Packet Rate from St. Johns to Boston
Reduced to 4d stg. January 1, 1856
St. Johns, Newfoundland, May 9, 1860, 8d Scarlet Vermillion 1857 bisect pays 4d sterling packet postage via Halifax per Europa. Rated 5¢ due as unpaid letter. Newfoundland placed a large order for 8d stamps based upon the existing 8d packet rate to the United States. The United Kingdom reduced the packet rate to 4d in 1856, before Newfoundland received its pence issue stamps. This resulted in a shortage of 4d stamps that was met by bisecting the surplus 8d stamps.
St. Johns, Newfoundland, November 6, 1862, 4d sterling rose 1861 pays 4d sterling packet postage per Europa to Boston via Halifax. Rated 5¢ due as unpaid letter. 8 covers recorded with this franking to the United States. Several Tucker correspondence covers have the address overwritten as on this cover. BPA #59291, VG Greene #10081.
New York, March 15, 1860, 3¢ dull red 1857 Type II underpays the 5¢ rate equal to British Open Mail rate. Prepayment was required as there was no provision for collection of amounts due from recipient. 4d sterling packet postage due per America to St. Johns Newfoundland, via Halifax, plus 3d currency inland postage to Harbor Grace.
New York, April 2, 1861, 5¢ brown Type II 1860 pays 5¢ rate equal to British Open Mail Rate. Rated 4d sterling packet postage due per Canada to St. Johns Newfoundland, via Halifax.
Boston, Massachusetts, June 1863, 5¢ red brown 1862 pays 5¢ rate equal to British Open Mail Rate. Rated 4d sterling packet postage due per Asia to St. Johns Newfoundland, via Halifax.
New York, October 28, 1863, 10¢ yellow-green 1861 overpays 5¢ rate equal to British Open Mail rate. Rated 4d sterling packet postage due per Olympus via Halifax , plus 3d currency due (2½d sterling) internal postage to Harbor Grace.
Packet Rate Between St. Johns and Boston
Increased to 10¢ (5d)
St. Johns, Newfoundland, June 27, 1866, 10¢ black 1865 pays packet postage per Cuba to Charlestown, Massachusetts via Halifax and Boston. Rated 5¢ due as unpaid letter.
New York, November 20, 1865, 5¢ brown 1863 pays 5¢ rate equal to British Open Mail Rate. Rated 10¢ packet postage due per Cuba to St. Johns Newfoundland, via Halifax. The packet rate between Newfoundland and the United States was increased to 10¢ (5d sterling) effective April 8, 1865.