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U5 (No Lines) Philly To Canada West

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Posted 04/22/2022 09:54 am

U5 without lines has a light 6 PAID marking across the address. I can't make it out, but looks to say 6 PAID. Would it cost 16 cents to send a letter to Milton On. in 1855? Any help would be appreciated.

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The marking is a US Exchange Office marking and reads Paid 6d - the treaty rate to Canada at the time was 10¢ US or 6d Canadian. The marking is just indicating to the Canadian Post Office that the letter was fully paid to destination.

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Posted 04/22/2022 10:17 am

Nice! Thanks SPQR!

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Posted 04/22/2022 10:18 am

I recognize that "Laidlaw" correspondence.
I have seen quite a few covers addressed to him - usually if not always in Milton.

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Posted 04/22/2022 10:34 am

TAO in there
OTTAWA?

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Posted 04/22/2022 2:27 pm

The arc of the red marking reads: UD STATES (with the D as a superscript).

As mentioned already, it is a US exchange marking, possibly applied in Buffalo (according to Boggs).

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Posted 04/22/2022 3:45 pm

This could be the same James Laidlaw who was a prominent early settler in the Milton area from Scotland - so many Scots settled an area north of the town that it was called "Scotch Block".

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