Postmaster Wilson Mills of Delaware (Middlesex West) mailed the next letter (shown below) addressed to the postmaster at Queenston, on January 5, 1839. The Howard office was opened in 1831 and operated under that name until 1851 when it was renamed Morpeth. ![]() The first letter was mailed on October 29, 1831, by Joseph Wheatly the postmaster of Howard (Kent County) to the postmaster of Vittoria. The examples shown below were mailed by Upper Canada postmasters. Your own bona fide postage to the extent of Double Letters, or half ounce packages, you are authorized to have free, but you have not the right of franking except at your own post office, and.that Postmasters, when exercising this right of franking their Letters are expected to write their names on the face of the Letter at the top. XIII of Instructions to a Deputy Postmaster 1830 : Postmasters were granted the privilege of free mail transmission as described in Art. Provinces of Upper Canada and Lower Canada (to 1841) It should be noted that this post should serve as an introduction rather than as a comprehensive treatise of the subject.ฤก. ![]() ![]() Mail posted as Canadian governance evolved from colonial to Dominion status are shown. This post deals with franking and free mail privileges in Canada to 1875.
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