Page 53 - Charles Shreve - William H Gross United States 1847 Issue

A. Domestic Mail Triple Weight Rate- up to P/2 oz.
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1. 5~ per /2 oz. < 300 miles Quadruple Weight Rate - up to 2 oz.

Triple weight rate- AU 18, 1847 to Lockport, NY. e (ligbtenedpentana~

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Quadruple weight rate
5~ red brown from late impression - 10~ - Position 77L
FE 8, 1851 to North A dams, MA - 5~ due from the addressee. e

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Although weighing between 1 oz.-1 /2 oz., the Post Office Act of March 3, 1849 eliminated triple and other odd rates.
Prior to the Act this would have been a triple weight rate letter.