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William Lewins. Her Majesty's Mails
Her Majesty's Mails
Table of Contents
PREFACE
PART I. HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE POST-OFFICE
HER MAJESTY'S MAILS. CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY
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CHAPTER II. THE RISE OF THE GENERAL POST-OFFICE
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CHAPTER III. ON OLD ROADS AND SLOW COACHES
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CHAPTER IV. THE SETTLEMENT OF THE POST-OFFICE
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CHAPTER V. PALMER AND THE MAIL-COACH ERA
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CHAPTER VI. THE TRANSITION PERIOD AT THE POST-OFFICE
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CHAPTER VII. SIR ROWLAND HILL AND PENNY POSTAGE
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CHAPTER VIII. EARLY RESULTS OF THE PENNY-POSTAGE SCHEME
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CHAPTER IX. THE POST-OFFICE AND LETTER-OPENING
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CHAPTER X. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE POST-OFFICE
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PART II. DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT OF THE POST-OFFICE
PREFATORY
CHAPTER I. THE ORGANIZATION OF THE POST-OFFICE
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CHAPTER II. ON THE CIRCULATION OF LETTERS
THE GENERAL POST-OFFICE
THE BLIND LETTER-OFFICE
THE DEAD-LETTER OFFICE
THE TRAVELLING POST-OFFICE
A PROVINCIAL POST-OFFICE
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CHAPTER III. ON THE MAIL-PACKET SERVICE
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CHAPTER IV. ON POSTAGE-STAMPS
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CHAPTER V. POST-OFFICE SAVINGS' BANKS
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CHAPTER VI. BEING MISCELLANEOUS AND SUGGESTIVE
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CHAPTER VII. CONCERNING SOME OF THE POPULAR MISCONCEPTIONS AND MISREPRESENTATIONS TO WHICH THE POST-OFFICE IS LIABLE
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APPENDIX. APPENDIX (A) CHIEF OFFICERS OF THE POST-OFFICE
ENGLAND
Post-Office District Surveyors
IRELAND
SCOTLAND
APPENDIX (B) ABSTRACT OF THE PRINCIPAL REGULATIONS
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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APPENDIX (C) INFORMATION RELATIVE TO THE APPOINTMENTS IN THE POST-OFFICE SERVICE
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APPENDIX (D)
APPOINTMENTS IN THE CHIEF OFFICE IN LONDON. (Extracted from the Estimates of 1864-5.)
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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APPENDIX (E)
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APPENDIX (F) CONVEYANCE OF MAILS BY RAILWAY
APPENDIX (G) MANUFACTURE OF POSTAGE-LABELS AND ENVELOPES
APPENDIX (H)
RESULTS OF POSTAL REFORM
RESULTS
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