The Development of Rates of Postage: An Historical and Analytical Study

by A. D. Smith

[678] H. Joyce, History of the Post Office, p. 12.

[679] H. Scobell, A Collection of Acts and Ordinances, London, 1658, p. 513.

[680] H. Joyce, ibid., p. 72.

[681] Ibid., p. 73.

[682] H. Scobell, ibid.

[683] Historical Summary of Post Office Services, London, 1911, p. 47.

[684] The number of letters still handed in to the General Post Office was, however, quite considerable. Thus, in 1686, 60,447 ship letters were received.—Vide H. Joyce, ibid., p. 74.

[685] London Gazette, No. 3247, 21st-24th December 1696; cited H. Joyce, ibid., n. 2.

[686] 9 Anne, cap. 10, § 16.

[687] H. Joyce, ibid., p. 329.