Folio (11.5 inches). 2 & 3 Victoria, Chapter 52. Caption title, pages 569-574. Royal coat of arms. Neatly extracted from a bound volume and expertly mended. The origins of the Royal Mail can be traced back to 1516 when King Henry VIII appointed a Master of the Posts. The General Post Office was officially established by King Charles II in 1660 after the restoration of the monarchy. Queen Annes Post Office Act, 1711 united the post offices of England and Scotland, and established a General Post Office in Ireland, the colonies of North America, and the West Indies. Postal service to and from the Thirteen Colonies during the American Revolution was disrupted and then finally suspended. It was not until the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1783 that postal services to the region resumed. Between 1784 and 1812 postage rates increased steadily, culminating in some of the highest rates England had ever seen. Among the first actions Queen Victoria took when she ascended to the throne in 1837 was to appoint a Select Committee on Postage to examine the postal system, resulting in a plethora of new legislation. The Duties on Postage Act, 1839 further adjusted the postal system in several important ways, including the introduction of a scheme for a Uniform Penny Post. THE ACT ALSO AUTHORIZED THE USE OF PRE-PAID ADHESIVE POSTAGE STAMPS FOR LETTER MAIL.

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Title

DUTIES ON POSTAGE ACT (1839). An Act for the further Regulation of the Duties on Postage until the Fifth Day of October One thousand eight hundred and forty.

Publisher

London: George E. Eyre and Andrew Spottiswoode

Publication Date

1839

Binding

Soft cover

Edition

1st Edition

Condition

Very Good

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