On the Christmas theme, here is a Mulready-inspired envelope produced "According to Act of Parliament" to commemorate the inauguration of Imperial Penny Postage in 1898, cancelled "BERLIN / ONT." on 25th December 1898.
This envelope is relatively rare but even rarer are the very small number of envelopes in green which were postally used.
Imperial Penny Postage allowed a letter to go anywhere in the British Empire for 1d (apart from Australia and New Zealand who didn't join until 1905). In 1908 this was extended to the USA. Below is a cutting from the New York Times of the time.
Berlin, Ontaria was renamed Kitchener in 1916 during WW I.
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