London was not the only place which could boast a Penny Post in 1793.
In 1704 the Countess Dowager of Thanet petitioned to be allowed to establish a Penny Post in Dublin, but nothing was done (Cal.
Two men living in Limerick and Tipperary claimed in 1692 that they had organized a Penny Post in Ireland (Cal.
One of them, William Dockwra, started a penny post in London for letters and small parcels in 1683.
The Dons, never thought of sending their notes or cards of invitation by the two-penny post.
Pre-paying a letter either by the two-penny post or the general used to be thought little short of an insult.
Amongst other strange innovations and various improvements known in this reign, the introduction of a penny post may be considered the most useful.
In the year 1703 Queen Anne bestowed a grant on Elizabeth, Dowager countess of Thanet, to erect a penny post-office in Dublin, similar to that in existence in London.
But surely, whether farmed or not, a penny post should be opened without delay, and on his return to Edinburgh he would let Walsingham know how this could best be done.
At the last moment, however, the Treasury withheld their assent, and for no less than seventy years from this time Dublin remained without a penny post.
But if, instead of taking these hundred letters to the General Post Office, a shipmaster on his arrival in the Pool dropped them into the penny post, they would all be delivered for 8s.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "penny post" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
