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GIANT P.O. NOTICE REF. ALL OVERSEAS RATES + SMALL CIRCULAR REF. SENDING VALUABLES BY POST; Fine and very large 1 Oct. 1855 folded Original PO wall-chart (24ins. x 36ins.; folded to fit album page) showing every current postal rate headed "COLONIAL AND FOREIGN POSTAGE" with every country and major city at the time in the first column and then letter rates for weights from ¼oz up to 3oz, plus "NEWSPAPERS, BOOKS, etc" rates, and then dates of the mails' despatch and arrival. Plus small Jan. 1857 Edinburgh GPO printed circular to "Sub-Postmaster of [East Yell]" (in the Shetland Is.) ref. fastening a new Notice beside the "aperture of your Letter Box" with a "Caution against posting valuable Letters unregistered" with v. fine green "LERWICK" cds inside. (2 items) Cross Reference: POST OFFICE ACTS/NOTICES, SHETLAND ISLES & FAIR ISLE, OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS, REGISTERED MAIL
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