Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Postage paid on mail-matter sent by steamer or across the sea.

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Examples

  • That with the North German Lloyd was for a weekly service, at the sea-postage.

    Manual of Ship Subsidies Edwin M. Bacon

  • Hamburg-American lines for a weekly service for the sea-postage.

    Manual of Ship Subsidies Edwin M. Bacon

  • Government, at sea-postage rates, of forty-four thousand one hundred and ninety-six pounds, since the amount actually earned at sea-postage rates was twenty-eight thousand six hundred and eighty-six pounds. [

    Manual of Ship Subsidies Edwin M. Bacon

  • The Inman Company had previously offered to perform the service, and had done so for sea-postage only. [

    Manual of Ship Subsidies Edwin M. Bacon

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