| Single | Double |
| Letter. | Letter. | Per ounce.
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Under 80 miles | 2d. | 4d. | 6d.
80 miles and not exceeding 140 | 4d. | 8d. | 9d.
Above 140 | 6d. | 12d. | 12d.
To or from Scotland | 8d. | |
" " Ireland | 9d. | After 2 ounces,
| | 6d. the ounce.
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--Royal Proclamation of 31st July 1635.

This was the introduction of postage in the modern sense. The object of
the exceptional rate for Ireland was to avoid interference with a
Proclamation recently issued there by the Lord Deputy and Council.

"A single letter is one written on one sheet of paper sealed; a double
letter is one sheet of paper which covers another sheet sealed up; a
treble letter proportionately."--_Calendar of State Papers_ (_Domestic
Series_), 1658, p. 368.

ORDINANCE OF 1657.

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For every Letter |If Single.|If Double.|Per ounce.
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| s. d. | s. d. | s. d.
To or from any place within 80 miles | | |
of London | 0 2 | 0 4 | 0 8
At a further distance than 80 miles | 0 3 | 0 6 | 1 0
To or from Scotland | 0 4 | 0 8 | 1 6
To or from Ireland | 0 6 | 1 0 | 2 0
In Ireland-- | | |
To or from any place within 10 miles | | |
of Dublin | 0 2 | 0 4 | 0 8
At a further distance than 40 miles | 0 4 | 0 8 | 1 0
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--H. Scobell, _A Collection of Acts and Ordinances_, London, 1658, p. 512.

ACT OF 1660 (12 CAR. II, CAP. 35).

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|On Single|On Double|
| Letter. | Letter. |Per ounce.
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