1792 - 20¢ Domestic Rate |
France One Fifth Ecu |
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3 October 1793 Boston, Massachusetts to New York City 20¢ due rate in manuscript, addressed to the Consul of the French Republic |
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| An Act of 1792 was the first to express postal rates in cents. A nine step rate structure, by distance, was instituted and the 20¢ rate applied to a single letter sent over 250 but not over 300 miles. This was simplified in 1799 to six steps. |
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1785 1/5 ecu minted in Paris, France |
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| The Act of 1793 allowed for the circulation of French silver as legal tender. Although the one ecu was valued at $1.10 and the one-fifth ecu coin was valued at 22 cents, the fractional coins circulated at somewhat less than their nominal value. |
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Richard Frajola, May 2006 |
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