General   (General discussion, talk about anything.)

When I whur a kid, it was 2.5d for a letter postage stamp.

But there was a thing called 'Printed Paper Rate', so if you tucked in the flap so envelope was unsealed it would go for tuppence, (2d) that is pre-decimal pennies. (about one and a quarter of our decimal pennies)

ie an increase of 100X from then to what jacks paid. (in opening post)

First post was delivered before you left the house for work, typically around 6-00am. There was another delivery around 2-00pm.

At this time of year, there could be additional deliveries to supplement the regular as above.