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Auction: 22023 - Stamps and Covers of Great Britain
Lot: 12

(x) Great Britain
Postal History
King George III 1710 "An act for Eftablishing a General Poft-Office for all her Majefties Dominions, and for Settling a Weekly Sum out of the Revenues thereof, for the service of the War, and other Her Majefties Occafions."

This document (180x278mm), known as The British Post Office Act of 1710, took effect in North America on June 1, 1711. The postal laws set out in this document remained in effect in North America until 1789. Colonists came to view the postal rates set forth in the act as an excessive and unwelcomed form of taxation. The rates were revised by a later act, which took effect on October 10, 1765.

The act, also known as the Queen Anne Act, created a formula that was used to improve the colonial postal system. It created a deputy postmaster general for the colonies and established uniform rates for carrying letters and is one of the most important of the Post Office Acts. Adherences in the left margin from its binding. Also 1765 K.G.III "An Act to alter certain Rates of Poftage, and to amend, explain, and enlarge feveral Provifions in an Act made in the Ninth Year of the Reign of Queen Anne, and other Acts relating to the Revenue of the Poft Office being pages 465-482 of a book of acts with margin notes.

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Estimate
£300 to £400

Starting price
£240

Sale 22023 Notices
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