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;) | POST OFFICE The Post Office. - An Historical Summary. Published by order of the Postmaster General. H.M.S.O. (1911) 139pp + plates. 1st ed., fine in original red boards. | £20.00 |
;) | ROBINSON Howard Carrying British Mails overseas. George Allen & Unwin, London (1964) 327pp + plates. 1st ed., clean in worn D/W. History of the overseas postal service with much on maritime mail and a short section on airmails. | £12.00 |
;) | CRIBB Stephen The Standard Catalogue of Postal Orders. Vol 1. The British Postal Order 1881-1981 Squirrel Publication (1984) 66pp. 1st ed., fine in card covers. | £9.00 |
;) | HOLYOAKE Adam Great Britain. Secured Delivery leading to registration 1450 - 1862 Postal History Society (2011) v + 50pp. 1st ed. fine in card covers. Notes to a display. | £12.00 |
;) | HASLAM D.G. and MORETON C. Post Office Notices extracted from the London Gazette 1666 to 1800. P.H. Society of Lancashire & Cheshire (1989) ii + 199 large pp. 1st ed., fine in green card covers. | £15.00 |
;) | POST OFFICE Acts of Parliament relating to the Post Office. - From 1 & 2 Victoria to 7 & 8 Victoria, 1838-1844. Britannia Stamp Bureau (1976) 94pp + index. Reprint of the original acts, fine in quarter calf. Includes the important acts of 1839 Uniform Rate and the large 1840 Regulation of duties of Postage. | £25.00 |
;) ;) | POST OFFICE Acts of Parliament relating to the Post Office. - From 9 Anne to 1 Victoria. London (1977) [x] + 312pp + 127pp + index. Facsimilie reprint of the 1838 ed., fine in quarter calf. Contains all 35 Post Office Acts for 1711 - 1838 with a comprehensive index. | £40.00 |
;) ;) | COLE Sir Henry Fifty Years of Public Work of Sir Henry Cole, K. C. B., Accounted for in His Deeds, Speeches and Writings, Volume 2 London. George Bell & Sons (1884) vii + 412pp + plates. 1st ed., contents shaken in rather worn original cloth. Lacking Vol 1 but this volume includes 54pp on the Post Office and Uniform Penny Postage plus his design for the first Christmas card. | £40.00 |
;) | WILSON Ralph A Full and Impartial Account of all The Robberies Committed by John Hawkins, George Sympson, (Lately Executed for Robbing The Bristol Mails) and their Companions London: Printed for J. Peele at Locke's Head in Patternoster (1722) 29pp. 3rd ed., clean in blue sugar papers. Rare contemporary pamphlet describing the robbing of the Bristol mail coach. | £240.00 |
;) ;) | GREAT BRITAIN Transport and Communications: Select Committee and other reports on the Post Office and Postage and Money Order Systems with Minutes of Evidence Appendices and Indices 1843-77. Vol 4 (British Parliamentary Papers) Irish Uni Press (1970) 838 large pp. Minor foxing to page edges otherwise fine in original green cloth. | £100.00 |
;) | AYRES George History of the Mail Routes to Ireland until 1850. Lulu.com (2018) 140 large pp. Revised ed., new in card covers. Mail communication between London and Ireland was very important for both official and trade purposes from the 15th Century. From the mid 16th Century a number of designated ports were used to ship the mail to Ireland and posts were laid to those ports along defined routes, however, these routes were subject to change. This book identifies the ports, when they were used and presents the history of the changes to those routes from that early time until 1850. Detailed descriptions of the routes are given in text, tables and figures showing how they changed over these years, together with a discussion of those changes and a commentary on the improvements that were made to the roads over the years, particularly in the difficult areas of North Wales, South Wales and South West Scotland. Also included is the history of the Edinburgh to Portpatrick route. Finally the effect of the introduction of the railways on the carriage of mail to Ireland is described. | £12.00 |
;) | AYRES George History of the Main Mail Routes from London until 1850. Lulu.com (2018) 258 large pp. 1st ed., new in card covers. This book identifies the history of the changes to mail routes up to 1850. Detailed descriptions of the routes are given in text, tables and figures showing how they changed over these years, together with a discussion of those changes and a commentary on the improvements that were made to the roads over the years | £15.00 |
;) | SCOTT ARCHER Mike Postal Instructions and charges on mail from Europe to London 1570 to 1601. RPS (2000) 20 large pp. No. 53 of 100 copies. | £6.00 |
;) | ADAMSON T.L. Recovered Stores Post Office Green Papers Number 18 (1935) 19pp. 1st ed., clean in card covers. Description of the work of the Stores Department in the British post office. | £12.00 |
;) | DAUNTON M.J. Royal Mail. The Post Office since 1840 Athlone Press (1985) xviii + 388pp. 1st ed., fine in fine D/W. | £7.00 |
;) | WICKINS G.C. Staff Training in London. General Post Office, London (1935) 23pp + 8 plates. 1st ed., fine in card covers. Bound with 'London Telephone Schools' by J.D. Pettigrew. | £12.00 |
;) | FOXELL J.T. and SPAFFORD A.O. Monarchs of all they surveyed. - The story of the Post Office surveyors. H.M.S.O. (1952) 55pp + plates. 1st ed., fine in card covers. | £12.00 |
;) ;) | ROTHCHILD Arthur de Notice sur L'Origine du Prix Uniforme de la Taxe des Lettres et sur la Creation des Timbres-Poste en Angleterre. Librairie Nouvelle, Paris (1872) 83pp. 1st ltd. ed. of 600 copies. Fine in original paper covers. (Rear cover detached). | £145.00 |
;) | ARCHER Scott Postman's Roots. 2000 years of letter carrying in Breconshire. Welsh Philatelic Society (2003) 30pp. 1st ed., fine in card covers. | £6.00 |
;) | BEAVER Rev Christopher M. The Welsh Mailcoaches. Welsh Philatelic Society (2005) 20 large pp. 1st ed., fine in paper covers. | £8.00 |
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