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Post-Master-General, BeNjamin Franklin. The historical treatment of the pre-revolutionary postal service in the American colonies is both interesting and.
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The first stamp is a joint issue of the two distinct colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia and bears the names of both colonies. It is issued in a denomination of two-and-one-half pence and is printed by the London firm of Thomas de la Rue and Company. The stamps, shipped from London on 29 December , are received in the colony some time in February or March and are put on sale shortly thereafter. Prince Edward Island is the only British North American colony that does not issue stamps in pence and shillings.
It is highly likely that some kind of unofficial postal system existed during the regime of the French when the island was named Saint Jean. Historical documents note the appointment of a Postmaster, Captain William Allanby in , but nothing is known of his tenure. The first post office was established when James Robertson was appointed Postmaster for the whole colony in Beginning in , iceboats are used to carry the mail across the straits to the mainland; summer service is in the hands of small contractors until when the Cunard Steamship Company takes over.
Issued in January, it replaces post office lists that contain much less information. Later, the Guide becomes a good source of information for postal historians and philatelists. A form of letter carrier delivery service penny delivery is established at St. Regular conveyance of the mail by steamboats on Lake Huron and Lake Superior is established. Marie are weekly. On Lake Superior between Sault Ste. Marie and Fort William, the trips are every fortnight. As of 1 July, there are post offices in Ontario and Quebec, 85 post offices and way offices in Nova Scotia, and 46 post offices and way offices in New Brunswick.
The control of patronage appointments of Postmasters is transferred from Thomas Stayner, the Deputy Postmaster General, to the Governor General of each province. Edward S.
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Up to January, Postmasters receive free franking privileges for their personal mail as part of their emoluments. The United States Congress establishes uniform postal rates throughout the nation.
France issues its first postage stamp on 1 July. In preparation for the transfer of the management of the Post Office, James Morris is appointed to the Executive Council of the Baldwin-Lafontaine government on 22 February. Newfoundland takes over the management of its Post Office on April 5, Installation of the first mail cars aboard trains. Postage rates on newspapers are abolished but are reinstated in In October, a registration system for letters passing between Canada and the United States is applied, as outlined in an agreement with the U.
Newfoundland issues its first postage stamps on 1 January. In April, the principle of prepayment is applied by the British Post Office to correspondence between the United Kingdom and the colonies, including the Province of Canada. To encourage the habit of paying for postage before sending a letter, the Province of Canada introduces pre-stamped envelopes known as "Nesbitts" after their American printer-inventor.
Prince Edward Island issues its first postage stamps on 1 January and issues them until it joins Confederation in In the United States, railway mail service is established. Would you like to tell us about a lower price? If you are a seller for this product, would you like to suggest updates through seller support? Excerpt from The History of the Post Office in British North America, The materials for this portion of the history are to be found in the records of the general post office, London, the British Museum, and in the journals of the colonial legislatures.
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Adam Klyne is to make the first trip. He starts tomorrow and is moreover likely to get the contract. Paul on November 28, and Toronto December 16, and is one of the first of some forty-five letters addressed to James Ross in Toronto by his friends and relatives in Red River between and Most of these were sent by the United States, but a few were carried by the Company packets, either to Lachine or to Sault Ste. Marie, according to the postmarks, and there placed in the regular mails. One is marked Mosa, U.
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Another envelope containing a letter from Bishop Anderson and postmarked Lachine is linen-lined, most unusual in those days. From Sault Ste. The settlers' private mail, i. Paul, sometimes to Fort Ripley, at least once to Swan River, Minnesota Territory, two or three times to Pembina and probably on occasion to Crow Wing, or Sauk Rapids, though there are no postmarks of these offices in the Ross Correspondence.
Speaking of this period, James Hargrave in his history of Red River says the mail was taken to "Fort Ripley then the most advanced of the United States Post Offices," and that "In the American Government established an office at Pembina - and carried a mail to that place once a month. Ross was officially appointed postmaster on February 28, , by the Council of Assiniboia it was also moved "that a monthly mail be established between this settlement and Pembina. A collection was made for carrying the mail to St. Paul is to go tomorrow. Last year all letters had to be sent by the regular mail on paying a certain subscription.
I neglected subscribing soon [enough? Paul and not Fort Ripley, but as has been seen there was great variation in his actual point of contact with the United States Mail. Southbound mails from Pembina were irregular in the early s and that is why the Red River mail carrier usually had to go to a more distant point to make contact with the United States mail. The mail bearer was ill and had not eaten food for two days. He carried the mail in a large leather bag, by means of a strap passing around his head - he had been 15 days coming from Crow Wing.
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The postman who carried the mail between Pembina and the settlements lives here and has established an apology for a tavern and a ferry. This information about the routes was gleaned from an address given to this Society by Dr. John Schultz in [ 30 ] and from the recollections of Charles Cavileer.
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In this instance, memories served well, as a map in Hind's book outlines these routes as described by Schultz and Cavileer. It is here that the Post Office for the Red River Settlement and other parts of the Hudson's Bay Company's territories is established, as further conveyance of letters from this place is entirely a private act at the expense of the company, and forms no part of any postal system.
The arrangement for the safe and speedy delivery of letters did not seem at all suitable to the magnitude of the concerns which were committed to the care of the person in charge. The postmaster [Joe Rolette] himself was off to St. Paul's and the sole charge of attending to postal matters is deputed to his wife, a half-breed woman, who speaks no language but her native Indian. On asking if there were any letters for us, we were answered by having the whole collection of letters given to look over and examine for ourselves.
Rolette was discharged from office in for inadequate performance of his duties. Marie, July 25, and Collingwood Harbor, July Between these two places it would be carried by steamer, perhaps the "Rescue". On December 8, , Rev. The Postmaster-General has the honor to report for the consideration of His Excellency in Council, upon the memorandum submitted for his consideration, signed by the Hon. Cameron and others: that no regular postal communication exists between this part of the Province and the Red River Settlement.
That such communication is very desirable and that the present would seem a favorable opportunity for establishing it. The amount of revenue to be derived from the service, it is impossible to estimate; that it would amount to a considerable sum there is no reason to doubt, but it is quite impossible, that it would for a lengthened period at all approach in amount the sum mentioned in the memorandum submitted.
As other interests than those of the Post Office Department are intimately connected with the establishment of these means of communication the Postmaster-General does not conceive that it would be proper to offer an opinion as to the reasonableness of the sum mentioned in the memorandum now submitted. The Postmaster-General in order to promote efficiency of the mail service to be performed under the Agreement, entered into by Captain Thomas Dick, Toronto, for the transport of the mails to and from Red River, hereby authorizes Capt.
Dick, or his approved Agent, duly employed for the purpose, to take charge of Her Majesty's mails to be conveyed under the contract to and from Bruce Mines, Sault Ste. Marie, Fort William and Red River The Postmaster-General being authorized with reference to your application regarding the transport of mails twice a month to Sault Ste.
Marie, and once a month thence to Red River with return mails of like frequency - to contract with you for the same rate at the rate of Two Hundred and fifty pounds a month I am to enquire whether you are ready to enter into an engagement for the performance of the above named authorized rate of compensation. I have communicated to the P. The Government of Canada made a contract with one E. Carruthers, of Toronto, for a weekly mail service from Collingwood to Sault Ste. Marie and a monthly service from Sault Ste. Marie to Red River for the season of , Captain Dick having had his contract cancelled.
The year witnessed a new feature in the postal arrangements of the country.