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Europe Belgium
Mail between Scotland and Belgium 1Tansited via Calais, France or Ostend in Belgium. Rates reduced in 1857 to 3d .
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60c paid
Brussels, 2 September, 1861 -4 days
Paid letter to Gorebridge, Scotland via Calais, France. Rate 60c established 1857. Transit
4 September Calais transit, PD handstamped at Calais for paid to destination. 4 September
London transit, 5 September Gorebridge receiver.
3d paid
Paid letter from Glasgow.
Transiting London, circular
PD, paid marking, London,
29 April Ostend transit,
Carried by rail from Ostend
29 April Anvers (Antwerp)
arrival marking reverse.
To Antwerp, 28 April, 1873 -1 day
While Scotland lay at the edge of a developing European economy, many Scots entry port to Europe trade was through Belgium.
