POSTAGE REGULATIONS.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Auckland, 13th July, 1855. TTIS Excellency the Officer administering * *■■ the Government has been pleased to direct the republieation of the following Pro. clamation, dated 31st December, 1850, altering the rates of Postage payable in New Zealand for the transmission, receipt, or delivery of" letters. His Excellency further directs it to be notified that the Postage .Slumps referred to in the 7th paragraph ol' chat Proclamation have been received, and are issuable by Pust Masters to the Public at the respective fixed value of such stamps, viz.: —one penny, two pence, and one shilling1 per staaip. Post Masters are directed, on the receipt of stamped Letters or Packets in each Post Office to cancel the Stamps on such Letters or Packets previously to their despatch. Persons are particularly requested to ascertain the exact weight of their Letters and
Packets before posting them, in order to enable them (the senders) to aflis the correct stamp upon each letter or packet. The stamps to be affixed on the outside of all letters or packets above the address written on them. By his Excellency's command, Andruw Sinclair, Colonial Secretary.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume V, Issue 295, 29 August 1855, Page 6
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190POSTAGE REGULATIONS. Lyttelton Times, Volume V, Issue 295, 29 August 1855, Page 6
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