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Postage Rates and Lottery Office Notices 1796
The notice sets out postage changes for letters from Great Britain to Portugal and America and within Britain, with inland and packet charges, plus penalties for misrouting. It announces the English State Lottery of 1796 drawing from February 1797, listing prize numbers, offices, and registration details. It also cites parliamentary acts altering rates and repealing prior portage rules effective January 9, detailing new single-letter rates and Scotland adjustments.
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Great
England
Wales
Berwick Upon Tweed
Scotland
His Majesty
His
Great Britain
Ireland
Portugal
America
India Islands
Falmouth
Prifmaster
Hornsby and Co. Stock- Brokers
State
Cornhill
Royal Excitang
London
Messrs
Trewman
State-Lottery
India
General Post Office