Show RATE OF LEWER leher LET PER POSTAGE BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA POST OFFICE department DEPART unit f washington feb 17 1864 whereas the actual distance between san francisco franciaco and the frontier line of 0 canda vi via vla lal lad the overla overia iid tid mail route as at present travelled is under the limit ot of mile miles within which by the terms ot of article ad of tb the e post poat postil til il arrangements the united state states and canada of march 1851 1651 the combined international rate of ten ants ia is chargeable and whereas the post office department of canada has for the sake of uniformity consented IQ to so modify the provisions of article ad of the said postal arrangement as to abolish the international postage charge of fifteen cents the single rate heretofore levied upon letters etters passing between canada and clifon nia oregon and washington Terri territory toy ors ort and thus esti blish a uniform postage for letters of ten cents the rate beti betl between veen canada and all p puts arts of the united states it ia Is berea hereby ar ordered that in future the international postage caca ge upon all letters between canada and any part of the united stales states shall be ten cents the toe single rate of bf half an ounce and under prepayment optional without r regard g ard to difference of distance dla dia tance or route of conveyance al BLAIR postmaster general |