Carrying British Mails. Five centuries of postal transport by land, sea and air
Details:
- Author(s) Farrugia, Jean, & Tony Gammons
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1980
- Pages 87pp; illus
- Publisher National Postal Museum
- Place Published London
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Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
- Visit British Library's website
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Overview. Deals with the means of conveying mail. In three parts. Part 1 deals with movement within UK - coaching era, mails by rail, modern road services, etc; Part 2 covers movement in sail ship era, steam era, services across Atlantic, to India, to Australasia, to South Africa; Part 3 deals briefly with movement by air including Empire services