Page 130 - British Post Office Notices 1666 to 1799

1760-1769

-- 6 4 0 5 NEWS (General Post-Office, October 9, 1764)

A Mail will be dispatched from this Office on Thursday the 8th of November next, being the second Thursday in the
Month, for his Majesty's Islands in the West Indies, Pensacola, St. Augustine, Savanna, and Charles Town, by the Grenville
Packet Boat, Capt. Purches, now at Falmouth.
The Passage from London to the West India Islands ls. 6d. a Single Letter; to the whole Continent of America,
including Florida, ls. the Double, Treble, and Ounce Letters and Packets, in Proportion; which must be paid upon their
Delivery into this Office; the Inland Postage to London, from all Places in Great Britain and Ireland, must also be paid over
and above the said Rates.
ANTHONY TODD, Secretary.

-- 6 4 0 6 NEWS (General Post Office, November 27, 1764)

A Mail will be dispatched from this Office on Thursday the lOth of January next, being the second Thursday in the
Month, for His Majesty's Islands in the West Indies, Pensacola, St. Augustine, Savanna, and Charles-Town, by the Suffolk
Packet-Boat, now at Falmouth. ·
The Postage from London to the West India Islands is ls. 6d. a Single Letter; to the whole Continent of America,
including Florida, ls. the Double, Treble, and Ounce Letters and Packets in Proportion, which must be paid upon their
Delivery into this Office; the Inland Postage to London, from all Places in Great Britain and Ireland, must be paid over and
above the said Rates.
ANTH. TODD, Secretary.

- 6501 NEWS (General Post-Office, February 12, 1765)
A Mail will be dispatched from this Office on Thursday the 14th of March next, being the second Thursday in the
Month, for His Majesty's Islands in the West Indies, Pensacola, and Charles-Town, by the Hillsborough Packet-Boat,
Captain Grove.
The Postage from London to the West India Islands is ls. 6d. a Single Letter; to the whole Continent of America,
including Florida, ls. the Double, Treble, and Ounce Letters and Packets in Proportion, which must be paid upon their
Delivery into this Office; the Inland Postage to London, from all Places in Great Britain and Ireland, must also be paid over
and above the said Rates.
ANTH. TODD, Secretary.

-- 6 5 0 2 NEWS (General Post-Office, April 2, 1765)

Several Persons concerned in the illegal Collection and Delivery of Letters and Packets, in various Parts of the
Kingdom, have lately been prosecuted, and have paid the Penalties of Five Pounds for every separate Offence, and One
Hundred Pounds for every Week such Practice hath been continued.
His Majesty's Postmaster-General, therefore, give Notice as a Caution to others, that all Persons hereafter detected in
collecting or delivering Letters contrary to Law, will be prosecuted; and that the Carriers of Letters unsealed, sewed, or tied
up, are equally liable to the said Penalties.
ANTH. TODD, Secretary.

-- 6 5 O 3 NEWS (General Post-Office, Dublin, April 20, 1765)

SEVERAL Persons concerned in the illegal Collection and Delivery of Letters and Packets, in various Parts of the
Kingdom, have lately been prosecuted, and have paid the Penalties of Five Pounds for every separate Offence, and One
Hundred Pounds for every Week such Practice hath been continued.

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