Catalogue description Post Office: Inland Mails: Organisation Circulating and Sorting

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Details of POST 17
Reference: POST 17
Title: Post Office: Inland Mails: Organisation Circulating and Sorting
Description:

This series contains papers and publications relating to the inland mail handling cycle, from collection to delivery. The bulk of material relates to sorting and processing operations, including the introduction and development of mechanised and automated mail sorting methods. There is also considerable material relating to the introduction and usage of postcodes.

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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: 1797-2008
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See also:

POST 22

POST 23
Held by: The Postal Museum, not available at The National Archives
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English

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