ISSUE 169 - January 3, 2025 - Stamp News Online Magazine
The Stamp Specialist:
Victorian Canada – Part 2 – Canada/U.S. Mail
by Ed Richardson
(From the Stamp Specialist Volume 12, The Maroon Book)
U. S. - Canadian Postal Relations Prior to 1851
Perhaps the most unusual and least understood chapter of Canada's Postal history is that dealing with U. S. - Canadian postal relations prior to 1851. The first formal postal agreement, that of March 1851, fixed the rates at 10c from the U. S., or its equivalent, 6d from Canada. Letters were thereby fully prepaid from point of mailing to final destination. For data on rates and apparent "working" agreemets prior to this date students of Canadian postal history must turn to the
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