The Development of Rates of Postage: An Historical and Analytical Study
STUDIES IN ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE.
Edited by the Hon. W. Pember Reeves, Ph.D., Director of the London School of Economics and Political Science .
No. 50 in the Series of Monographs by writers connected with the London School of Economics and Political Science.
THE DEVELOPMENT OF RATES OF POSTAGE
AN HISTORICAL AND ANALYTICAL STUDY
A. D. SMITH, B.Sc. (Econ.)
of the secretary's office, general post office, london
with an introduction by
THE RIGHT HON. HERBERT SAMUEL, M.P. Postmaster-General 1910-14 and 1915-16
LONDON: GEORGE ALLEN & UNWIN LTD. RUSKIN HOUSE 40 MUSEUM STREET, W.C. 1
First published in 1917
( All rights reserved )
A. D. Smith
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PREFACE
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
LETTER POST IN ENGLAND
LETTER POST IN CANADA
LETTER POST IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
LETTER POST IN FRANCE
NEWSPAPER POST IN ENGLAND
NEWSPAPER POST IN CANADA
NEWSPAPER POST (SECOND-CLASS MAIL) IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
NEWSPAPER POST IN FRANCE
NEWSPAPER POST IN GERMANY
PARCEL POST IN ENGLAND
PARCEL POST IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
PARCEL POST IN FRANCE
PARCEL POST IN GERMANY
(I) BOOK POST
United Kingdom
France
Germany
(II) SAMPLES
United Kingdom
France
Germany
(III) COMMERCIAL PAPERS
United Kingdom
France
(IV) POSTCARDS
(V) RATE FOR PRINTED MATTER FOR THE BLIND
(VI) MINOR RATES IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA
United Kingdom
Canada
France
Germany
(I) INTERNATIONAL LETTER POST
(II) INTERNATIONAL PARCEL POST
METHOD
COST
APPENDIXES
APPENDIX A
INDEX
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