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Lot #: 3153
Port Hope, Upper Canada to London, England, 3 February 1836. Per Post Office Department Circular, 6/29, 5th January 1829: "As the postmaster at Kingston, Upper Canada acted also as a postmaster for the United States no Canadian postage was charged on letters posted at his office, only a threepence Currency ferriage fee, higher than that at other exchange offices to cover the more complex crossing of the St. Lawrence River. Letters from further afield, however, were charged postage to the border."
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