Her Majesty's Mails
- Subtitle
- An Historical and Descriptive Account of the British Post-Office
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1. Front matter2. HER MAJESTY'S MAILS:3. PREFACE.4. CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY.5. CHAPTER II. THE RISE OF THE GENERAL POST-OFFICE.6. CHAPTER III. ON OLD ROADS AND SLOW COACHES.7. CHAPTER IV. THE SETTLEMENT OF THE POST-OFFICE.8. CHAPTER V. PALMER AND THE MAIL-COACH ERA.9. CHAPTER VI. THE TRANSITION PERIOD AT THE POST-OFFICE.10. CHAPTER VII. SIR ROWLAND HILL AND PENNY POSTAGE.11. CHAPTER VIII. EARLY RESULTS OF THE PENNY-POSTAGE SCHEME.12. CHAPTER IX. THE POST-OFFICE AND LETTER-OPENING.13. CHAPTER X. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE POST-OFFICE.14. PART II. DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT OF THE POST-OFFICE.15. PREFATORY.16. CHAPTER I. THE ORGANIZATION OF THE POST-OFFICE.17. CHAPTER II. ON THE CIRCULATION OF LETTERS.18. CHAPTER III. ON THE MAIL-PACKET SERVICE.19. CHAPTER IV. ON POSTAGE-STAMPS.20. CHAPTER V. POST-OFFICE SAVINGS' BANKS.21. CHAPTER VI. BEING MISCELLANEOUS AND SUGGESTIVE.22. CHAPTER VII. CONCERNING SOME OF THE POPULAR MISCONCEPTIONS AND MISREPRESENTATIONS TO WHICH THE POST-OFFICE IS LIABLE.23. APPENDIX (A). CHIEF OFFICERS OF THE POST-OFFICE24. APPENDIX (B). ABSTRACT OF THE PRINCIPAL REGULATIONS.25. APPENDIX (C). INFORMATION RELATIVE TO THE APPOINTMENTS IN THE POST-OFFICE SERVICE.26. APPENDIX (D).27. APPENDIX (E).28. APPENDIX (F). CONVEYANCE OF MAILS BY RAILWAY.29. APPENDIX (G). MANUFACTURE OF POSTAGE-LABELS AND ENVELOPES.30. APPENDIX (H).