1825 - 18¾¢ Domestic Rate |
Spanish Colonial Half + One Real |
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4 April 1837 West Cambridge, Massachusetts to New York City, 18¾¢ due rate handstamp |
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In 1825 the domestic postal rate of 18½ cents was changed to 18¾ cents rate for distances between 150 and 400 miles to better correspond with the Spanish Colonial coins being used to pay for postal charges. |
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1820 one half real coin |
reverse of one real |
1821 one real coin |
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| The one half real coin was equivalent to 6¼ cents and the one real coin was equivalent to 12½ cents. Together they were commonly used to pay the 18¾ cents postal rate which was in effect until 1845. | ||
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Richard Frajola, May 2006 |
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