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CORNELLUNIVERSITYLIBRARYONE OF ACOL
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"•^y.K'/-"//Cornell UniversityLib
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CONTENTSPreface .Introduction .Page
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THE POSTMARKSOF THEBRITISHFROM 1840
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PREFACE.no doubt represents Sunday.
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PREFACE.noted, has the route lettei
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PREFACE. 7" This town, which former
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"TheINTRODUCTION. 9the stamps by th
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INTRODUCTION.iiThese obliteration m
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ViS Southampton.
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LONDON CHIEF OFFICE. 15which from t
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LONDON CHIEF OFFICE 17important che
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LONDON CHIEF OFFICE. 19this period.
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LONDON CHIEF OFFICE.t09L^>^ —:Itm
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—LONDON CHIEF OFFICE. 23In 1863 a
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"CHAPTER 11.PAID LETTERS AND OFFICI
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PAID LETTERS AND OFFICIAL CORRESPON
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REGISTERED LETTERS AND BANKERS' PAR
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REGISTERED LETTERS AND BANKERS' PAR
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NEWSPAPERS AND BOOKS33Fig 154. Used
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NEWSPAPERS AND BOOKS. 35penny for e
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—NEWSPAPERS AND BOOKS. 37Fig. 185
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CHAPTER V.RETURNED LETTER BRANCH.Wh
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RETURNED LETTER BRANCH. 41Letters,
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CHAPTER VI.LONDON DISTRICTThe Twope
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LONDON DISTRICT. 45were Letter-carr
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LONDON DISTRICT. 47nothing to disti
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LONDON DISTRICT. 49T WO y^J-JUI%Fig
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LONDON DISTRICT. 51The Maltese Cros
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LONDON DISTRICT. 53Burlington House
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FOREIGN BRANCH.5Ssuch an arrangemen
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—FOREIGN BRANCH. 57-Foreign rates
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CHAPTER VIII.COLONIAL AND FOREIGN P
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COLONIAL AND FOREIGN PACKET SERVICE
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dCOLONIAL AND FOREIGN PACKET SERVIC
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COLONIAL AND FORELGN PACKET SERVICE
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SHIP LETTERS. 67The Ship-Letter Off
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CHAPTER X.NAVY POST OFFICE.Such off
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TRAVELLING POST OFFICE. 71and retur
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TRAVELLING POST OFFICE.73MI^^^'^^o^
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CHAPTER XII.COUNTRY POST OFFICES—
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—COUNTRY POST OFFICES—ENGLAND A
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COUNTRY POST OFFICES—ENGLAND AND
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'COUNTRY POST OFFICES—ENGLAND AND
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COUNTRY POST OFFICES—ENGLAND AND
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COUNTRY POST OFFICES—ENGLAND AND
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CHAPTER XIII.HOME PACKET SERVICE.Th
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HOME PACKET SERVICE. 89the insular
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HOME PACKET SERVICE, 91coasts of Sc
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HOME PACKET SERVICE93Shetlands.HILL
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HOME PACKET SERVICE. 95Lewis and Ha
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CHAPTER XIV.SCOTLAND,Scotland, whic
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;"SCOTLAND.99In Scotland for many y
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SCOTLAND.lolipf^Tx;><rif)OrX!»o^Fi
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SCOTLAND. 103Chief Office only with
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SCOTLAND. 105For letters posted aft
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SCOTLAND. 107Edinburgh (see Fig. 72
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IRELAND.log^ JA 171959.:$LFig. 739.
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IRELAND.IllAs regards this arrangem
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IRELAND. "3attention." This was don
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IRELAND. "5^.252_-^77.-Fij. 803. Fi
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IRELAND. 117This stamp was supersed
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