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supply of stamps to the
Colony.
I have instructed
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The Costmaster General to the Colonial Secretary
General Post Office
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the Coven Apesto
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asentain from the Gennal dost Office
whether there is
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early probability of the rate of pore tafe between the United Kingdom and orghof
being altered, and I not. I have authorized
them to guide themselves
If the wishes of you Gost in this matter.
I have ve
Sir,
15th June, 1870.
In the Annual Report on the
Post Office for the year 1865, and subsequently, I have made mention of
the postage stamps in use not being wholly suited to the rates of postage in force, and I have now the honer to
state that the want of a thirty-hov
cent postage stamp has long been felt,
2. Thirty two cents is the rate of postage chargeable upon letters under half-
in weight when forwarded
an-
ounce
to
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