British Columbia and Vancouver Island – U.S. Rate Tables

All rates are per ½ ounce. “d’ signifies pence.

All rates are per ½ ounce.

Table II includes a column labeled “Adopted in BC & VI,” which indicates the date that a given US rate was implemented in BC or VI. This reflects the time lag between the issuance of new rates in the US, and the receipt of notification of the new rates in BC and VI. These adoption dates have been derived from the BC and VI cover census.

All rates are per ½ ounce. “d’ signifies pence.

1. Postal rate from Victoria, Vancouver Island (VI) to British Columbia (BC), and for foreign mail addressed to or originating from Victoria.
2. Postal rate from New Westminster, BC to Victoria. VI colonial postage was not assessed on foreign mail to or from BC.
3. Postal rate between New Westminster, BC and the BC Fraser River post offices at Langley, Hope, Yale and Douglas.
4. Postal rate between New Westminster, BC and the up-country BC post offices of Lytton and Lillooet.
5. Postal rate between New Westminster, BC and the Cariboo region BC post offices (notably, Williams Creek).
6. British Columbia and Vancouver Island merged into a single Crown colony on November 17, 1866. The combined colony of British Columbia then became a province of Canada on July 20, 1871.
7. The 5¢ rate paid the colonial postage to or from the port cities of Victoria, New Westminster, Nanaimo and Langley.

Table II includes a column labeled “Adopted in BC & VI,” which indicates the date that a given US rate was implemented in BC or VI. This reflects the time lag between the issuance of new rates in the US, and the receipt of notification of the new rates in BC and VI. These adoption dates have been derived from the BC and VI cover census.