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Scottish Mail Around the World

This section is geographically organized and designed to show the wide spread of Scottish postal history by
destination. By mid-century, Scotland was importing and exporting goods around the world, while Scots who had
migrated often maintained business alliances back home. While overlapping in concept with the earlier exhibit
chapters, mail at this time is often in envelopes and without the contents, yet business names and known economic
aspects are described. Section Ordered: Europe, British N01th America, United States, West Indies, Central & South
America, Africa, Asia and Australasia.

Europe N etherlands
Mail between Scotland and Europe increased as trade barriers were lifted. Scottish goods were more widely traded as
transportation methods improved and Scotland became a dominate exporter of textiles, paper, spirits and heavy industrial
good across the shipping and rail industries.

Rates to the etherlands varied by routing, the Thames packet via London, rated at 1/- from 1844 until withdrawn in
1853. Letters also sent via Belgium or by private ship for 8d from 1853.

1/1 paid

Paid letter from Leith
Manuscript li 1 "via London 1/-"
to Rotterdam and 1 d late fee.
23 June Edinburgh, 24 June
London, 27 June Rotterdam.

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Paid arrivai marking
Rotterdam

To Rotterdam, 23 June 1852-5 days

8d paid
Paid letter from
Glasgow via
Ostend, Belgium.
Handstamped
England Franco
paid indication at
arrivai Amsterdam.
22 London transit,
24 June Amsterdam.

To Amsterdam, 21November,1861-4 days
Much mail was carried between Scotland and the Netherlands, the two countries geographically natural trading partners.