1799 - 1¢ Way Fee + 12½¢ Domestic Rate |
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19 August 1799 Woolwich,
District of Maine to Boston, Massachusetts |
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A way fee of one cent was added to the postal rate of 12½ cents and paid to the post rider for carriage to the post office. |
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1751 one real coin minted in Mexico City |
1749 halfpenny coin minted in England |
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| The pillar design one real coin was equivalent to 12½ cents while the British halfpenny circulated at a value of one cent. Some 800,000 of these 1749 halfpennies were shipped to Massachusetts for assistance in the Louisburg Expedition. | |
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Richard Frajola, May 2006 |
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