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Falmouth was the chieftown ofTrelawney parish, its population in 1911 being over 2,000. Like
Black River, it possessed a busy post office with the postmaster receiving about£ 150 annually,
based on 15% of the business transacted.
This double rate letter to Kingston was written and posted on August 26th 1859, received the next
day and answered on the 2 9 1 - a quicker reply than from many other correspondents. Foster
h
considers this to be a unique franking from this office.
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Falmouth was the chieftown ofTrelawney parish, its population in 1911 being over 2,000. Like
Black River, it possessed a busy post office with the postmaster receiving about£ 150 annually,
based on 15% of the business transacted.
This double rate letter to Kingston was written and posted on August 26th 1859, received the next
day and answered on the 2 9 1 - a quicker reply than from many other correspondents. Foster
h
considers this to be a unique franking from this office.
