Canadian grocer July-December 1898 . x* This journal has the largest paid circulation and the largest adver-tising patronage of any grocery paper in America. We prove Vol. XII. (Published Weekly) TORONTO AND MONTREAL, JULY 22, 1898. ( per Year) No. 29 THE POSTAGE STAMPS OF CANADA. rT~HE difficulties of internal communica-I tion in British North America aboutA fifty years ago can hardly be realizednow by the person who has become accus-tomed to the use of the telephone, the tele-graph, the railway, and our admirablepostal system. Then the most expeditiousmethod of sending messages or
Canadian grocer July-December 1898 . x* This journal has the largest paid circulation and the largest adver-tising patronage of any grocery paper in America. We prove Vol. XII. (Published Weekly) TORONTO AND MONTREAL, JULY 22, 1898. ( per Year) No. 29 THE POSTAGE STAMPS OF CANADA. rT~HE difficulties of internal communica-I tion in British North America aboutA fifty years ago can hardly be realizednow by the person who has become accus-tomed to the use of the telephone, the tele-graph, the railway, and our admirablepostal system. Then the most expeditiousmethod of sending messages or travelingwas by steamboat or stage coach in sum-mer, and by sleighs in winter. In 1853 ittook ten and a half days for a letter to go nevertheless, it was extensively practiseduntil the rates were lessened. In February, 1837, Mr. (afterwards Sir)Rowland Hill published his famous pamph-let, * Post Office Reform. In it sweepingchanges in the management of the PostOffice Department of the United Kingdomwere first publicly advocated. The mostimportant recommendations were, a uniformrate of postage (prepaid) of one penny, withinthe United Kingdom, for letters not exceed-
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