Her Majesty's Mails An Historical and Descriptive Account of the British Post-Office
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HER MAJESTY'S MAILS:
PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
PART I. HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE POST-OFFICE.
HER MAJESTY'S MAILS.
CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY.
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CHAPTER II. THE RISE OF THE GENERAL POST-OFFICE.
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CHAPTER III. ON OLD ROADS AND SLOW COACHES.
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CHAPTER IV. THE SETTLEMENT OF THE POST-OFFICE.
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CHAPTER V. PALMER AND THE MAIL-COACH ERA.
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CHAPTER VI. THE TRANSITION PERIOD AT THE POST-OFFICE.
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CHAPTER VII. SIR ROWLAND HILL AND PENNY POSTAGE.
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CHAPTER VIII. EARLY RESULTS OF THE PENNY-POSTAGE SCHEME.
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CHAPTER IX. THE POST-OFFICE AND LETTER-OPENING.
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CHAPTER X. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE POST-OFFICE.
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PART II. DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT OF THE POST-OFFICE.
PREFATORY.
CHAPTER I. THE ORGANIZATION OF THE POST-OFFICE.
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CHAPTER II. ON THE CIRCULATION OF LETTERS.
THE GENERAL POST-OFFICE.
THE BLIND LETTER-OFFICE
THE DEAD-LETTER OFFICE.
THE TRAVELLING POST-OFFICE.
A PROVINCIAL POST-OFFICE.
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THE GENERAL POST-OFFICE.
THE BLIND LETTER-OFFICE
THE DEAD-LETTER OFFICE.
THE TRAVELLING POST-OFFICE.
A PROVINCIAL POST-OFFICE.
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CHAPTER III. ON THE MAIL-PACKET SERVICE.
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CHAPTER IV. ON POSTAGE-STAMPS.
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CHAPTER V. POST-OFFICE SAVINGS' BANKS.
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CHAPTER VI. BEING MISCELLANEOUS AND SUGGESTIVE.
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CHAPTER VII. CONCERNING SOME OF THE POPULAR MISCONCEPTIONS AND MISREPRESENTATIONS TO WHICH THE POST-OFFICE IS LIABLE.
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APPENDIX.
APPENDIX (A). CHIEF OFFICERS OF THE POST-OFFICE
ENGLAND.
Post-Office District Surveyors.
Post-Office District Surveyors.
IRELAND.
SCOTLAND.
ENGLAND.
Post-Office District Surveyors.
Post-Office District Surveyors.
IRELAND.
SCOTLAND.
APPENDIX (B). ABSTRACT OF THE PRINCIPAL REGULATIONS.
THE LETTER-POST.
REGISTERED LETTERS.
FOREIGN AND COLONIAL LETTER-POSTS.
NEWSPAPER POSTS.
PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS.
THE BOOK-POST.
THE PATTERN-POST.
MONEY-ORDERS.
POST-OFFICE SAVINGS BANKS.
MISCELLANEOUS REGULATIONS.
LONDON DISTRICT POSTS.
THE "POSTE RESTANTE" AT THE GENERAL POST-OFFICE.
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THE LETTER-POST.
REGISTERED LETTERS.
FOREIGN AND COLONIAL LETTER-POSTS.
NEWSPAPER POSTS.
PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS.
THE BOOK-POST.
THE PATTERN-POST.
MONEY-ORDERS.
POST-OFFICE SAVINGS BANKS.
MISCELLANEOUS REGULATIONS.
LONDON DISTRICT POSTS.
THE "POSTE RESTANTE" AT THE GENERAL POST-OFFICE.
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APPENDIX (C). INFORMATION RELATIVE TO THE APPOINTMENTS IN THE POST-OFFICE SERVICE.
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APPENDIX (D).
APPOINTMENTS IN THE CHIEF OFFICE IN LONDON. (Extracted from the Estimates of 1864-5.)
PRINCIPAL APPOINTMENTS IN THE CHIEF OFFICES OF DUBLIN AND EDINBURGH.
APPOINTMENTS, WITH SALARIES, OF THE FIVE PRINCIPAL PROVINCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS IN ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND.
INFORMATION RESPECTING OTHER PRINCIPAL PROVINCIAL POST OFFICES.
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APPOINTMENTS IN THE CHIEF OFFICE IN LONDON. (Extracted from the Estimates of 1864-5.)
PRINCIPAL APPOINTMENTS IN THE CHIEF OFFICES OF DUBLIN AND EDINBURGH.
APPOINTMENTS, WITH SALARIES, OF THE FIVE PRINCIPAL PROVINCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS IN ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND.
INFORMATION RESPECTING OTHER PRINCIPAL PROVINCIAL POST OFFICES.
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APPENDIX (E).
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APPENDIX (F). CONVEYANCE OF MAILS BY RAILWAY.
APPENDIX (G). MANUFACTURE OF POSTAGE-LABELS AND ENVELOPES.
APPENDIX (H).
RESULTS OF POSTAL REFORM.
RESULTS.
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RESULTS OF POSTAL REFORM.
RESULTS.
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