Postal rates. Domestic, colonial & foreign

A TABLE of POSTAGE, in British Pence.

ENGLAND.

Between London, and any Place not exceeding 80 English Miles distant, 3d.
Between London, and any Place above 80 Miles distant, within the Kingdom of England and Town of Berwick, upon Tweed, 4d.

SCOTLAND.

Between London and Edinburgh, Dumfries, or Cockburnspeth, 6d.
Between Edinburgh and any Place in Scotland, not exceeding 50 English Miles distant, 2d.
Between Edinburgh and any Place in Scotland above 50 English Miles distant, and not exceeding 80 Miles, 3d.
Between Edinburgh and any Place in Scotland, above 80 Miles distant, 4d.
Between Donaghadee in Ireland, and Port-Patrick in Scotland, for Port of all Letters and Packets (over and above the Inland Rates) to be paid at the Place where such Letters or Packets are put in, 2d.

IRELAND.

Between London and Dublin, 6d.
Between Dublin and any Place in Ireland, not exceeding 40 English Miles distant, 2d.
Between Dublin and any Place in Ireland, above 40 English Miles distant, 4d.

CONTINENT of AMERICA.

Between London and New-York, 12d.

BYE and CROSS ROADS.

For the Port of all Bye and Cross Road Letters and Packets conveyed by Post within His Majesty's Dominions, the same Rates, in Proportion to the Distances, as the Letters to and from London, to and from Edinburgh, to and from Dublin, and to and from New-York, are rated to pay in each Country respectively.

SHIP LETTERS.

For the Port of every Letter or Packet of Letters, directed to, or coming from, on board of any Ship, One Penny, over and above the Rates before-mentioned.

The Deputy Postmasters in Great-Britain and Ireland, are directed to pay One Penny for every Letter or Packet that may be delivered to them from Parts beyond the Seas, upon a proper Receipt being given for the Money, expressing the Name of the Vessel, and Captain.

The full Inland Postage of all Letters and Packets, directed on board of Ships, or to His Majesty's Islands in the West Indies, must be paid at the Post-Office where they are put in; together with One Penny, for every such Letter, or Packet, over and above the said Postage for putting the same on Ship-board.

PENNY-POST.

For the Port of every Letter or Packet passing or repassing within the Cities of London or Westminster, the Borough of Southwark, and their Suburbs, One Penny, upon putting in the same; and a Second Penny, upon the Delivery of such as are directed to any Place beyond the said Cities, Borough and Suburbs, and within the District of the Penny-Post Delivery.

FOREIGN LETTERS.

Letters from London to any Part of Holland, France, or Flanders (and to the Town of Geneva in Switzerland, through
France) pay no Foreign Postage.
From any Part of Holland, France, or Flanders, to London, 10d.
To or from Hamburgh, 10d.
To or from London to or from any Part of Spain or Portugal thro' France, or by the Lisbon Mail, 18d.
To or from London to or from any Part of Italy, Sicily, Germany, Switzerland, (except to Geneva) Alsace & Minorca,
through France, 15d.
To or from London to or from any Part of Italy, Sicily, Germany, Switzerland, Denmark, Sweden, Russia, and all Parts of the North, through Holland or Flanders, 12d.

All Double, Treble, and other Letters whatever (except by the Penny Post) pay in proportion to the respective Rates of Single Letters before specified; as also Packets of Writs, Deeds, or other Things, chargeable by Weight, pay after the Rates of Four Single Letters for every Ounce Weight.

=> Letters and Packets from any Part of Great-Britain or Ireland, for any of the Places before-mentioned beyond the Seas, are besides the said Foreign Rates, to pay, upon putting in, also the full Inland Port to London, without which they cannot be forwarded.

All Merchants Accounts not exceeding One Sheet of Paper, and all Bills of Exchange, Invoices, and Bills of Lading to and from any Parts or Places, not within His Majesty's Dominions; and the Covers of Letters to or from Turkey, not exceeding One Quarter of a Sheet of Paper, are allowed to pass without Rate or Payment of the Foreign Postage; but must pay the full Inland Port to and from London.

Letters to all Parts of Europe are dispatched from London every Tuesday and Friday; except to Portugal by the Lisbon Mail, on Tuesdays only.

No Letters containing Money or Rings can be forwarded by the Post.

HYDE & ROBERT HAMPDEN, Post-master General.