 6   ”   |10   ”
  On a letter weighing more than 1 oz., but not more |         |
   than 1½ oz.                                       | 9   ”   |15   ”
  On a letter weighing more than 1½ oz., but not     |         |
    more than 2 oz.                                  |12   ”   |20   ”
  On a letter weighing more than 2 oz., but not more |         |
    than 2½ oz.                                      |15   ”   |25   ”

  and so on, 3 cents or 5 cents, (according as the letter is paid or
    unpaid), being charged for every additional ½ oz., or fraction
    of a ½ oz.

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List of post offices in Canada, with the names of the postmasters ... 1872

List of post offices in Canada, with the names of the postmasters ... 1872

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