The History of the Post Office, from Its Establishment Down to 1836

by Herbert Joyce

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THE
HISTORY
OF THE
POST OFFICE

FROM ITS ESTABLISHMENT DOWN TO
1836
By

HERBERT JOYCE, C.B.

OF THE POST OFFICE

LONDON
RICHARD BENTLEY & SON, NEW BURLINGTON STREET
Publishers in Ordinary to Her Majesty the Queen
1893

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