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