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EFFECT OF STEAM 1838 -1840                                                                  The Westminster

        BlackXLine                                                                                    The Montreal
                                   LONDON TO QyEBEC
                                      (VIA NEw YoRK)


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                                                                                              Ship Information
              }_                                                                            Westminster  departed
                     r                                            ~-                        London  February  9,

                                                                                            1840,  arrived  New

                        ~~.                                                         I       York March 21, 1840.
                                                                                                   replaced
                                                                                                               the
                                                                                            She
                                                                                              Sovereign in 1835 .
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                                                                                                 Postal Rates
                                  l.                                               ~       Great Britain          0
                                   ,..
                                      _,                                                   United States     203.4¢
                                 \
                                           ·-             · ~                               183,4¢ + 2¢ = 203,4¢
               #-~ ·                                                                       Canada               2/-
                                                                                            U.S. to border and
                J//J;Jf'/<f4-(J- ~                          ~~  Canadian inland collected
                                                     --                                     on delivery.


                    Letter carried to ship's agent in London.  Dispatched on
                    packet as  noted.  United States and Canadian postage
                    collected on delivery according to working arrangement.


                                                               NEW YORK TO LONDON
                                                              (VIA TORQUAY, ENGIAND)




            Ship Information
          The  Montreal departed
          New  York  May  11,
          1840,  arrived  London
               June 6, 1840.




              Postal Rates
         United States         0
         Great Britain        8d
          Fee for delivery ofinbound
          ship letter anywhere in
          Great Britain.





                                                  Letter carried to ship's agent.  Dispatched as  directed.
                                                  Mail put ashore at Torquay.
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