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Meanings of double postage in English

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Usage of double postage in English
1
Only there's double postage to pay on it, that's all the difference.'
The Hollow Needle; Further adventures of Arsene Lupin
2
Have I involved you in double postage by this loquacity?
The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 18...
3
I see you are in for double postage, so I shall e'en scribble out t'other sheet.
The Letters of Robert Burns
4
Business letters always lie at hotels for two months, and then come back with double postage.
The Last Chronicle of Barset
5
A single sheet of paper was a single letter, and two sheets a double letter on which double postage was paid.
A Brief History of the United States
6
I have just this moment an opportunity of a private hand to Edinburgh, as perhaps you would not digest double postage.
The Letters of Robert Burns
7
I have written you a letter which I am sure will require double postage; so I will say no more except goodbye.
Charlotte's Inheritance
8
"Yes," said Quincy, "at first, but there was double postage on her letter, the same as on yours."
Quincy Adams Sawyer and Mason's Corner Folks / A Picture of New ...
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