| On Letters not exceeding ½ oz. | 3d. |
| Above ½ oz. and not exceeding 1 oz. | 6d. |
| Above 1 oz. and not exceeding 1½ oz. | 9d. |
And so on in proportion.
“Letters posted and delivered in the same town are charged 1d. only per ½ oz.
“Newspapers are conveyed free.
“On printed Circulars, Prices Current, Handbills, &c., the postage is 1d. per oz.
“Books, &c., are allowed to pass free of charge when not exceeding 2 ozs. in weight; but above that weight, and up to 48 ozs. (to which weight the Book privilege is limited), the postage is ½d. per oz.”
The rates to England on May 1st, 1856, were—
| Not above ½ oz. “direct” | 7½d. |
| Ditto, by United States and British Packet | 10d. |
| Ditto, by United States Packet | 1s 5½d. |
The present Inspector of Post-offices is Mr. C. J. Macdonald, and the Postmaster at Halifax Mr. H. W. Blackader. The stamps of this Colony became obsolete on May 27th, 1867, the date of the formation of the Dominion of Canada.
Before giving a detailed list of the stamps of Nova Scotia, the Society thinks it would be advisable to reproduce here the excellent articles upon the stamps of this Colony from the pen of Mr. Donald A. King, which were published in The Halifax Philatelist for December, 1887, January and December, 1888. Most of the information Mr. King gives is entirely new to collectors, and he traces back the date of the first issue from 1857, the year it has previously been put down at in the catalogues, to September 1st, 1851.