# Post Office Act 1660, Section IV: Proviso for Merchants Accounts, &c.


and for Covers of Letters to Marseilles, &c. to be sent to Turkey.
Provided alwayes That all Merchants Accompts not exceeding one sheete of paper and all Bills of Exchange Invoices and Bills of Ladeing are and shall hereby be understood to be allowed without Rate in the price of the Letters, and likewise the Covers of Letters not exceeding one fourth part of a sheete of paper sent to Marseiles Venice or Legorne to be sent forward to Turky shall be understood to be allowed to passe without rate or payment for the same and according to the same rates and proportions for the port of Letters pacquets and parcells to or from any of the parts or places beyond the Seas where Posts have not beene heretofore setled and may hereafter be setled by the said Post Master Generall for the time being his Executors or Assignes.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/Cha2/12/35/section/IV (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/post-office-act-1660/section-IV
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