1851 06 17 : 02 : Postmaster's account for letters & stamps

Update on Friday, February 24, 2012 at 3:14PM by Petra Mitchinson

17 Jun 1851 (2). POSTMASTER’S ACCOUNT FOR LETTERS & STAMPS. A fresh, neat and clean account with an impressed duty stamp. 9” x 7”. Martindale SCOTT was postmaster in Penrith in the 1841, 1851 and 1861 census. He died in April 1862 aged 61. C 246. R 82. M: SCOTT Post Letters £ 4 “ 6 “ 2 ———————— June 17. 1851 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1851 Sir Geo MUSGRAVE 2 13 9 To M SCOTT Dr May 17 1 Sheet 1d Stamps 1 Dec 27 1 Letter Paid 1 “ 5 Dozen Blue do 10 31 1 do foreign 2 10 19 1 Letter Paid 1 Jan 14 Poundage 3 24 Poundge 3 15 1 Letter 2 31 do 3 24 5 Dozen Blue Stamps 10 June 3 1 Paper 1 25 1 Letter 2 9 Poundage 6 1 do 1 “ 1 foreign Letter 1 3 Feby 1 1 do 2 —————- 2 1 do 2 £ 4 6 2 3 Poundage 6 ======= 5 1 Letter Impo 2 10 Poundage 3 17 1 Letter Paid 1 8 June 17th 1851 18 Poundage 3 19 do 3 Settled 24 1 Parcel Paid 4 [signed] M SCOTT 26 Poundage 6 28 do 3 Mar 7 1 Letter 5 8 1 do Pd. Malta 1 8 10 1 Sheet Stamps 1 “ Poundage 3 17 1 foreign Letter 1 9 24 Poundage 3 27 do 3 28 1 Parcel P.& Registered 3 2 Ap 2 1 Letter 2 3 1 do 6 7 1 do 2 14 Poundage 6 16 1 Letter Registered 6 17 1 do foreign 1 8 20 Poundage 3 May 9 do 6 —————- 2 13 9