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The Royal Mail - Its Curiosities and Romances

The Royal Mail - Its Curiosities and Romances

by James Wilson Hyde

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Author
Hyde, James Wilson, 1841-1918
Title
The Royal Mail: Its Curiosities and Romance
Credits
Produced by Adrian Mastronardi, Eric Skeet, The Philatelic Digital Library Project at www.tpdlp.net and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Language
English
LoC Class
HE: Social sciences: Transportation and communications
Subject
Postal service -- Great Britain
Category
Text
eBook-No.
39978
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39978
Release Date
June 12, 2012
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE ROYAL MAIL — THE ROYAL MAIL — ITS CURIOSITIES AND ROMANCE BY JAMES WILSON HYDE SUPERINTENDENT IN THE GENERAL POST-OFFICE, EDINBURGH
  2. 2.PREFACE TO THIRD EDITION.
  3. 3.PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION.
  4. 4.INTRODUCTION.
  5. 5.CONTENTS.
  6. 6.ILLUSTRATIONS. — THE ROYAL MAIL
  7. 7.CHAPTER I. — OLD ROADS.
  8. 8.CHAPTER II. — POSTBOYS.
  9. 9.CHAPTER III. — STAGE AND MAIL COACHES.
  10. 10.CHAPTER IV. — FOOT-POSTS.
  11. 11.CHAPTER V. — MAIL-PACKETS
  12. 12.CHAPTER VI. — SHIPWRECKED MAILS.
  13. 13.CHAPTER VII. — AMOUNT OF WORK.
  14. 14.CHAPTER VIII. — GROWTH OF CERTAIN POST-OFFICES.
  15. 15.CHAPTER IX. — CLAIMS FOR POST-OFFICE SERVICE.
  16. 16.CHAPTER X. — THE TRAVELLING POST-OFFICE.
  17. 17.CHAPTER XI. — SORTERS AND CIRCULATION.
  18. 18.CHAPTER XII. — PIGEON-POST.
  19. 19.CHAPTER XIII. — ABUSE OF THE FRANKING PRIVILEGE, AND OTHER PETTY FRAUDS.
  20. 20.CHAPTER XIV. — STRANGE ADDRESSES.
  21. 21.CHAPTER XV. — POST-OFFICE ROBBERIES.
  22. 22.CHAPTER XVI. — TELEGRAPHIC BLUNDERS.
  23. 23.CHAPTER XVII. — HOW LETTERS ARE LOST.
  24. 24.CHAPTER XVIII. — ODD COMPLAINTS.
  25. 25.CHAPTER XIX. — CURIOUS LETTERS ADDRESSED TO THE POST-OFFICE.
  26. 26.CHAPTER XX. — SINGULAR COINCIDENCES.
  27. 27.CHAPTER XXI. — SAVINGS-BANK CURIOSITIES.
  28. 28.CHAPTER XXII. — REPLIES TO MEDICAL INQUIRIES.
  29. 29.CHAPTER XXIII. — VARIOUS.
  30. 30.CHAPTER XXIV. — ABOUT POSTMASTERS.
  31. 31.CHAPTER XXV. — RED TAPE. — FOOTNOTES — Transcriber's Notes:

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