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单词 late-letter fee
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late-letter fee
late letter n. now historical and rare a letter posted after the advertised time of collection; chiefly in late-letter fee (cf. late fee n.).
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1833 21st Rep. Commissioners auditing Public Accts. Ireland 296 in Parl. Papers (H.C. 102) XVII. 1 Fees on late letters.
1843 Rep. Select Comm. Postage App. viii. 32 in Parl. Papers (H.C. 564) VIII. 1 The Returns of 1840 give a total of late-letter fees exceeding those of 1837 by nearly 40 per cent.
1922 Red Bk., 1922–23 (E. Afr. Standard, Ltd.) 316 The amount of the ordinary late letter fee is 12 cents.
1991 D. S. Virk Indian Postal Hist., 1873-1923 43 A P.M.G. was authorised to reduce late letter fee at particular stations.
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