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Seo · h Industries Paper

e of 1/- applied to Canadian maiL excluding British orth Am rican provin s, from 18 0 mrti1 _ fa:rch,
· w reduce<l to 6d. An 8d rate was for Canadian mail routed ·a the nited tates.

1 llllpaid

Unpaid Pa ket Letter from Mon:treal · Halifax and Li eipOOl Ani al rated d, Pac et
Letter indication: "p. 19th December teamer via Halifax. ümard steamer Columbia, 19
Halifax, 29 Li erpool arri al, 30 Febrnary Edmbnrgh reœi ed.

Addressee: Penicuik Paoer Works, Edinburgh. Letter cont:ain:s order for 55 cases of paper of 11
different types.

Packet Letter Routed via United States

8d llllpaid
Closed Mail via New York

Hamilton transit and 8d Stg
handstamp applied 7 July.
Cuna.rd steamer Asia departed
9 July New York
21 July Liverpool
22 July Port Glasgow.
Applied in Hamilton
8d Stg for British
Port Glasgow by Greenock
Sterling, equal to
Lumber milling port
1 Od Canadian
Dundas, U.C., 7 July, 1856 -15 days

Lumber processing and ship building were early industries in Scotland. Paper also became a large industry, worldwide.