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===Ocean Penny Post=== [[Elihu Burritt]] proposed that a fixed rate of one penny be established for all mail throughout the entire [[British Empire]] as a means of facilitating international interaction and international unity. This was known as the '''Ocean Penny Post'''.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Bacon |first=E. D. | title=Ocean penny postage |journal=St. Martin's-le-grand | issue=April | year=1899 |location=<!--London--> | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gDgaAQAAIAAJ&q=ocean+penny+post&pg=PA164 | page=164ff}}</ref>{{efn|See also [[s:League of Universal Brotherhood Pledge|League of Universal Brotherhood Pledge]]}}
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