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Catalogue description Post Office: Treasury correspondence
This record is held by The Postal Museum
| Reference: | POST 1 |
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| Title: | Post Office: Treasury correspondence |
| Description: |
This series consists of records relating to the supervision of the General Post Office's financial business, including correspondence relating to authorisation of expenditure, development of services and applications for pensions. Please see The Postal Museum's online catalogue for descriptions of individual records within this series. |
| Note: | Catalogue entries below series level were removed from Discovery, The National Archives' online catalogue, in November 2016 because fuller descriptions were available in The Postal Museum's online catalogue. |
| Date: | 1686-1977 |
| Arrangement: |
Chronological order and volume number order within sub-series. Pieces are one volume unless otherwise stated. |
| Held by: | The Postal Museum, not available at The National Archives |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Physical description: | 1177 files and volumes |
| Access conditions: | Subject to 30 year closure |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
The General Post Office was, until 1969, a government department, and its expenditure was controlled by The Treasury. Prior to 1969 the treasury supervised all GPO financial management, policy, planning and development. |
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