A Hundred Years by Post A Jubilee Retrospect
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A Hundred Years by Post
A Jubilee Retrospect
BY
BY
J. WILSON HYDE
AUTHOR OF 'THE ROYAL MAIL: ITS CURIOSITIES AND ROMANCE'
LONDON
SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON AND CO., LIM. St. Dunstan's House FETTER LANE, FLEET STREET, E.C. 1891
[All rights reserved]
TO
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
[All rights reserved]
TO
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
HENRY CECIL RAIKES, M.P.
HER MAJESTY'S POSTMASTER-GENERAL,
THE FOLLOWING PAGES ARE,
RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED.
HER MAJESTY'S POSTMASTER-GENERAL,
THE FOLLOWING PAGES ARE,
RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED.
AUTHOR OF 'THE ROYAL MAIL: ITS CURIOSITIES AND ROMANCE'
LONDON
SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON AND CO., LIM. St. Dunstan's House FETTER LANE, FLEET STREET, E.C. 1891
[All rights reserved]
TO
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
[All rights reserved]
TO
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
HENRY CECIL RAIKES, M.P.
HER MAJESTY'S POSTMASTER-GENERAL,
THE FOLLOWING PAGES ARE,
RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED.
HER MAJESTY'S POSTMASTER-GENERAL,
THE FOLLOWING PAGES ARE,
RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED.
PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
MAIL-COACH IN THUNDERSTORM. (From a print, 1827.)
MAIL-COACH IN THUNDERSTORM. (From a print, 1827.)
A HUNDRED YEARS BY POST.
ANALYSIS OF THE LONDON TO EDINBURGH MAIL OF THE 2d MARCH 1838. (After a print lent by Lady Cole from the collection of the late Sir Henry Cole, K.C.B.)
THE MAIL, 1803. (From a contemporary print.)
THE MAIL, 1824. (From a contemporary print.)
MODERN MAIL "APPARATUS" FOR EXCHANGE OF MAIL-BAGS: SETTING THE POUCH—EARLY MORNING.
THE MAIL-COACH GUARD.
THE BELLMAN COLLECTING LETTERS FOR DESPATCH.
HOLYHEAD AND KINGSTOWN MAIL PACKET "PRINCE ARTHUR"—400 TONS—PERIOD 1850-60. (From a painting, the property of the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company.)
THE MAIL, 1824. (From a contemporary print.)
MODERN MAIL "APPARATUS" FOR EXCHANGE OF MAIL-BAGS: SETTING THE POUCH—EARLY MORNING.
THE MAIL-COACH GUARD.
THE BELLMAN COLLECTING LETTERS FOR DESPATCH.
HOLYHEAD AND KINGSTOWN MAIL PACKET "PRINCE ARTHUR"—400 TONS—PERIOD 1850-60. (From a painting, the property of the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company.)
UNIFORM PENNY POSTAGE.
(FORM OF A PETITION.)
THE TONTINE READING-ROOMS, GLASGOW—ARRIVAL OF THE MAIL—PERIOD: END OF LAST CENTURY. (After an old print.)
(FORM OF A PETITION.)
THE TONTINE READING-ROOMS, GLASGOW—ARRIVAL OF THE MAIL—PERIOD: END OF LAST CENTURY. (After an old print.)
FOOTNOTES:
THE MAIL, 1803. (From a contemporary print.)
THE MAIL, 1824. (From a contemporary print.)
MODERN MAIL "APPARATUS" FOR EXCHANGE OF MAIL-BAGS: SETTING THE POUCH—EARLY MORNING.
THE MAIL-COACH GUARD.
THE BELLMAN COLLECTING LETTERS FOR DESPATCH.
HOLYHEAD AND KINGSTOWN MAIL PACKET "PRINCE ARTHUR"—400 TONS—PERIOD 1850-60. (From a painting, the property of the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company.)
THE MAIL, 1824. (From a contemporary print.)
MODERN MAIL "APPARATUS" FOR EXCHANGE OF MAIL-BAGS: SETTING THE POUCH—EARLY MORNING.
THE MAIL-COACH GUARD.
THE BELLMAN COLLECTING LETTERS FOR DESPATCH.
HOLYHEAD AND KINGSTOWN MAIL PACKET "PRINCE ARTHUR"—400 TONS—PERIOD 1850-60. (From a painting, the property of the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company.)
UNIFORM PENNY POSTAGE.
(FORM OF A PETITION.)
THE TONTINE READING-ROOMS, GLASGOW—ARRIVAL OF THE MAIL—PERIOD: END OF LAST CENTURY. (After an old print.)
(FORM OF A PETITION.)
THE TONTINE READING-ROOMS, GLASGOW—ARRIVAL OF THE MAIL—PERIOD: END OF LAST CENTURY. (After an old print.)
FOOTNOTES:
APPENDIX.
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