List of post offices in Canada, with the names of the postmasters ... 1874Canada. Post Office Department
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List of post offices in Canada, with the names of the postmasters ... 1874
Canada. Post Office Department
Postal service -- Canada -- Guides
and so on, 6 cents or 10 cents, (according as the letter is paid or
unpaid,) being charged for every additional ½ oz., or fraction
of a ½ oz.
Letters addressed as above which are only partially prepaid, are to be
rated as if _wholly_ unpaid.
Registration fee, 5 cents, prepaid by stamps.
TABLE No. 2.
BRITISH AND FOREIGN POSTAGE TABLE.
[_VIA ENGLAND._]
TABLE shewing the amount of Postage, to be collected in the Dominion of
Canada, upon Letters, Newspapers, and Book Packets, forwarded by Canadian
Mail Steamers, to the United Kingdom, and through the United Kingdom to
the undermentioned Colonies and Foreign Countries.
_Mem._ 1.--In all cases the postage must be prepaid. Letters for the
United Kingdom, if posted unpaid, or insufficiently prepaid, will be
forwarded,--but they will be charged on delivery with the amount of
deficient postage, and a fine of threepence sterling each letter.
2.--Letters may be registered to all places, except those the names of
which are followed by the letters _n r_, indicating that no registration
can be effected.
3.--The Registration Fee on letters addressed to the United Kingdom is
8 cents each. In all other cases the Registration Fee is 16 cents from
Canada to the place of destination, except to Egypt (Alexandria and Suez
excepted) the registration fees to which are 30 cents each letter, and
to places marked _a_, in which cases a registration fee of 8 cents each
letter, and in addition, double the ordinary rates of postage, as given
in this table, must be collected. (See note at foot of Table marked A.)
4.--No Book Packet addressed to Portugal, Madeira, the Azores, or Cape de
Verds, must exceed 1 lb. in weight; to Russia and Poland no such packet
must exceed 8 oz. A Packet of Patterns for Germany or Belgium, or any
Country, _via_ Belgium, must not exceed 8 oz. A Book Packet for Greece
must not exceed 3 lbs. in weight nor must it exceed 2 feet in length by 1
foot in width or depth.
5.--Upon Letters, and Book Packets, forwarded through the United States,
the following additional rates must be collected, viz., 2 cents per ½ oz.
on Letters, and 2 cents per 4 oz. on Book Packets.
6.--An additional postage of 6 cents per half ounce must be collected on
Letters, 2 cents each on Newspapers, and 6 cents per 4 ounces on Book
Packets and Patterns for places marked thus * when addressed to be sent
_via_ Brindisi.
7.--On Book Packets for the United Kingdom, not exceeding one ounce in
weight, the postage is 2 cents. On Book Packets, weighing more than
one ounce, the progressive rates of postage will be found in the table
below.
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