The Development of Rates of Postage: An Historical and Analytical Study
A. D. Smith
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  • Old Age Pensions, payment of, [357]
  • Open post, [222], [320] note
  • Oxenbridge, Clement, [13]
  • Oxford Gazette, [113], [114]
  • Pacific mails, [75]
  • Packet post, see Post for the packet
  • Packet postage, [339]
  • Page, W. J., [49], [52]
  • Palmer, John, [20]
  • Paper duty, [117], [119]
  • Papiers d'affaires, [93], [239]
  • Parcel Post,
    • international, [185], [204], [206], [277];
    • local, [207], [208];
    • loss on, [190], [219], [295], [334]
  • Parcel Post Act, 1882, [188], [288]
  • Parcel rate, see Rates of postage
  • Parcels,
    • cost of transportation, [188], [218], [219], [311], [321], [325], [331];
    • average weight of, [33], [190], [216], [325]
  • Paris, University of, [78], [79]
  • Parliamentary Intelligencer, [112]
  • Parnell, Sir Henry, [24]
  • Pattern Post, see Rates of postage (samples)
  • Penalty frank, [192]
  • Penny Post (London), [183], [247], [342]
  • Penny posts (local), [250]
  • Penny postage, uniform, introduction of, [23]
  • Penrose Overstreet Commission, [156], [157]
  • Periodicals, transmission by post, [150], [152], [154], [155], [159]
  • Pitt, William, [21], [344]
  • Political newspapers, [167], [168]
  • Poor Man's Guardian, [120]
  • Popish Plot, [14]
  • Post Office Acts—
    • 1657, [13];
    • 1660, [14], [337], [341];
    • 1711, [15], [229], [248], [337], [343];
    • 1730, [249], [251];
    • 1763, [17];
    • 1764, [115];
    • 1765, [20], [250], [338];
    • 1784, [21], [338];
    • 1794, [251];
    • 1795, [230];
    • 1796, [338];
    • 1797, [22];
    • 1799, [344];
    • 1801, [22], [230], [251], [338];
    • 1802, [116];
    • 1805, [22], [230], [252], [338];
    • 1812, [22], [230], [339];
    • 1814, [344];
    • 1815, [345];
    • 1836, [122];
    • 1837, [339], [347];
    • 1838, [288];
    • 1839, [231];
    • 1840, [231];
    • 1853, [128];
    • 1855, [128];
    • 1870, [131], [221];
    • 1882, [188];
    • 1893, [288];
    • 1908, [131]
  • Post Office revenue, see Revenue, net
  • Postage,
    • origin of term, [2], [6];
    • prepayment of, [27], [238], [251];
    • rates of, see Rates of postage
  • Postage, uniform, see Uniform postage
  • Postage stamps, introduction of, [27]
  • Postal monopoly, see Monopoly
  • Postal traffic, growth of, in United Kingdom, [32]
  • Postal Union Convention, 1874, [270]
  • Post-boten, [97]
  • Post-boys, [16], [20], [22]
  • Postcards, [241];
    • average weight of, [308]
  • Post-couriers, [9], [39], [41], [49], [51], [52], [79], [81], [99], [374], [376]
  • Post for the packet, [5], [8], [378]
  • Post-horses, [2], [4], [5], [6], [20], [374-7], [381], [385]
  • Postmasters, [5], [7], [9], [18], [49], [51], [66], [71], [114], [192], [254], [342], [387], [390], [397], [404], [406], [410]
  • Post-riders, [4], [5], [20], [22], [67]
  • Post-roads, [14], [17]
  • Post-stages, [2], [20], [38], [79], [99], [374-7]
  • Posts, [2];
    • cross-posts, [14], [17], [22], [70], [388];
    • extraordinary, [3], [6];
    • foreign, [8], [340];
    • horse, [2], [22], [37], [61], [65], [79], [99], [350];
    • military, [40], [43], [98];
    • ministerial, [67];
    • municipal, [6];
    • ordinary, [3];
    • parliamentary, [67];
    • regular, [2], [6];
    • temporary, [3], [6];
    • thorough, [4], [5];
    • Thurn and Taxis, [108], [350];
    • travelling, [3-6], [79];
    • university, [6], [78]
  • Povey, Charles, [250]
  • Power stamping machines, [303]
  • Prepayment of postage, [27], [238], [251]
  • Press, restrictions upon, [112], [117], [119], [122], [126], [166], [167], [180]
  • Prideaux, Edmund, [11]
  • Prince Edward Island, posts in, [52]
  • Profit, Post Office, see Revenue, net
  • Prospectuses, transmission by post, [170], [172], [225]
  • Provincial newspapers, see Newspapers
  • Provost, Sir George, [42]
  • De Quester, Matthew, [7], [340]
  • Railway Clearing Committee, [189]
  • Railway companies, remuneration of, for conveyance of mails, [186], [288]
  • Railway rates, basis of, [321], [322], [323]
  • Randolph, Thomas, [3]
  • Rates of Postage—
  • England.
    • Letters,
      • 1635, [9];
      • 1649, [11];
      • 1657, [13], [336];
      • 1660, [14], [337];
      • 1711, [15], [337];
      • 1765, [20], [338];
      • 1784, [21], [338];
      • 1797, 1801, 1805, [22], [338];
      • 1812, [22], [339];
      • 1840, [23], [339];
      • 1865, [31], [339];
      • 1871, [31], [340];
      • 1885, 1897, [32], [340];
      • 1915, [36], [340]
    • Newspapers,
      • 1836, [122];
      • 1853, 1855, [128];
      • 1870, [181];
      • 1915, [135]
    • Book Post,
      • 1847, [220];
      • 1853, 1866, 1870, [221];
      • 1897, [222];
      • 1915, [223]
    • Parcels,
      • 1883, [187];
      • 1915, [190]
    • Samples,
      • 1753, 1795, 1805, 1812, [230];
      • 1837, 1863, [231];
      • 1864, 1870, [232];
      • 1887, 1897, [234];
      • 1915, 235
    • Commercial Papers,
      • 1660, [238];
      • 1847, [239]
    • Local Rates,
      • 1680, [247];
      • 1730, [249];
      • 1794, 1801, [251];
      • 1805, [252]
  • Canada.
    • Letters (First-class Mail),
      • 1765, [38];
      • 1842, [49-52];
      • 1851, [55];
      • 1867, [56];
      • 1889, 1898, [57]
    • Newspapers (Second-class Mail),
      • 1840, [136];
      • 1844, [140];
      • 1867, [141];
      • 1882, [143];
      • 1898, [145];
      • 1903, [147]
    • Book Post (Third-class Mail), [245]
    • Fourth-class Mail, [245]
    • Parcels, 1914, [356]
    • Local Rates,
      • 1867, 1889, [254];
      • 1898, [255]
  • United States of America.
    • Letters (First-class Mail),
      • 1693, [61];
      • 1711, 1765, [63];
      • 1775, [66];
      • 1777, [68];
      • 1780, 1781, 1782, [69];
      • 1792, 1814, [71];
      • 1845, [73];
      • 1851, 1863, [75];
      • 1883, 1885, [76]
    • Newspapers (Second-class Mail),
      • 1792, [149];
      • 1794, 1825, [150];
      • 1845, 1847, 1851, [151];
      • 1863, 1872, [152];
      • 1879, [153]
    • Book Post (Third-class Mail), [76], [245]
    • Fourth-class Mail, 76, 245
    • Parcels,
      • 1913, [201];
      • 1914, [202]
  • France.
    • Letters,
      • 1576, 1627, 1676, [80];
      • 1703, 1759, [81];
      • 1791, [82];
      • 1827, [83];
      • 1849, [85];
      • 1850, 1854, 1871, [88];
      • 1876, 1878, [90];
      • 1906, [94];
      • 1910, 1917, [96]
    • Newspapers,
      • 1791, 1795, 1799, [165];
      • 1827, 1850, [166];
      • 1856, [167];
      • 1878, 1895, 1908, [169]
    • Book Post,
      • 1791, 1856, [223];
      • 1878, [224];
      • 1909, [225]
    • Parcels,
      • 1881, [205];
      • 1897, [206]
    • Samples,
      • 1791, 1856, [235];
      • 1871, 1873, 1875, [236]
    • Papiers d'Affaires, 1856, 1871, 1875, [240]
    • Local Rates,
      • 1653, [255];
      • 1759, 1878, [256]
  • Germany.
    • Letters,
      • 1712, 1762, [100];
      • 1766, 1770, 1822, [101];
      • 1824, [102];
      • 1844, [104];
      • 1848, [105];
      • 1850, [106];
      • 1860, 1861, [107];
      • 1868, 1871, 1900, [109]
    • Newspapers,
      • 1821, 1848, [174];
      • 1899, [178]
    • Book Post,
      • 1712, 1821, 1824, [225];
      • 1850, [226];
      • 1856, [227];
      • 1871, 1874, [228];
      • 1890, [229]
    • Parcels,
      • 1699, 1713, [210];
      • 1762, 1766, [211];
      • 1770, 1805, 1811, 1824, [212];
      • 1842, 1850, 1857, 1867, [213];
      • 1874, [214-15]
    • Samples,
      • 1825, 1850, [236];
      • 1860, 1863, 1871, [237];
      • 1875, 1914, [238]
    • Geschäftspapiere, 1900, [241]
    • Local Rates,
      • 1852, [256];
      • 1860, 1865, 1867, [257];
      • 1875, [258];
      • 1900, [261]
  • International.
    • Letters,
      • 1874, [270];
      • 1906, [275]
    • Parcels,
      • 1880, 1886, [280];
      • 1897, [281];
      • 1906, [282]
  • Rates, international transit, see Transit rates
  • Redirection (of letters, etc.), [283], note 2
  • Reform Act, 1832, [119]
  • Revenue, net, [16], [22], [31], [35], [58], [63], [71], [76], [80], [83], [87], [89], [91], [94], [99], [100], [104], [105], [109], [253], [314], [353], [355], [358];
    • theoretical character of, [362], [363]
  • Rice, Spring, [122]
  • Richelieu, [80]
  • Riders in post, [4], [5], [20], [22], [67]
  • Rural delivery, [89], [110], [161], [314] note, [331], [332];
    • free, [161]
  • Sample rate, see Rates of postage
  • Savings Bank, Post Office, [33], [357]
  • Schriftentaxe, [225], [240]
  • Second-class Mail, see Mail matter, classification of;
    • Congressional Commission on,
      • 1907, [156];
      • 1912, [158];
    • deficit, [147], [155], [158], [162];
    • use of freight trains for, [163]
  • Select Committee
    • on Postage, Report of, 1838, [30];
    • on Newspaper Stamps, 1851, [122], [127]
  • Seven Years' War, [81], [100], [211]
  • Ship Letter Office, [344]
  • Ship letters, [339], [342]
  • Single letter, definition of, [336]
  • Smith, Adam, [329], [330]
  • Sorting frames, [285]
  • Stafetti, [8], [378]
  • Staff, [33-5];
    • cost of, [289], [301], [306]
  • Stage coach, [20], [250] note, [385]
  • Stamp duty (on newspapers), [117], [119], [121], [128]
  • Stamping machines, [303]
  • Stamps, postage, introduction of, [27]
  • Stanhope, Lord, [7], [341], [380]
  • State control of Post Office, [328]
  • Stayner, T. A., [138]
  • Stephan, H. von, [241], [266]
  • Supplemental services, [33], [109], [357]
  • Supplements (newspaper), [132], [171], [172], [181]
  • Surveyors (post office), [20], [21]
  • Sutherland, Daniel, [43]
  • Taxes on knowledge, [126], [142]
  • Taxis, J. von, [350]
  • Telegraphs, Post Office, [33], [358]
  • Telephones, Post Office, [33], [358]
  • Temporary uniform fourpenny rate. [30] note
  • Third-class Mail Matter, see Mail matter, classification of
  • Thirty Years' War, [209], [353]
  • Thorough Post, [4], [5]
  • Threepenny Post (London), [252]
  • Thurn and Taxis Posts, [108], [350]
  • Times newspaper, [121], [129]
  • Trade journals, transmission by post, [132], [147], [159]
  • Transient newspapers, [137], [152]
  • Transit, gratuitous, [268], [273], [275]
  • Transit rates, international, [267], [270], [271], [273], [275], [279], [281]
  • Travelling Post, [3-6], [79]
  • Treble letter, definition of, [336]
  • Tuke, Brian, [2], [3]
  • Tupper, Sir Charles, [57]
  • Twopenny Post (London), [252]
  • Uniform postage, [23], [26], [28], [54], [72], [75], [85], [108], [312], [323]
  • Union générale des Postes, [269]
  • Union postale universelle, [269], note 3
  • Universal penny postage, [276], [348]
  • Universal Postal Union, [224], [229]
  • University posts, [6], [78]
  • Urgent parcels, special fee for, [215]
  • Wages (of postmasters), [3], [5]
  • Wages, Post Office, [34], [297]
  • Walkley, A. B., [275] note
  • Wanamaker, J., [77], [154], [155], [192]
  • Ward, Edmund, [137], [139]
  • Ward, Sir J. G., [276]
  • Warwick, Earl of, [11]
  • Way letter, [18], [50]
  • Way Office, [49], [50]
  • Weighing of mails (United States), [156], [157]
  • Wells, H. G., [134]
  • West, Robert, 398
  • Williamson, Joseph, [113]
  • Witherings, Thomas, [8], [9], [12], [378], [381]
  • Yearly express, [40]
  • Zone rates, [177], [199], [201], [202], [215], [356]