Page 60 - British Post Office Notices 1666 to 1799

1700-1709

their Monthly Courses, whereunto their Orders oblige them, without any further Charge there, than what is to be paid at
the General Post-Office in England, according to the Rates following:
From England to the West Indies, One Sheet 1s. 3d. And in Proportion to the same Rates
each Letter not exceeding Two Sheets 2s. 6d. for every Packet of Letters.
From the Islands to England, One Sheet 1s. 6d. And in like Proportion for every
each Letter not exceeding Two Sheets 3s. Od. Packet of Letters.
From every Packet of any kind of greater Bulk, for every Ounce 6s. Od.

-- 0 5 0 4 NEWS [April 13-16, 1705]

These are to give Notice, That Letters will be taken in at the General Post-Office directed for New-England, New-
York, New-Jersey, Maryland, Pensilvania,, Virginia,, Carolina, on the Continent of America, and the Island of Bennudas, on
the same Post-nights as those for the Plantation Islands, with particular Directions for those for the Continent to be
forwarded by the first Opportunity.

-- 0 5 0 5 NEWS [June 25-28, 1705]

These are to give Notice, That the Post will go to and from the General Post-Office in London and Tunbridge every
Day in the week, Sundays excepted, from Monday next, being the 2d of July, during the Summer Season, from whence the
Letters will be conveyed to and from the Wells as usual.

-- 0 6 0 1 NEWS [June 27-July 1, 1706]

These are to give Notice, That the Post will go to and from the General Post-Office in London and Tunbridge every
Day in the Week; (Sundays excepted) from Thursday next, being the Fourth Day of July, during the Summer-Season; from
whence the Letters will be conveyed to and from the Wells as usual.

-- 0 6 0 2 NEWS [July 11-15, 1706]

These are to give Notice, That a Correspondence by Letters will be established between England and Ostende as
formerly; and that on Friday next, being the 19th Instant, and afterwards every Monday and Friday, Letters will be taken in
at the General Post-Office in London, in order to be sent to such Parts of the Spanish Netherlands as have acknowledged
King Charles the Third.

-- 0 6 0 3 NEWS [November 21-25, 1706]

These are to give Notice, That a Correspondence by Letters will be established between England and Ostend, as
formerly; and that on Friday next, being the 29th Instant, and afterwards every Monday and Friday, Letters will be taken in
at the General Post Office in London, in order to be sent to such Parts of the Spanish Netherlands as have acknowledged
King Charles the Third.

-- 0 7 0 1 NEWS (General Post Office, London, May 15, 1707)

These are to give Notice, That the Mail of Letters which was dispatched from hence on the 3d of May for Ireland, was
sunk by the Master of the Packet-Boat, to prevent their falling into the Enemy's Hands; the said Packet-Boat being soon
afterwards taken by a French Privateer.

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