Volume 39 Number 5 - Great Britain Philatelic Society

VICTORIAN INLAND POSTAL RATESFig.4—AParliamentary Notice to London, redirected to Rotherham, franked by a 6d lilac Plate 1 plus a 2d blue Plate 7 strip ofthree cancelled by a Cork spoon for 12 December 1859, paying for 6d registration plus 6d postage, three oz letter post.Redirected with a 1s green, Plate 1, cancelled by a W/1 numeral.Fig.5—Anenvelope sent to Narbeth on 26 January 1865, franked by a strip of four plusa block of four 1d Plate 90, cancelled by ‘561’ Newport, Mon. numeral. The franking paidfor 4d registration plus 4d postage for a two oz letter.an exercise it is a learning experience not only for those who are viewing but for the onewho is displaying.Uniform Penny PostThe postal rates for letters with the introduction of the Uniform Penny Post on 10 January1840 saw a weight limit of 1 lb but this was abolished in 1847 allowing really heavy lettersto be posted. During the following year Book Post was introduced allowing printed matterto be posted at 6d per lb up to 14 lb — the maximum weight.SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2001 95 THE GB JOURNAL Vol. 39 No. 5