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1680 Double Rated (2s 4d) Incoming Letter from France to Edinburgh

2-rti January 1680. Letter from Bourges, France to
Edinburgh via Paris and London backstamped with a
London Bishop mark FE17.

Rates:
Paris to London double rate: 1 s 6d (Sterling)
(per 1660 Act of English Parliament)
London to Berwick double rate: 6 pence (Sterling)
(per 1660 Act of English Parliament)
Berwick to Edinburgh double rate: 4 pence (Sterling)
(per 1660 Act of English Parliament)
'
Total 2s 4d (Sterling)

Either a French rate from Bourges to Paris was paid but
the charge is not shown or the letter was put into the post
in Paris.
The letter attracted a double rate due to an enclosure.
Charges shown on the letter:

1s6d charge Paris to London rate applied by London Foreign
Branch and shown as '1 6' on the front.
'in all 2N4' applied by London Inland Branch, adding the
1 Od London to Edinburgh inland charge (6d London to
Berwick and 4d Berwick to Edinburgh) to the previous 1s6d
rate.
'214d' total charge applied at Edinburgh on the reverse of the
letter as an accounting mark.

The letter is from the son of
; the Duke of Hamilton to his
father.
, · I
Apparently he was at
Bourges as a student and
was having the usual
student problems of lack of
money and difficulty in
applying himself to his
work.

Portrait of the addressee,
the Duke of Hamilton ---+