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Excerpt from The History of the Postmarks of the British Isles From 1840 to 1876: Compiled Chiefly From Official Records
It is regretted that, in describing the many changes in connection with the London Penny Post, the Act of Parliament 4 George II. C. 33 was inadvertently overlooked. This omission makes it necessary for me to supplement my former remarks on page 55 by the following explanation. The Act of Anne merely provided that letters by the Penny Post should be charged a penny, and was silent on the subject of the second or delivery penny. The Act 4 George II. C. 33, of 1731, made the delivery penny legal. The Act of 1794 made prepayment optional, and imposed a postage of 2d. In' either direction on letters to or from parts beyond the cities of London and Westminster, the Borough of Southwark, and their suburbs; but letters from one part of the cities of London and Westminster and Borough of Southwark to another part of the town were, until the year 1801, only charged one penny.
Another matter that has been brought to my notice in connection with the London Penny Post is the use of three marks not shown in the earlier volume. These postmarks, Fig. 3. Fig. 5. Figs. 3, 4, and 5. London Penny l'o t Varieties.
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