THE DEVELOPMENT OF RATES OF POSTAGE

AN HISTORICAL AND ANALYTICAL STUDY

by

A. D. SMITH, B.Sc. (Econ.)

of the secretary's office, general post office, london

with an introduction by

THE RIGHT HON. HERBERT SAMUEL, M.P. Postmaster-General 1910-14 and 1915-16

LONDON: GEORGE ALLEN & UNWIN LTD. RUSKIN HOUSE 40 MUSEUM STREET, W.C. 1

[Thesis approved for the Degree of Doctor of Science (Economics) in the University of London]

First published in 1917

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