Edward Bennett tells the story of Britain’s postal service up to about 1912: postboys and mail coaches, the penny post, the headquarters at Lombard Street and St. Martin’s le Grand, the travelling post office on the railways, the parcel post and motor mails, the dead-letter office, money and postal orders, the Post Office Savings Bank and the telegraph.
An informative, illustrated history for anyone who enjoys the workings of Edwardian Britain or the romance of the mail. Download the free EPUB.