Her Majesty's Mails / An Historical and Descriptive Account of the British Post-Office
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AN HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT OF THE BRITISH POST-OFFICE. TOGETHER WITH AN APPENDIX.
BY WILLIAM LEWINS.
OUR ENGLISH POST-OFFICE IS A SPLENDID TRIUMPH OF CIVILIZATION. — Lord Macaulay.
LONDON: SAMPSON LOW, SON, AND MARSTON, 14, LUDGATE HILL.
1864.
LONDON: R. CLAY, SON, AND TAYLOR, PRINTERS, BREAD STREET HILL.
William Lewins
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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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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.
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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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