Project Gutenberg 2013-06-18 Public domain in the USA. 161 Hemmeon, Joseph Clarence 1880 12035538 The History of the British Post Office Produced by Adrian Mastronardi, Eric Skeet, The Philatelic Digital Library Project at http://www.tpdlp.net and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) "The History of the British Post Office" by Joseph Clarence Hemmeon is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The book explores the development and evolution of the British Post Office from its inception in the royal mail system to its establishment as a public service. It focuses on significant changes in policy, structure, and public utilization of the postal service throughout different eras of British history. The opening of the work presents an overview of the early postal system, describing how the royal posts operated predominantly through royal messengers tasked with the conveyance of state letters, alongside various informal means of communication among the populace. It discusses the initial establishment of the Post Office under the direction of Sir Brian Tuke, emphasizing the challenges faced and the gradual evolution of how letters were managed and delivered, setting the stage for more significant reforms and developments in the following chapters. This historical context is essential for understanding the later transformation of the Post Office into a modern institution that serves both governmental and public interests. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/42983/42983-h/images/cover.jpg en Postal service -- Great Britain -- History HE Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - British Browsing: History - General 971809 971721 2024-09-18T06:12:35.831735 2023-09-18T14:28:55.113594 text/html text/html 977568 2013-06-18T13:29:00 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 455374 2013-06-18T13:29:50 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 473509 2024-09-18T06:12:53.712682 application/epub+zip 486003 2024-09-18T06:12:38.451790 application/epub+zip 335349 2024-09-18T06:12:37.054760 application/epub+zip 784589 2024-09-18T06:13:02.964646 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 729097 2024-09-18T06:12:52.065690 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 578930 2022-09-19T15:44:42.928920 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 638579 638280 2024-09-18T06:12:32.412784 2023-09-18T14:28:51.809577 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 637808 2013-06-18T13:29:00 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 218600 2013-06-18T13:29:50 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 637797 2013-06-18T13:29:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 218503 2013-06-18T13:29:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20145 2024-09-18T06:13:03.152745 application/rdf+xml 16468 2024-09-18T06:12:37.314741 image/jpeg 2207 2024-09-18T06:12:37.184743 image/jpeg 455111 2024-09-18T06:12:35.897740 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog